- Dean Maki, Managing Director, Chief US
Economist at Barclays Capital delivers US economic outlook focusing
on the risks of today's easy monetary policies
- Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. commits as
Global Lead Sponsor of the Forum until 2013:
www.aberdeen-asset.us/cef
- Premier event for financial advisors, wealth
managers & institutional investors with nearly 1,000 attendees
in 2010
Capital Link will host its 10th Annual Closed-End Funds &
Global ETFs Forum in cooperation with NYSE Euronext on Wednesday,
April 27, 2011 at the Metropolitan Club in New York City. The Forum
is designed to deliver leading-edge thought leadership on the
latest trends in closed-end funds and global ETFs by gathering the
experts in global fund management, economic analysis and wealth
management.
Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. recognizes the conference's
leadership through its support of the event as Global Lead Sponsor
until 2013.
Chief US Economist at Barclays Capital Delivers
US Economic Outlook Dean Maki, Managing Director, Chief US
Economist at Barclays Capital, will provide an outlook for the US
economy focusing on the risks of today's easy policies. Overall,
Dr. Maki believes economic growth will be solid in 2011, driven by
consumer and business spending; however medium-term inflation
risks, associated with easy monetary policy, are a concern.
Mr. Maki was named the most accurate forecaster of US GDP in
2009 by Bloomberg News, and the most accurate forecaster of CPI and
PPI inflation by Bloomberg News for 2008-2010. He holds a Ph.D. in
economics from Stanford University and a BA in economics from St.
Olaf College.
Forum Description Capital Link's 10th
Annual Closed-End Funds & Global ETFs Forum will include
presentations by global fund managers, analysts and experts from
the industry, in addition to a series of industry roundtables with
in-depth discussions.
The Forum is a well-known annual industry event for
institutional investors, registered investment advisors, financial
planners, private bankers, securities analysts, retail and
institutional financial advisors, industry specialists and
analysts, in addition to financial press and media. The Forum
allows for ample networking opportunities, attracts an extensive
audience of key industry participants and an opportunity to earn
continuing education credits. Last year an audience in excess of
950 members of the investment community and the financial press
attended, setting a new record.
Annual Closed-End Funds & ETFs Awards
The Annual Closed End Funds & ETFs Awards are an initiative of
Capital Link and take place within the context of the Forum. The
awards aim to identify and recognize annually those fund sponsors
and executives who consistently apply high standards of financial
disclosure, investor and shareholder relations and innovation.
Furthermore, award recipients also include firms and analysts for
their research coverage of the CEF and ETF sectors. The awards are
based on nominations by a committee of CEF and ETF analysts, fund
sponsors and market experts. Capital Link is not part of the
nominating committee and award recipients are traditionally
published in Barron's.
Forum Structure The Forum will feature
presentations on specific topics as well as roundtable
discussions.
There will be presentations on the following industry topics,
the current state of the closed-end fund and exchange traded fund
industry, fixed income investing, equity and total return
investing, risk mitigation strategies, portfolio management and
leverage.
Roundtable discussions will cover the following, current trends,
opportunities & outlook on the closed -end fund and ETF
industry. Further roundtable topics will include commodity, product
innovation, trading and best execution.
Sponsors & Media Partners Aberdeen
Asset Management Inc. is the Global Lead Sponsor of the Forum and
has committed to support the event in this role until 2013.
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, parent of Aberdeen Asset Management
Inc. is one of the world's largest asset managers of emerging
market closed-end funds, by value and number, managing in excess of
US$6.3bn of assets across a range of 15 funds listed in New York,
London and Toronto, as of Feb. 2, 2011.
Calamos Investments is the Platinum Sponsor and the Gold Sponsor
is Alps while BlackRock , Guggenheim Funds, Invesco PowerShares,
Knight Capital Group, Inc. (NYSE: KCG), Legg Mason, MorningStar,
Inc., Swank Capital, LLC and Wisdom Tree are Silver Sponsors.
Bronze Sponsors include BNP Paribas, BNY Mellon, Canaccord
Genuity, Charles Schwab Corporation, Chicago Board Options Exchange
(CBOE), Cohen & Steers, DowJones Indexes, Eaton Vance, Fitch
Ratings, Hennion & Walsh, ING, Milberg LLP, Nuveen Investments,
OKAPI Partners, PIMCO ETFs, ProShares, Thomson Reuters, Tortoise
Capital Advisors, United States Commodity Fund LLC and WallachBeth
Capital LLC.
International Media Partners include BarclayHedge, Barron's, ETF
Radar Magazine, Financial Planning, Hedge Fund Alert, Institutional
Investor, Investment Advisor, Investor's Business Daily, On Wall
Street, Registered Rep., Research Magazine and Seeking Alpha.
For further information and to register, please
visit http://forums.capitallink.com/cef/2011/index.html
For more information on the Annual Awards,
visit www.cefawards.com, www.etfawards.com.
About Capital Link, Inc. Capital Link is a
New York-based investor relations and financial communications firm
which among other activities maintains a strategic focus on
Closed-End Funds and ETFs.
Capital Link has developed specific media, investor outreach
programs and IR tools focused on CEFs and ETFs aimed to enhancing
the profile of CEFs and ETFs among analysts, investors and the
financial media.
In this context, Capital Link maintains websites dedicated to
CEFs (www.CEFForum.com) and ETFs (www.ETFForum.com) that track the
news and developments of all US listed CEFs and ETFs providing
investors with a free information resource on these topics. Capital
Link Webinars (www.CapitalLinkWebinars.com) is an open online
interactive platform that hosts regular webinars on CEFs, ETFs and
other industry topics, such as the global economy and maritime
shipping fostering better understanding of these topics in the
investment community.
About Aberdeen Asset Management Inc.
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC ("Aberdeen PLC") parent of Aberdeen
Asset Management Inc. was founded in 1983 and has over $287 billion
in assets under management, as of Dec. 31, 2010. It has 1,800
staff, located across 30 offices in 23 countries and its managers
follow an active investment style that is grounded in first-hand
research and company due diligence.
Aberdeen PLC and its subsidiaries (collectively referred to
herein as "Aberdeen") directly manage eight NYSE-listed closed-end
funds including their largest U.S. listed fund, Aberdeen
Asia-Pacific Income Fund (NYSE Amex: FAX), Aberdeen Israel Fund
(NYSE Amex: ISL), Aberdeen Emerging Markets Telecommunications Fund
(NYSE Amex: ETF), Aberdeen Indonesia Fund (NYSE Amex: IF), Aberdeen
Chile Fund (NYSE Amex: CH), Aberdeen Global Income Fund (NYSE Amex:
FCO), Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund (NYSE Amex: IAF) and Aberdeen
Latin America Equity Fund (NYSE Amex: LAQ) with assets of more than
$4.3 billion in U.S. closed-end funds as of February 28, 2011, most
with an emerging market focus. Aberdeen is also investment
sub-adviser to two other closed end funds managed by First Trust
Advisors L.P. Aberdeen's range covers a broad array of regions,
asset classes and sectors with a regional focus and even
country-specific funds. For more information about Aberdeen, visit:
www.aberdeen-asset.us/cef
Capital Link Contact Nicolas Bornozis President Capital
Link, Inc. 230 Park Avenue - Suite 1536 New York, N.Y. 10169 Tel.
(212) 661-7566 Fax (212) 661-7526 E-mail: forum@capitallink.com
http://www.capitallink.com/ Aberdeen Contact Katie Cowley
Communications Manager Aberdeen Asset Management Inc 1735 Market
Street Philadelphia, PA Tel 215-405-2423 Email:
Katie.cowley@aberdeen-asset.com
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