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2011 EVENTS CALENDAR

Disclaimer: The financial conference universe is very large. This calendar represents many of the key conferences of interest to our clients but is not an exhaustive list. If you know of a conference that is not included here please feel free to let us know and we will be happy to add it to future editions.

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GAIM USA

Cloud Computing on Wall Street Breakfast Briefing

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MFAs Network 2011

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GAIM USAJan 18-20, 2011Boca Raton, FL—Organizer: (IIR) Institute for International ResearchAudience: CFAs, CIOs, CFOs, Partners, VPs, Presidents—Opportunities: Opportunities to further develop your personal network with senior decision makers from the most successful firms in the alternative investment industry.

Cloud Computing on Wall Street Breakfast BriefingJan 26, 2011New York—Organizer: (FTF) Financial Technology ForumAudience: COO, CIO, CTO, Heads/Directors of Operations, Managing Directors, SVPs, Senior IT Professional, General Counsel—Opportunities: Financial Technologies Forum, LLC offers premier niche events in the securities operations space that cover the hottest trends in the industry, providing interactive and intimate settings where the most senior professionals in the securities operations space can network. Thought leadership through speaking opportunities helps to increase brand awareness and lead generation. FTF provides a forum for Wall Street to connect and build lasting relationships while delivering high level content from the industry’s leading experts.

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Trade Tech Architecture Data TechnologyJan 26, 2011London—Organizer: (WBR) Worldwide Business Research Audience: Head of Trading, Head of Trading Technology, Head of Equity Trading, etc.—Opportunities: This event is an opportunity for high level networking and getting insights in how to enhance the capabilities and cost effectiveness of IT organizations.

MFA’s Network 2011Jan 30 - Feb 1 2011Palm Beach, FL—Organizer: MFAAudience: Professionals in the hedge fund and alternative investment industries.—Opportunities: The Network 2010 agenda focuses on the needs of investors and best practices in asset allocation, manager selection and due diligence.

http://www.wbresearch.com/tradetecharchitecturedt/home.aspx

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February 2011

SIFMA - European Market Liquidity Conference

ASF 2011

Conference & Expo

Credit Risk Forum

International Cash & Treasury Management

Hedge Fund Seminar: How to Raise More Investment Capital

Trading Regulation & Compliance Forum

HIFREQ TRADE - Exploring the potential and new techniques in FT

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SIFMA - European Market Liquidity ConferenceFeb 3, 2011London—Organizer: AFMEAudience: COO, CIO, CTO, Heads/Directors of Operations, Managing Directors, SVPs, Senior IT Professional, General Counsel—Opportunities: Now in its fifth year, the conference is an opportunity to keep abreast of what is happening to both fixed income and equities trading in a new regulatory environment.

ASF 2011Feb 6-9, 2011Orlando, FL—Organizer: ASFAudience: Regulators, Policymaker—Opportunities: ASF 2010 features a multi-day, multi-track program, combining general sessions which cover topics of broad interest along with concurrent break-out tracks.

http://www.sifma.org/blastemails/europeblasts/files/MarketLiquidity2010.pdf

http://www.americansecuritization.com/story.aspx?id=4152

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Conference & ExpoFeb 13-16, 2011Miami, FL—Organizer: (NICSA) National Investment Company Service AssociationAudience: Senior-level investment management execs—Opportunities: Brings hundreds of industry professionals together for a multiple day conference featuring concurrent educational sessions, daily keynote addresses and formal presentations.

Credit Risk ForumFeb 16 - 17, 2011London—Organizer: PRMIAAudience: CROs, Directors, Heads of Risk Analytics—Opportunities: A full-day conference, organized as part of the PRMIA Global Event Series, that focuses on key topics around Credit Risk measurement and management.

http://www.nicsa.org/default.asp?contentID=242

http://www.prmia.org/events/view_events.php?eventID=4279


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International Cash & Treasury ManagementFeb 21 - 23, 2011Johannesburg, South Africa—Organizer: EuroFinance—Opportunities: This 3-day course is designed for treasury, banking and finance professionals, with a basic understanding of financial subjects, seeking more sophisticated and in-depth knowledge of the essential elements of international cash and treasury management.

Hedge Fund Seminar: How to Raise More Investment Capital Feb 23, 2011New York—Organizer: (FTF) Financial Technology ForumAudience: COO, CIO, CTO, Heads/Directors of Operations, Managing Directors, SVPs, Senior IT Professional, General Counsel—Opportunities: Financial Technologies Forum, LLC offers premier niche events in the securities operations space that cover the hottest trends in the industry, providing interactive and intimate settings where the most senior professionals in the securities operations space can network. Thought leadership through speaking opportunities helps to increase brand awareness and lead generation. FTF provides a forum for Wall Street to connect and build lasting relationships while delivering high level content from the industry’s leading experts.

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Trading Regulation & Compliance ForumFeb 23, 2011Beverly Hills, CA—Organizer: Hedge COAudience: COO, CIO, CTO, Heads/Directors of Operations, Managing Directors, SVPs, Senior IT Professional, General Counsel—Opportunities: During the day, attendees will get an extremely thorough understanding of exactly what the latest guidelines mean and how they will affect your current strategies.

