| 7:30 am - 8:00 am |
REGISTRATION |
| MORNING SESSIONS |
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Welcome Remarks |
Nicolas Bornozis, President - Capital Link, Inc. |
| 8:00 am - 8:20 am |
Opening Address: “The State of the CEF Industry in 2013” |
John Calamos, CEO & Global Co-CIO - Calamos Investments |
| 8:20 am - 8:40 am |
Opening Address: “The State of the ETF/ETP Industry in 2013” |
Dodd Kittsley, Director, Global Head of ETP Research - BlackRock |
| West Lounge (First Floor) |
James Room (Second Floor) |
FIXED INCOME INVESTING
Michael Jabara, Vice President, Head of Exchange Traded Funds & Closed-End Funds Research - Morgan Stanley Smith Barney |
THE ENERGY RENAISSANCE & MLPs
Elias Lanik, Closed-End Fund & Exchange Traded Fund Research - Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
| 8:40 am - 9:20 am |
A Recap & Outlook on TIPS Securities & Inflation |
Peter Stutz, Portfolio Manager, Research Analyst - Western Asset Management |
8:40 am - 9:20 am |
The Energy Renaissance: Investing Across the Entire Energy Value Chain |
Jerry Swank, Founder, Managing Partner & CEO -Swank Capital & The Cushing Funds
Daniel Spears, Partner & Portfolio Manager - The Cushing Funds |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am |
Active Cash Management: Cash & Short Duration Investments |
Jerome Schneider, Managing Director, Head of the Short-Term & Funding Desk - PIMCO |
| 9:20 am - 9:40 am |
Active Management: The Benefits in High-Yield and Senior Loan ETFs |
William Housey, Senior Portfolio Manager, Leveraged Finance Investment Team - First Trust Advisors |
9:20 am - 9:40 am |
The Shale Revolution: What it Means for MLPs |
Ron Logan, Managing Director - Kayne Anderson |
| 9:40 am - 10:00 am |
Opportunities in Credit - A Focus on Senior Loans |
Larry Holzenthaler, Analyst - Symphony Asset Management |
9:40 am - 10:00 am |
Investment Alternatives & Strategies in the MLP Sector through CEFs & ETFs |
Kenny Feng, President & CEO - Alerian |
INTERNATIONAL INVESTING
Alex Reiss, Director, Closed-End Fund Research - Stifel Nicolaus |
FIXED INCOME INVESTING
Mariana Bush, Closed-End Fund & Exchange Traded Funds Research - Wells Fargo Advisors |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am |
The Mexico Fund |
Eduardo Solano, Investor Relations VP - The Mexico Fund, Inc. |
10:00 am - 10:20 am |
Innovation in Fixed Income Products |
Steve Laipply, Director, Model Based Fixed Income Portfolio Management Group -BlackRock |
| 10:20 am - 10:40 am |
Emerging Markets |
James Upton, Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager & COO - Morgan Stanley |
10:20 am - 10:40 am |
Investment Opportunities in Municipal Bonds |
Philip Condon, Head of Fixed Income U.S., Head of Municipal Bond Portfolio Management - Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management |
| 10:40 am - 11:20 am |
The Merits of Asia |
Donald Amstad, Director - Aberdeen Asset Management Asia |
10:40 am - 11:20 am |
Preferred Securities - Potential for High Income with Attractive Relative Value |
William Scapell, SVP, Director of Fixed Income & Portfolio Manager - Cohen & Steers |
| 11:20 am - 11:40 am |
Investment Opportunities in European Equities |
David Wertheim, Director, Senior Investment Specialist Equities & Commodities - Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management |
11:20 am - 11:40 am |
Senior Loan Portfolio Market |
Dan Norman, Managing Director & Group Head ING Senior Loan Group - ING |
| 11:40 am - 12:00 pm |
Mexico: The Smart Alternative Investment |
Maria Eugenia Pichardo, Senior Portfolio Manager - Mexico Equity and Income Fund, Inc.
