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Thursday,
April 21, 2005,
New York City, Metropolitan Club
One East 60th Street
New York, NY 10022
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| 8:00 |
REGISTRATION |
MORNING
SESSION
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| 8:30
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Welcome
Remarks
Event
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A.
Michael Lipper, CFA, President
Lipper Consulting Services,
Inc.
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| 8:40
- 9:00 |
ACTIVELY
MANAGED ETFs
Event
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Moderated
by:
Mr. Scott Mixon
Equity Derivatives Research
UBS Investment Research
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AMERICAN
STOCK EXCHANGE LLC
Mr. Charles A. (Tony)
Baker, Managing Director, ETF Marketplace
Topic: Actively Managed ETFs
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| 9:00
- 9:40 |
INDEX
STRATEGIES
Event
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Moderated
by:
Mr. Dodd Kittsley
CEF & ETF Analyst
Morgan Stanley |
THE
VANGUARD GROUP
Vanguard®
International VIPERs ® Fund Data
Vanguard®
VIPERs ® Product List
Mr. Noel Archard,
CFA, Principal - Vanguard VIPERs
CHICAGO
BOARD OPTIONS EXCHANGE (CBOE)
Mr. Matthew Moran,
Vice President
Topic: New Options Buy-write Indexes and Funds
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| 9:40
- 10:00 |
US
EQUITY FUNDS
Event
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Moderated
by:
Mr.
Jon Maier
Director, Closed-End Funds and Business Development
Companies
UBS Investment Research
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ADAMS
EXPRESS COMPANY
Mr. Douglas G. Ober,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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| 10:00
- 10:50 |
FIRM
STRATEGIES
Event
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Moderated
by:
Mr. Alex Reiss
Senior Closed-End Fund Analyst
Ryan Beck & Co
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MERCURY
ADVISORS a division of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers
Ms. Mary Ellen
Donohue, Vice President, Mercury Advisors
Mr. Hugh T. Hurley,
Director and Fixed Income Product Specialist, Managing
Director of Investment & Product Marketing for
the Americas region
Topic: MLIM Investment Capabilities and Current
Market Opportunities
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FIRST
TRUST ADVISORS LP
First
Trust Value Line 100 Fund
First Trust
Value Line & IBBotson Equity Allocation Fund
First Trust
Value Line Dividend Fund
Mr. Jeffrey Margolin,
Vice President and Closed-End Fund Analyst
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| 10:50
- 11:40 |
FIXED
INCOME FUNDS
Event
pictures
Moderated
by:
Ms. Mariana F. Bush, CFA
Closed-end Funds & ETF Analyst
Advisory Services Group
Wachovia Securities
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SCUDDER INVESTMENTS
Scudder Municipal
Income Trust
Ms. Eleanor
Brennan, CFA, Director, Portfolio Manager
FIRST
TRUST ADVISORS LP
First
Trust/Aberdeen Global Opportunity Income Fund
Mr. Colm McDonagh,
Senior Portfolio Manager & Head of Global Emerging
Market Debt, Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited
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| 11:40
- 12:30 |
EUROPEAN
FUNDS
Event
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Moderated
by:
Mr. Michael Porter
Senior Research Analyst
Lipper, Inc.
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NEW
IRELAND FUND
Ms. Deirdre Kennedy,
Portfolio Manager, New
Ireland Fund
Topic: Irish economy and the Fund's investment
strategy
DEUTSCHE
ASSET MANAGEMENT
New
Germany Fund
Ms. Sandra M.
Schaufler, Chief Investment Officer
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| 12:30
– 2:00 |
LUNCHEON
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Mr.
Douglas G. Ober
President, CEFA
Event
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AFTERNOON
SESSION
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| 2:00
- 3:00 |
UTILITY
FUNDS
Event
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Moderated
by:
Ms.
Susan P. Gulshan
Vice President CEF Secondary Marketing Specialist
Merrill Lynch
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COHEN
& STEERS
Cohen & Steers
Select Utility Fund
Mr. Robert S. Becker,
Senior Vice President & Portfolio Manager
Topic: Utilities
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W.H.
REAVES & CO. INC
Reaves
Utility Income Fund
Mr. Ronald J.
Sorenson, Executive Vice President &
Portfolio Manager
Topic: Utilities in a Rising Interest Rate Environment
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| 3:00
- 4:20 |
EMERGING
MARKET FUNDS
Event
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Moderated
by:
Mr. Michael Porter
Senior Research Analyst
Lipper, Inc.
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DEUTSCHE
ASSET MANAGEMENT
Central
Europe and Russia Fund
Ms. Sandra M.
Schaufler, Chief Investment Officer
POLARIS
SECURITIES INVESTMENT TRUST, TAIWAN, R.O.C.
Polaris
Taiwan Top 50 Tracker Fund
Mr. Patrick Wong,
Vice Chairman, Polaris Investment Trust, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Topic: The development of passive investment management
in Taiwan
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BARCLAYS
GLOBAL INVESTORS
iShares
FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Fund
Ms. Lisa Chen,
Senior Portfolio Manager, Head of the International
iShares Team
Topic: China – different ways of accessing through
iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Fund
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SCUDDER INVESTMENTS
The Korea Fund
Mr. Terrence S. Gray,
CFA, Director
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| 4:20
- 4:35 |
ETFs
Event
pictures
Moderated
by:
Mr. Michael Carty
Founder
and President
New
Millennium Advisors
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THE NASDAQ STOCK MARKET,
INC.
Mr. John Jacobs,
CEO, NASDAQ Global Funds, Inc. and Executive Vice
President, Worldwide Marketing
Topic:
Trends and Developments in the World of ETFs
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| 4:35
- 5:30 |
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A round table discussion
- Representatives
from Closed-End Funds & ETFs
Ms.
Patricia Rosch, Director, Deutsche
Bank Asset Management
Mr.
Noel Archard, CFA, Principal - Vanguard
VIPERs
Ms. Kathleen H.
Moriarty, Partner, Carter,
Ledyard & Milburn
Mr. Jeffrey Margolin,
Vice President and Closed-End Fund Analyst, First
Trust Advisors LP
Mr. Michael Carty,
Founder and President, New
Millennium Advisors
Mr.
John A. Key, UBS AG, UBS Investment Bank,
Executive Director, Financial Institutions Group
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