| 7:15
A.M. - 8:00 A.M. |
REGISTRATION |
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MORNING SESSION |
| 8:00 A.M. - 8:05 A.M. |
WELCOME REMARKS
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Mr.
Nicolas Bornozis
President,
Capital Link
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| 8:05
A.M. - 9:00 A.M. |
RISK MITIGATION STRATEGIES
Moderated by:
Mr. Dennis Emanuel
Managing Director, Closed-End Fund & ETF Research, Citigroup Investment Research
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UPDATE ON ACTIVELY MANAGED ETFs
Mr. Tony Baker
Managing Director - ETF Marketplace, American Stock Exchange LLC
CAN BUY-WRITE AND VOLATILITY INDEXES HELP ADD INCOME & BOOST RISK-ADJUSTED RETURNS?
Mr. Matthew Moran
Vice President, Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE)
MITIGATING RISK IN INSTITUTIONAL PORTFOLIOS USING ETFs
Brent Hillhouse
Sales Executive, Vanguard's Institutional Investments Group
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| 9:00
A.M. - 10:00 A.M. |
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (ETFs)
Moderated by:
Ms. Mariana Bush
Closed-End Funds & Exchange-Traded Funds Analyst, Wachovia Securities
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THE EVOLUTION OF INDEXING AND ETFs
Mr. Edward McRedmond
SVP - Portfolio Strategies, PowerShares Capital Management LLC
TRENDS IN INTERNATIONAL ETFs
Mr. Kevin Quigg
Vice President and Director of Sales State Street Global Advisors
XTF Advisors
Mr. Michael Woods
Chief Executive Officer, XTF Advisors
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| 10:00
A.M. - 10:40 A.M. |
FIXED INCOME INVESTING
Moderated by:
Mr. Paul Mazzilli
Executive Director ETF Research, Morgan Stanley
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INVESTING IN FIXED INCOME THROUGH ETFs
Ms. Natalie Pickering
PhD.,Principal, iShares, Barclays Global Investors
GLOBAL FIXED INCOME
Mr. Derek Fulton
Global Fixed Income Portfolio Manager,
Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund
and Aberdeen Global Income Fund,
Aberdeen Asset Management
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| 10:40
A.M. - 11:20 A.M. |
EQUITY INVESTING
Moderated by:
Mr. Kristoph Rollenhagen
Sr.V.P.- Research, Closed-end and ETFs, Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.
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FINANCIAL ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS FOR TODAY'S INVESTOR
Mr. Paul Zemsky
CFA, Head of Multi-Asset Strategies and Solutions Group, ING Investment Management
EVERGREEN UTILITIES & HIGH INCOME FUND
Mr. Timothy O'Brien, CFA
Co-founder and Principal & Portfolio Manager, Crow Point Partners, LLC
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| 10:40
A.M. - 11:20 A.M. |
Break-out Session
(Sturgis Room - 3rd Floor)
DATA MINING THE CLOSED-END FUND UNIVERSE |
PRESENTED BY: FUNDAMENTAL DATA LIMITED
Mr. Conner Sloman,
Head of US Sales
Mr. Tom Treanor,
Sales Executive
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| 11:20
A.M. - 12:20 P.M. |
FIRM STRATEGIES
Moderated by:
Mr. Jon Maier
Closed-End Fund Analyst, Merrill Lynch
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BLACKROCK INVESTMENTS
Mr. Brendan Kyne
Vice President, Product Development, Blackrock
CALAMOS INVESTMENTS
Mr. Kenneth S. Fincher
Vice President, Director of Product Management & Client Advocacy, Calamos Investments
FIRST TRUST ADVISORS
Mr. Jeffrey Margolin
Vice President and Closed-End Fund Analyst, First Trust Advisors LP
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| 12:20
P.M. - 1:00 P.M. |
CLOSED-END FUNDS
Moderated by:
Mrs. Amy Charles
Vice President, Director - Closed-End Fund Research, Raymond James
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THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE CLOSED-END FUND MARKET
Mr. Douglas R. Bond
EVP & Portfolio Manager, Cohen & Steers Closed-End Opportunity Fund, Cohen & Steers
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR
Mr. David Schulte
Managing Director, Tortoise Capital Advisors
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| 1:15
P.M. - 2:45 P.M. |
LUNCHEON & KEYNOTE SPEAKER
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EVOLUTION OF THE ASSET MANAGEMENT BUSINESS
Mr. Ralph Schlosstein
President, BLACKROCK
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AFTERNOON SESSION |
| 3:00
P.M. - 4:20 P.M. |
INDUSTRIES ROUNDTABLES
--CLOSED-END FUNDS: CURRENT TRENDS, OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES
Moderated by:
Mr. Kenneth S. Fincher
Vice President, Director of Product Management & Client Advocacy , Calamos Investments
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CEF Panel
Mr. Steven A. Baffico
Director, BlackRock Strategic Initiatives Group
Mr. Jeffrey Margolin
Vice President and Closed-End Fund Analyst, First Trust Advisors
Mrs. Karen R. McColl, CFA
Vice President, Investment Product Management, Evergreen Investments
Jonathan G.G. Isaac
Vice President, Eaton Vance Management
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| 3:40
P.M. - 4:20 P.M. |
INDUSTRIES ROUNDTABLES
--ETFS: CURRENT TRENDS, OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES
Moderated by:
Mr. Jim Wiandt
Editor, , Journal of Indexes & Publisher, IndexUniverse.com & ETFR
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ETF Panel
Mr. Robert C. Brooks
Senior Vice President and National Sales Manager, PowerShares Capital Management LLC
Mr. Michael Woods
Chief Executive Officer, XTF Advisors
Mr. Kevin Quigg
Vice President and Director State Street Global Advisors
Mr. Michael Fardy
Business Development Officer Barclays Global Investors Services
Ms. Melissa Nassar
Principal, Vanguard Financial Advisor Services
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| 4:20
P.M. - 5:00 P.M. |
INDUSTRIES ROUNDTABLES
--INVESTING THROUGH CEFs AND ETFs
Moderated by:
Mr. Victor Quagliero
Vice President, Product Specialist, RBC Dain Rauscher
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ETFs & CEFs AS INVESTMENT VEHICLES
Mr. Edward McRedmond
SVP - Portfolio Strategies, PowerShares Capital Management LLC
Mr. Mark Armbruster
Chief Investment Officer, Alesco Advisors, LLC
Mr. Edmund J. Burke
President, ALPS Fund Services
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| 5:00
P.M. - 6:00 P.M. |
Cocktail Reception at the Metropolitan Club
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