UK

27 - 28 April 2010

Key Themes to be discussed at Hedge Fund Managed Accounts 2010:
• Aligning investor expectations with platform services
• Effectively maintaining investor control of investments
• Transparency - how much Information are Managed Accounts Expected to Divulge?
• Determining the true extent of platform liquidity and pricing
• Accurately assessing the tracking error; when not to be concerned, and how to mitigate it
• Back end reporting: the most effective solutions
• Clarifying the roles for investor and platform due diligence
• The future for fund of funds: What is the emerging standard?

22 - 23 March 2010

This course explores the Operations Risk management function and mitigation strategies. It is intended to move the participants beyond the international compliance requirements for operations risk and into an understanding of risk as a value added proposition, increasing the bank’s profitability and structural strength.

This practical one day course is designed to provide an insight into the area of UCITS, showing how funds may select eligible assets and demonstrate how these instruments may be employed to achieve different investment objectives.

Effective and accurate credit risk management is crucial for all financial institutions including banks, lenders and investors. This timely and topical course is created to equip delegates with practical risk analysis skills and enable them to make informative business decisions.

24 - 26 March 2010

This practical 3 day course is designed to provide you with in-depth understanding of LBO and Merger methods in order to make effective business decisions based on sound valuation of businesses. You will gain the tools to value and account for a merger of two businesses and explore the concept of synergy valuation.

This one day programme provides a great introduction to bond and money markets. You will be taken through the fundamental bonds concepts, their structures and uses by government and corporates. The strategies for bond pricing and quantifying risk will help participants understand main market mechanisms. Finally, other money market and inflation linked securities will be explained in detail.

Pricing discrepancies, conservative investment policies and continuing economic uncertainty all resulted in a slowing private equity secondaries market in 2009. The inaugural Capital Creation Secondaries 2010 summit will reveal the key drivers behind the impending surge in deal volume, highlighting the issues that will be at the forefront of increased activity. Learn how the most prominent industry leaders in the secondaries field are adapting to a stabilising economy to maximise deal flow in 2010 and beyond

ETF Securities and The World Gold Council invites you to attend this unique opportunity to gain valuable insight into the fundamental factors driving gold prices, insights into future supply and demand and the outlook for Gold.

ETF Securities and The World Gold Council invites you to attend this unique opportunity to gain valuable insight into the fundamental factors driving gold prices, insights into future supply and demand and the outlook for Gold.