Agenda

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Keynote Sessions:

ETF Pundits Tackle the Top Issues: Opportunities and Predictions for 2012 -- CFP CE Credit

11:00 am - 12:00 pm ET

  • Scott Burns, Director of ETF Research, Morningstar
  • Matt Hougan, President, ETF Analytics, IndexUniverse
  • Tom Lydon, Editor & Publisher, ETF Trends

Hear the inside scoop from top ETF analysts. This no holds barred panel will give their thoughts and opinions about the ETF landscape, the regulatory outlook and best practices for investors using ETFs. Who’s winning the ETF game? What asset classes are getting more attention in the New Year? What new ETFs will we see? Where are the chinks in the armor in the ETF business?

Bill Gross Talks 2012 Outlook and ETFs

12:15 pm

  • Bill Gross, Founder, Managing Director and co-CIO, PIMCO

Track A

Searching for Yield Domestically and Globally with ETFs -- CFP CE Credit

12:30 - 1:30 pm ET

  • Burton Malkiel, Chief Investment Officer, Baochuan Capital
  • Jim Lowell, Editor, Fidelity Investor
  • Douglas Wolfe, Managing Director, Saddle River

The low yield environment has advisors searching along the risk/return spectrum for higher yielding exposures with goals of preserving principal. Explore the construction and performance of a wide range of indices domestically and globally that include treasuries, municipals, corporates, high yields, dividend aristocrats, preferreds, international/emerging dividend and sovereign opportunities and more.

Sector Weightings and Index Construction: Picking Your Spots with ETFs -- CFP CE Credit

1:50 - 2:50 pm ET

  • Sam Stovall, Chief Equity Strategist, S&P Capital IQ
  • Chris Brightman, Director, Head of Investment Management, Research Affiliates
  • Morgan White, Managing Director, Osborne Partners

Sector investing offers advisors the opportunity to tailor portfolios and invest based on the view of the business cycle – U.S. and global. Explore how index weightings and ETF construction can affect performance, risk and correlation to major asset classes. See how industry exposure and index strategies can make an impact on client portfolios.

 

Track B

ETF Portfolios: Manage In-House or Outsource

12:30 - 1:30 pm ET

  • Sue Thompson, Head of the Registered Investment Advisor Group and 401(k) Sales, iShares
  • Stephen Cucchiaro, Chief Investment Officer, Windhaven Investment Management
  • Michael Kim, Senior Vice President, Genworth Financial
  • Mark Balasa, Principal, Co-President, and Chief Investment Officer, Balasa Dinverno Foltz, LLC

As ETFs continue to gain popularity, advisors are allocating a larger percentage of assets to ETFs in client portfolios and more want to learn about these financial products. While advisors are able to integrate ETFs into their own portfolio management, it is also feasible to look outside to ETF model portfolios. There are ETF solutions available to meet diverse client needs and delegating a portion of the investment responsibility can give advisors more time to focus on other aspects of their business or investment strategy. Find out what strategies advisors are implementing to take advantage of all the benefits ETFs have to offer for their clients.

Alternative Investing with ETFs: Hedging Risk in a Volatile Market -- CFP CE Credit

1:50 - 2:50 pm ET

  • Tony Rochte, Senior Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors
  • Joanne Hill, Head of Investment Strategy, ProShares
  • Tony Davidow, Managing Director and Portfolio Strategist, Guggenheim Investments
  • Martin Kremenstein, Director in DBX / CIO, Deutsche Bank

ETFs helped make alternative investing mainstream – commodities, currencies, inverse and leverage – find out how and where they fit into client portfolios. Alternatives offer diversification to supplement equity and fixed income positions. Understand how physical, equity-based, and futures based exposures have different correlations and performances with indices for global natural resources, infrastructure, REITs and commodities.