HIFREQ TRADE - Exploring the potential and new techniques in HFTFeb 24, 2011London—Organizer: Hedge COAudience: COO, CIO, CTO, Heads/Directors of Operations, Managing Directors, SVPs, Senior IT Professional, General Counsel—Opportunities: HIFREQ TRADE event explores the latest trends, solutions, and strategies within high frequency trading in order to support ongoing discussion, sustain further development, and bring more light on the subject for involved professionals and keep them informed with the latest innovations in this rapidly changing environment.


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27th Annual Risk Management ConferenceFeb 27 - March 1, 2011Dana Point, CA—Organizer: Chicago Board Options ExchangeAudience: Institutional Traders, Pension Plan Sponsors, Portfolio & Mututal Fund Managers, Hedge Fund Managers, Foundation & Endowment Officials—

Trade Tech USAFeb 28 - March 2, 2011New York—Organizer: (WBR) Worldwide Business ResearchAudience: Asset Managers, Fund Managers, Brokers—Opportunities: A high quality equity trading event covering both domestic and global trading strategies to increase the efficiency of trading desks around the world.

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March 2011

FIX Protocol EMEA Trading Summit 2011

Defense Finance

5th Annual OpRisk

Trade Tech China

Risk South Africa

Wealth Management & Trust Conference

TSAM 2011

Risk Management Convention & Exhibition

NAPF Investment Conference

Money Market Expo

Technology Alliance Meeting

International Futures Industry Conference

AsiaHedge Forum 2011

FIMA 2011

OpRisk USA 2011

Energy Risk Italia

4th Annual Performance Measurement

Mutual Funds & Investment Management

17th Annual Industry Forum & Vendor Show

National Municipal Bond Summit

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FIX Protocol EMEA Trading ConferenceMarch 1, 2011London—Organizer: (FPL) FIX Protocol LimitedAudience: CEOs, Directors, CIOs, Heads of Training, CTOs, CFOs—Opportunities: Growing pains - meeting the challenges of escalating levels of automation risk management and electronic trading. The issues, challenges and opportunities presented by cross-asset-class trading.

Defense FinanceMarch 1, 2011—Organizer: (WBR) Worldwide Business Research Audience: Comptrollers, CFOs, Directors, Program Managers/PEOs, Chiefs of: Financial Management, Business Transformation—Opportunities: The Defense Finance Training Conference focuses on identifying best practices and proven strategies for transforming Defense finance business operations in support of the Warfighter.

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5th Annual OpRiskMarch 2, 2011New York—Organizer: (FTF) Financial Technology ForumAudience: COO, CIO, CTO, Heads/Directors of Operations, Managing Directors, SVPs, Senior IT Professional, General Counsel—Opportunities: Financial Technologies Forum, LLC offers premier niche events in the securities operations space that cover the hottest trends in the industry, providing interactive and intimate settings where the most senior professionals in the securities operations space can network. Thought leadership through speaking opportunities helps to increase brand awareness and lead generation. FTF provides a forum for Wall Street to connect and build lasting relationships while delivering high level content from the industry’s leading experts.

TradeTech ChinaMarch 2 - 3, 2011Shanghai—Organizer: (WBR) Worldwide Business ResearchAudience: Head of Trading, Head of Trading Technology, Head of Equity Trading, etc.—Opportunities: Focuses on the growing opportunities of equity trading in China.


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Risk South AfricaMarch 3-4, 2011Cape Town, South Africa—Organizer: Incisive MediaAudience: COO, CIO, CTO, Heads/Directors of Operations, Managing Directors, SVPs, Senior IT Professional, General Counsel—Opportunities: Risk South Africa will shed light on the latest developments and innovations in the world of risk management and derivatives, providing an opportunity to stay ahead of the curve in risk management, derivatives, dynamic investing and regulatory compliance.

Wealth Management & Trust ConferenceMarch 6 - 8, 2011Miami, FL—Organizer: American Bankers AssociationAudience: Trust execs, Managing directors of Wealth, Portfolio managers, Senior financial advisors, Business development officers, Investment specialists—Opportunities: The ABA Wealth Management and Trust Conference addresses the latest issues facing the industry. Presented by leading experts and senior level bank executives, the conference is guaranteed to provide strategic and practical insight.

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TSAM 2011March 8, 2011London—Organizer: Osney MediaAudience: Chief Technology Officer, Operating Officer, Data Officer, Risk Officer —Opportunities: Designed exclusively for the buy side, providing first-hand insights into all the main areas of development and the latest technological advances.

Risk Management Convention & ExhibitionMarch 8 - 9, 2011New York—Organizer: (GARP) Global Association of Risk Professionals Audience: CROs, Directors, VPs, Senior Advisors, Shareholders—Opportunities: The theme of this year’s event is Transforming Risk in a New World Order which will highlight the issues related to the global economic fallout with a particular.

