| 7:30 A.M. - 8:15 A.M. |
BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION |
| MORNING SESSION (West Lounge - 1st Floor) |
| 8:25 AM |
WELCOME REMARKS
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Mr. Nicolas Bornozis
President
Capital Link, Inc.
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| 8:30AM - 8:45AM |
CLOSED-END FUNDS
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THE STATE OF THE CLOSED-END FUND INDUSTRY IN 2009
Ms. Mariana Bush
Closed-End Funds & Exchange-Traded Funds Analyst
Wachovia Securities
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| 8:45AM - 9:30AM |
INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLES
CLOSED-END FUNDS
Moderated by:
Ms. Mariana Bush
Closed-End Funds & Exchange-Traded Funds Analyst
Wachovia Securities
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THE USE OF LEVERAGE IN CLOSED-END FUNDS
Mr. Steven A. Baffico
Managing Director, Head of Listed Funds
BlackRock Investments
Mr. Paul Williams
Managing Director, New Product Development
Nuveen Investments
Mr. Jon Maier
Investment Strategy Group - Closed-End Funds
Bank of America Securities - Merrill Lynch
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| 9:30AM-10:15AM |
CLOSED-END FUNDS
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EVERGREEN UTILITIES & HIGH INCOME FUND (ERH) & EVERGREEN GLOBAL DIVIDEND OPPORTUNITY FUND (EOD)
Mr. Timothy O'Brien, CFA
Co-founder and Principal
Crow Point Partners, LLC
Portfolio Manager
Evergreen Funds
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR
Mr. David Schulte
Tortoise Capital Advisors |
| 10:15AM-11:00AM |
INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLES
CLOSED-END FUNDS
Moderated by:
Mr. Dennis Emanuel
Managing Director, CEF & ETF Research
Citigroup Investment Research
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CURRENT TRENDS, OPPORTUNITIES & OUTLOOK
Mr. Steven A. Baffico
Managing Director, Head of Listed Funds
BlackRock Investments
Ms. Karen R. McColl, CFA
Vice President, Investment Product Management
Evergreen Investments
Mr. Paul Williams
Managing Director, New Product Development
Nuveen Investments
Mr. Stephen O'Neill, CFA
Portfolio Manager
Rivernorth Capital Management
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| 11:00AM-11:45AM |
FOCUS ON INVESTOR PROTECTION
Moderated by:
Professor Arthur Miller
Special Counsel
Milberg LLP
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THE MADOFF TRAGEDY: OPTIONS FOR RECOVERY
Mr. Brad N. Friedman
Partner
Milberg LLP
Mr. Jonathan M. Landers
Partner
Milberg LLP
Mr. Harvey L. Pitt
Chief Executive Officer
Kalorama Partners, LLC.
Mr. William McGuinness
Chair, Litigation Department
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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| 11:45 PM-12:30PM |
RISK MITIGATION STRATEGIES
Introduced by:
Mr. Alex Reiss
Vice President - Closed-end Fund Research
Stifel Nicolaus
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CAN PUT-WRITE & BUY-WRITE INDEXES GENERATE HIGHER INCOME & RISK-ADJUSTED RETURNS?
Mr. Matthew Moran
Vice President
Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE)
ING HIGH DIVIDEND COVERED CALL CLOSED END STRATEGIES
Mr. Martin Jansen
Senior Vice President
ING Investment Management |
| PARALLEL BREAK OUT SESSION (James Room - 2nd Floor) |
| 9:30AM-10:15AM |
ETF PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
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BUILDING A DIVERSIFIED GROWTH PORTFOLIO USING ETFS
Mr. Kevin D. Mahn
Chief Investment Officer
Hennion & Walsh Asset Management
Portfolio Manager
SmartGrowth® Mutual Funds
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| 10:15AM - 11:00AM |
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
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INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN DISTRESSED AND SECONDARY DEBT
Mr. M. Grier Eliasek
President & Chief Operating Officer
Prospect Capital Corporation
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| 11:45 PM-12:30PM |
ANALYTICAL TOOLS FOR CEFs & ETFs
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Mr. Connor Sloman
Managing Director
Fundamental Data
Mr. Tom Treanor
Head of Sales
Fundamental Data
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| LUNCH BREAK (Main Dining Room - 3rd Floor) |
| 12:45PM-1:15PM |
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
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MR. LAWRENCE LEIBOWITZ
Group Executive Vice President, Head of US Markets and Global Technology
NYSE Euronext
Member of NYSE Euronext Management Committee
Equity Markets & Exchanges in Today's Global Landscape
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| 1:15PM-2:15PM |
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| AFTERNOON SESSION (West Lounge - 1st Floor) |
| 2:30PM - 2:45PM |
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (ETFs)
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THE STATE OF THE ETF INDUSTRY IN 2009
Ms. Deborah Fuhr
Managing Director, Global Head of ETF Research and Implementation Strategy
Barclays Global Investors
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| 2:45PM- 3:30PM |
INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLES ETFs
Moderated by:
Mr. Dominic Maister
Executive Director
Morgan Stanley, Markets Group
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LEVERAGED ETFs
Mr. Daniel D. O'Neill
President and Chief Investment Officer
Direxion Shares
Mr. Solomon G. Teller, CFA
Head of Investment Analytics
ProShares
Mr. Scott Burns
Director ETF Research
Morningstar
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| 3:30PM- 4:15PM |
INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLES ETFs
Moderated by:
Mr. Joe Witthohn
Director of ETF Research
Janney Montgomery Scott
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COMMODITY ETFs
Mr. Dodd F. Kittsley, CFA
Strategist
Barclays Global Investors
Mr. Edward McRedmond
SVP - Portfolio Strategies
Invesco PowerShares Capital Management
Mr. John T. Hyland, CFA
Chief Investment Officer
United States Commodity Funds
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| 4:15PM- 4:30PM |
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (ETFs)
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CURRENCY ETF STRATEGIES: A FOCUS ON CURRENCIES OF THE EMERGING WORLD
Mr. Luciano Siracusano
Chief Investment Strategist
WisdomTree Investments
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| 4:30PM- 5:30PM |
INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLES ETFs
Moderated by:
Mr. Paul Mazzilli
President
Mazzilli Advisors
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CURRENT TRENDS, OPPORTUNITIES & OUTLOOK
Mr. Dodd F. Kittsley, CFA
Strategist
Barclays Global Investors
Mr. Christian W. Magoon
President
Claymore Securities
Mr. Matt Forstenhausler
Partner - Financial Services
Ernst & Young LLP
Mr. Edward McRedmond
SVP - Portfolio Strategies
Invesco PowerShares Capital Management
Mr. Luciano Siracusano
Chief Investment Strategist
WisdomTree Investments
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| 5:30PM- 6:30PM |
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