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Conference Details:

The Real Asset Investing Forum will provide education and information on real estate and real assets to key decision makers and other representatives of the nation’s largest pension, endowment and foundation funds. Discussions will focus on reproducible assets such as farmland, buildings or machinery, and irreproducible assets such as land, mines, or work of art. The real asset conference will offer a chance for investors and managers to exchange ideas and to learn from other delegates and presenters within this niche investment community. Institutional … Continue Reading

Conference Details:

The Private Equity Summit For Institutional Investors is designed for institutional investors to address current trends in Private Equity, Venture Capital and Leveraged Buyouts. Set to take place in September 2010, this private equity conference will investigate a variety of investment avenues and the most effective strategies for investing in each. We will discuss such issues as private equity portfolio theory, fund of funds as an investment vehicle, private equity buyouts in emerging markets, real estate opportunities and pitfalls, fixed income alternative investments, international … Continue Reading

Dear Members and Friends, dear Investment Professionals,

The 30th anniversary conference in Interlaken was very successful and showed that despite the difficult market situation it is important to meet, discuss and exchange views and ideas and also to network. The more things get automated the more important it is to meet personally!

The 2010 conference will take place from September 8 to 11, 2010, again at the Victoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel & Spa, a resort that has proven to be a great meeting place during the last two conferences

The conference will be preceded by the traditional international regulator’s meeting – on special invitation … Continue Reading

Objective

To provide those working in Fund Management Operations or with fund managers with a clear and complete overview of what fund management involves. Besides formal presentations and exercises the course includes a computer simulation giving delegates in teams, hands on experience of fund management in a competitive environment.

Delegates

Fund Management support staff and administrators
Pension Fund Trustees and Managers
Institutional Sales and Marketing executives
Lawyers in house and in practice (CPD Credit) … Continue Reading

Restructuring Global Wealth Management – The Road Ahead

Agenda for European Private Banking Summit 2010

2020 vision: global wealth management in the 3-D world
International cross-border private banking – the way ahead
The end of the war for talent? Profile of the new advisors
New developments in the family office industry
Money rules the world: who rules the money?
Outlook on the national and international financial markets: deflation, inflation, what comes next?

Agenda for Post-conference day:

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OTC Derivatives, Repos and Securities Lending and Borrowing are now recognised as very sensitive areas inside many Securities Operations departments, whether on the Buy or Sell sides.

As the demise of Lehman Brothers showed, besides a number of unpublicised hiccups, Collateral Management within these activities is a critical function in mitigating counterparty risk … Continue Reading

About 4th Annual Funds Forum China 2010

Four years have witnessed the ups and downs in global economic development. 4th Annual Funds Forum China, China’s largest funds forum, will keep abreast of rapid-growing China funds industry and focus on funds investment and funds marketing and sales. Two-day conference and three -day abundant content will be more than your money’ worth. More intensive and in-depth sharing and discussion on macro economy, QDII, ETFs, funds marketing and sales and so on will be provided.

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This year’s conference examines the issues facing the international wealth management industry at an unusually critical juncture.   Financial services have come under increasing pressure in recent years. More, but not necessarily better, regulation is the likely outcome.  How will this affect private clients, their advisors and private bankers?

To answer these questions in 2010 we have brought in the largest number of international speakers this conference has ever seen in its 25 years. Speakers from Hong Kong, Singapore, the Cayman Islands, Brazil and the United States will all aim to tackle the big transcontinental issues … Continue Reading

A Personal Message to Presenter Candidates:

If you are seeking capital and would like to be positioned to complete a round of financing this year, you are welcome to submit your application to present at our upcoming conference. This upcoming venue can greatly enhance your ability to accelerate the funding process and meet your capital raising goals. Since we only have … Continue Reading

With pension funds beginning to rethink their relationships with hedge funds after severe losses, institutional investors will continue to strategize through 2010 with a focus on rebalancing their portfolios. They are starting to drive a harder bargain with hedge fund managers on a number of fronts, in particular to reducing hedge fund fees and the terms of the hedge fund investment, requiring more timely information and greater transparency into the funds investment.

Hedge Fund managers are bracing themselves for sweeping changes to be rolled out in 2010, the days of easy returns and the capacity to make risky bets are over, … Continue Reading