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NAPF Investment ConferenceMarch 9 - 11, 2011Edinburgh, Scotland—Organizer: (NAPF) National Association of Pension FundsAudience: Asset owners/managers, institutional investors—Opportunities: Conference address the key investment choices, challenges and changes faced by defined benefit & defined contribution pension funds and institutional investors.

Money Market ExpoMarch 14-16, 2011Orlando, FL—Organizer: (IIR) Institute for International ResearchAudience: Money Fund Portfolio Managers, Gov’t and Institutional investors, compliance officers—Opportunities: Evaluate Impacts of Credit Turmoil on Money Markets and Implement Investment and Risk Management Strategies for Success in the New Credit and Liquidity Environment.

http://www.napf.co.uk/Conferences_and_Seminars/Investment_Conference.aspx

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Technology Alliance MeetingMarch 14 - 15, 2011Boston, MA—Organizer: CutterAudience: Investment managers, Compliance officers, CTOs, Directors, Partners—Opportunities: Hear presentations from Cutter’s research, consulting & benchmarking specialists, as well as from members and other industry experts.

International Futures Industry ConferenceMarch 15 - 18, 2011Boca Raton, FL—Organizer: (FIA) Futures Industry Association Audience: Senators, Congressmen, regulatory officials, CEOs, VPs, etc—Opportunities: Annual meeting, where industry leaders from around the world gather to discuss current issues and exchange ideas; the venue to seek convergence of the industry.

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AsiaHedge Forum 2011March 16-17, 2011Hong Kong—Organizer: Hedge Fund IntelligenceAudience: Managers, CEOs, Investors—Opportunities: Held in Hong Kong, the AsiaHedge Forum is a major hedge fund event attracting both local and international delegates who need to know about the Asia-Pacific hedge fund industry. The Forum addresses the strategies, issues and challenges that the region’s industry now faces, and provides the perfect opportunity to network with the region’s finest managers and investors.

FIMA 2011March 21 - 23, 2011New York—Organizer: (WBR) Worldwide Business Research Audience: President, Vice President, Head of: Product and Pricing Data, Reference Data —Opportunities: FIMA focuses on the operational, risk and business issues surrounding reference data management.

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OpRisk USA 2011March 22 -24, 2011New York—Organizer: IncisiveAudience: Head of Operational Risk, Directors, Managing Directors, Risk Managers and Analysts—Opportunities: This 3-day event will feature cutting edge keynote, plenary, panel and case study sessions, as well as hands-on educational pre-conference seminars. Serious OpRisk executives attend to get their one-stop shop to current best practice and future thought leadership in today’s fast-changing regulatory and professional environment.

Energy Risk ItaliaMarch 22, 2011Milan, Italy—Organizer: Incisive Media—Opportunities: Energy Risk Italia is a premier event if you are seeking to enhance your risk management techniques and benchmark your methods with peers in the energy industry. This event will bring together the industry’s leading experts from energy companies, investment banks, regulators, top academics, and energy traders.

http://www.oprisknorthamerica.com/static/home

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4th Annual Performance MeasurementsMarch 23, 2011New York—Organizer: (FTF) Financial Technology ForumAudience: COO, CIO, CTO, Heads/Directors of Operations, Managing Directors, SVPs, Senior IT Professional, General Counsel—Opportunities: Financial Technologies Forum, LLC offers premier niche events in the securities operations space that cover the hottest trends in the industry, providing interactive and intimate settings where the most senior professionals in the securities operations space can network. Thought leadership through speaking opportunities helps to increase brand awareness and lead generation. FTF provides a forum for Wall Street to connect and build lasting relationships while delivering high level content from the industry’s leading experts.


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Mutual Funds & Investment ManagementMarch 27 - 30, 2011Palm Desert, CA—Organizer: ICI Investment Company InstituteAudience: Partners, Managing Directors, Investors—Opportunities: Hear from industry leaders and other experts as they discuss innovations in the fund industry and the competitive challenges facing fund companies today.

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17th Annual Industry Forum & Vendor ShowMarch 21 - 24, 2011Boston, MA—Organizer: ISITCAudience: Professionals representing custodian banks, investment managers, brokers, and vendors. —Opportunities: By becoming an exhibitor at our Industry Forum and Vendor Show, you will have an opportunity to demonstrate your products and services to more than 600 representatives from investment management, custodian bank and broker/dealer firms

National Municipal Bond SummitMarch 30 - April 1, 2011Miami, FL—Organizer: (RBDA) Regional Bond Dealers Association & Bond Buyer Audience: Broker-dealers, public-sector employees—Opportunities: In addition to addressing the current market dislocations, the conference will tackle broader issues, including the need for new approaches to funding infrastructure and the question of how the legal and regulatory framework governing the market should evolve to address investor needs and the opportunities and risks posed by the introduction of new technologies.

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Euromoney Bond Investors CongressMarch 8-9, 2011London—Organizer: (ECBC) European Covered Bond Council

—Opportunities: The congress sessions will debate and discuss the market over the previous 12 months, its most turbulent since the modern day covered bond market developed.

http://www.euromoneyconferences.com/EventDetails/0/3174/The-Bond-Investors-Congress-br-Investing-in-a-high-volatility-low-yield-environment.html

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