| 7:30 am |
REGISTRATION |
| MORNING SESSIONS |
| 7:55 am |
Welcome Remarks |
Nicolas Bornozis, President - Capital Link, Inc. |
| 8:00 am - 8:20 am |
CEF State of the Industry |
Michael Taggart, CFA, VP, Director of CEF Research, CEF & Global Structured Products - Nuveen Investments |
| 8:20 am - 8:40 am |
ETF State of the Industry |
Deborah Fuhr, Managing Partner - ETFGI LLP |
| West Lounge (First Floor) |
James Room (Second Floor) |
FIXED INCOME INVESTING
Introduced By: Daniel Brown, CFA, CEF & ETP Analyst, Advisory Services Group, Wells Fargo Advisors |
TOTAL RETURN INVESTING |
| 8:40 am - 9:00 am |
Preferred & Hybrid Securities: Why Active Management is Important |
Scott Fleming, President & CIO - Stonebridge Advisors LLC |
8:40 am - 9:20 am |
Where to Find Stable Yield in a Low-Yield Environment |
Grier Eliasek, President -Prospect Capital |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am |
CEFs / Fixed Income |
Michael Taggart, CFA, VP, Director of CEF Research, CEF & Global Structured Products - Nuveen Investments |
| MLP INVESTING: YIELD & TOTAL RETURN |
| 9:20 am - 9:40 am |
Putting Cash to Work with PIMCO ETFs |
Jerome Schneider, Managing Director, Head of PIMCO’s Short-Term & Funding Desk, & Lead Portfolio Manager for PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity ETF (MINT) & PIMCO Low Duration ETF (LDUR) - PIMCO |
9:20 am - 10:00 am
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MLP Market Update
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Jody Meraz, VP, Publicly Traded Funds; Managing Director - Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P. |
| 9:40 am - 10:00 am |
Flexible Credit Funds: How a Dynamic Allocation Can Help Navigate a Variety of Market Environments |
Keith Ashton, Portfolio Manager - Ares Management |
TOTAL RETURN INVESTING
Introduced By: John Duggan, Executive Director,
Closed-End Fund and ETF Strategy - Oppenheimer & Co |
10:00 am - 10:20 am |
US Energy: It Is Not Just About MLPs |
Daniel Spears, Partner & Portfolio Manager - Swank Capital; President - The Cushing Funds |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am |
The Importance of Price to Sales as a Valuation Metric |
Steve Cornelius, SVP, Head of Distribution - RevenueShares |
| 10:20 am - 10:40 am |
Convertible Bonds
in a Portfolio |
Scott Henderson, VP, Portfolio Specialist - Calamos Investments |
10:20 am - 10:40 am |
Growth & Differentiation
in MLP Investing |
Kyri Loupis, Managing Director, Lead Portfolio Manager - Goldman Sachs Asset Management |
| 10:40 am - 11:00 am |
REITs: The Original Real Asset |
Tom Bohjalian, EVP, Portfolio Manager - Cohen & Steers |
10:40 am - 11:00 am |
Energy Independence in North America: There’s No Place Like Home |
Edward Russell, Managing Director -
Tortoise Capital Advisors |
| 11:00 am - 11:20 am |
Real Assets &
Real Returns |
Gaston Yordan, VP - Nuveen Investments |
11:00 am - 11:20 am |
The Next Generation of MLP ETFs |
Darren Schuringa, Managing Partner - Yorkville Capital Management |
INTERNATIONAL INVESTINGIntroduced By: Alexander Reiss, Director,
Closed-End Fund Research - Stifel Nicolaus |
INCOME PRODUCING ALTERNATIVES |
| 11:20 am - 11:40 am |
Investment Opportunities in Mexican Equity Securities |
Alberto Osorio, President & CEO - The Mexico Fund, Inc. |
11:20 am - 12:00 pm |
How to Generate Attractive, Recurring Dividends, While Positioning for Rising Interest Rates |
Leonard Tannenbaum, CEO - Fifth Street Management LLC
|
| 11:40 am - 12:00 pm |
Emerging Markets: Much More Alive Than Dead |
Rennie McConnochie, Senior Business Development Manager - Aberdeen Asset Management |
| 12:00 pm - 12:20 pm |
Why MXE is a Good Investment? |
Annette Acosta,
Assistant Portfolio Manager - Mexico Equity and Income Fund, Inc.