Roberto Barrera, Senior Portfolio Strategies - Pichardo Asset Management
Jose Arnulfo Rodriguez, Senior Debt Strategies - Citibank Banamex |
THE USE OF LEVERAGE & CEFs |
| 11:40 am - 12:20 pm |
The Use of Leverage CEFs |
Moderator:
Yuriy Layvand, Director, Fund & Asset Manager Group - Fitch Ratings
Panelists:
- Greg Fayvilevich, Director, Fund & Asset Manager Group - Fitch Ratings
- Brad Adams, Managing Director - Tortoise Capital Advisors
- William Meyers, Managing Director, Capital Markets - Nuveen Investments
- Andrew Hanson, Managing Director, Head of Debt Private Placements - Morgan Stanley
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EQUITY & TOTAL RETURN INVESTING
John Duggan, Executive Director, Closed-End Fund & ETF Strategist - Oppenheimer & Co. |
| 12:00 pm - 12:20 pm |
Global Listed Infrastructure & MLPs |
Benjamin Morton, SVP, Portfolio Manager - Cohen & Steers |
| 12:20 pm - 12:40 pm |
The Energy Renaissance & Upstream Income Opportunities |
Jerry Swank, Founder, Managing Partner & CEO -Swank Capital & The Cushing Funds
Dan Spears, Partnert & Portfolio Manager - The Cushing Funds |
CURRENCY HEDGING |
| 12:20 pm - 12:40 pm |
The Case For Currency Hedging |
Patrick Schramm, Vice President & ETF Investment Specialist - Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management |
| LUNCHEON & KEYNOTE ADDRESS |
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm |
Introductory Remarks by
Laura Morrison
SVP, Global Index & Exchange Traded Products
NYSE Euronext
“Bridging the Transparency Gap: The Importance of Investor Relations”
Piers Currie
Group Head of Brand - Aberdeen Asset Management
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| 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm |
Closed End Fund, ETF & Analyst Awards |
| AFTERNOON SESSIONS |
| INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLE |
| 2:40 pm – 3:20 pm |
CEF Industry Roundtable |
Moderator:
Michael Taggart, Head of Closed-End Fund Research - Morningstar, Inc.
Panelists:
- Robert Bush, SVP - Calamos Investments
- Robert Ionescu, Director & Senior Closed-End Fund Product Specialist - Legg Mason & Co.
- Jonathan Isaac, VP, Director of Product Mangement - Eaton Vance
- Anne Kritzmire, Managing Director, Global Structured Products Marketing - Nuveen Investments
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| West Lounge (First Floor) |
James Room (Second Floor) |
RISK MITIGATION STRATEGIES
Jon Maier, Head of ETF Strategy - Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
INVESTING FOR YIELD THROUGH ETPs |
| 3:20 pm - 3:40 pm |
Minimum Volatility Exposure to the Equity Markets |
Joseph Nelesen, Director, iShares Product Research & Development - BlackRock |
3:20 pm - 4:00 pm Yield Solutions: Alternative strategies using ETPs
Moderator:
Jeanene Timberlake, Managing Editor - Wall Street Letter
Panelists:
- Joseph Becker, Senior Fixed & Equity Income Product Strategist
- Invesco PowerShares
- Michael Akins, Portfolio Manager - ALPS ETF Trust
- James Pacetti, Director of Business Development -
S-Network Global Indexes
- Doug Bond, Executive Vice President, Portfolio Manager -
Cohen & Steers
- Michael Jabara, Vice President, Head of Exchange Traded Funds &
Closed-End Funds Research - Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
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| 3:40 pm - 4:00 pm |
Equity Volatility Management |
Matthew Moran, VP, Business Development - Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) |
COMMODITIES & PRECIOUS METALS
Jon Maier, Head of ETF Strategy - Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
PERMANENT CAPITAL & ALTERNATIVE INCOME STRATEGIES |
| 4:00 pm - 4:20 pm |
Outlook for Precious Metals |
William Rhind, Managing Director - ETF Securities (US) LLC |
4:00 pm - 4:40 pm Using Permanent Capital to Effectively
Deliver Alternative Income Strategies
Moderator:
Steven A. Baffico, Managing Partner & CEO – Four Wood Capital Partners, LLC
Panelists:
- Michael McGrath, Partner - Perella Weinberg Partners
- Ted Smith, Head of U.S. Intermediary Distribution -
Ashmore Investment Management UK
- Samuel Sahn, Portfolio Manager, Global Real Estate Securities -
Timbercreek Asset Management
- Michael Lehmann, Portfolio Manager - Third Avenue Management
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| 4:20 pm - 4:40 pm |
GLDI: Generating Yield on Gold |
Gregory King, Director and Head of ETPs - Credit Suisse |
| 4:40 pm - 5:00 pm |
Commodity ETFs |
John Hyland, CIO - United States Commodity Funds LLC |
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| INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLE |
| 5:00 pm - 5:40 pm |
ETF Industry Roundtable |
Moderator:
Scott Burns, Director of Fund Research – Morningstar, Inc.
Panelists:
- Matt Hougan, President, ETF Analytics & Global Head of Editorial - IndexUniverse / ETF Analytics
- Edward McRedmond, SVP, Portfolio Strategies - Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC
- Paul Lohrey, Managing Director, Head of iShares Global Investment Group - iShares by BlackRock
- Deborah Fuhr, Partner & Co-Founder - ETFGI
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| 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm |
COCKTAIL RECEPTION |
| The Event Qualifies for 9 hours of Continuing Education Credit |