Marco Ramirez, Middle Office Manager and Compliance - Mexico Equity and Income Fund, Inc.
|
FIXED INCOME |
| 12:00 pm - 12:20 pm |
Preferred Securities - High Income with Attractive Relative Value |
William Scapell, EVP, Portfolio Manager & Director of Fixed Income - Cohen & Steers |
RISK MANAGEMENT
Introduced By: Sebastian Mercado, Vice President,
ETF Strategist – Deutsche Bank |
TOTAL RETURNS |
| 12:20 pm - 12:40 pm |
Understanding Currency Risk & Currency Hedging |
Steve Darby, Director, ETF Investment Specialist - Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management
|
12:20 pm - 1:00 pm |
Why Focus on Quality in a Dividend Portfolio |
Moderator: Samir Charnalia, National Accounts Executives - FlexShares ETFs
Panelists:
• Christopher G. Huemmer, CFA, Senior Investment Strategist, Equity, ETFs Group - FlexShares ETFs
• Bart Farinholt, Director of RIA Sales - RiverFront Investment Group
|
| 12:40 pm - 1:00 pm |
Using Volatility & Buy-Write Products for Diversification & Enhanced Risk Adjusted Returns |
Matt Moran, VP, Business Development - CBOE
|
| 1:00 pm - 1:15 pm |
NETWORKING BREAK |
| LUNCHEON & KEYNOTE ADDRESS |
| 1:15 pm - 2:00 pm |
A “Real” View of the World
Joseph Harvey
President & Chief Investment Officer - Cohen & Steers
|
| 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm |
Closed End Fund, ETF & Analyst Awards |
| AFTERNOON SESSIONS |
| West Lounge - (First Floor) |
| 2:40 pm – 3:20 pm |
CEF Industry Roundtable |
Moderator:
Steven Pikelny, Analyst, Fund Research - Morningstar
Panelists:
- Robert Bush, SVP - Calamos Investments
- Gary Russell, Managing Director, Portfolio Manager - Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management
- Jonathan Isaac, VP, Director of Product Management - Eaton Vance Management
- Edward Russell, Managing Director - Tortoise Capital Advisors
- Cecilia Gondor, EVP and Chief Investment Officer - Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors
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| West Lounge (First Floor) |
James Room (Second Floor) |
| THE ENERGY RENAISSANCE |
USE OF LEVERAGE IN CEFs |
| 3:20 pm - 3:40 pm |
US Energy Industrial Manufacturing Renaissance |
Daniel Spears, Partner & Portfolio Manager - Swank Capital; President - The Cushing Funds |
3:20 pm - 4:00 pm Use of Leverage in CEFs
Moderator:
Ian Rasmussen, Senior Director of Fund & Asset Management - Fitch Ratings
Panelists:
- Yuriy Layvand, Director of Fund & Asset Management - Fitch Ratings
- William White, Managing Director of Debt Private Placements - Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- Jody Meraz, VP of Publicly Traded Funds; Managing Director - Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P.
- William Meyers, Managing Director, GSPG Capital Markets - Nuveen Investments
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COMMODITIES
Introduced By: Eric Balchunas, ETF Analyst – Bloomberg |
| 3:40 pm - 4:00 pm |
The Commodity Evolution: The Changing Face of Commodities Investing |
Oscar Bleetstein, Director, Commodities Sales - Credit Suisse |
| 4:00 pm - 4:20 pm |
The Case for Commodities |
John Gambla, Senior Portfolio Co-Manager - First Trust Advisors |
4:00 pm - 4:40 pm Raising Capital for CEFs & MLPs
Moderator:
Rose DiMartino, Partner, Asset Management Dept. - Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Panelists:
- Bryan Turley, Managing Director - MLV & Co.
- Jerry Raio, Managing Director, Equity Capital Markets - Wells Fargo Securities
- John A. Key, Managing Director - UBS Investment Bank
- Jay Spinola, Partner, Asset Mgmt. Group - Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
- Dietrich Moor, Senior VP - Raymond James Investment Banking
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| 4:20 pm - 4:40 pm |
Gold: A Strategic Asset |
William Rhind, Managing Director, Investment - World Gold Council |
| West Lounge (First Floor) |
| 4:40 pm - 5:30 pm |
ETF Industry Roundtable |
Moderator:
Laura Morrison, SVP, Global Index & Exchange Traded Products - NYSE Euronext
Panelists:
- Kevin Quigg, Global Head of ETF Sales Strategy - State Street Global Advisors
- Dominic Maister, Head of iShares ETF Due Diligence - BlackRock
- Ben Slavin, Head of Product Development - WisdomTree Asset Management
- Deborah Fuhr, Managing Partner - ETFGI
- Kathleen H. Moriarty, Partner - Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
- Ugo Egbunike, Director, Business Development – ETF.com
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| 5:40 pm – 7:00 pm |
COCKTAIL RECEPTION |
| The Event Qualifies for 9 hours of CFP Continuing Education Credit |
