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Thought-Leaders to Share Insight on Global Impacts on Dairy, Grain and Energy

Chairman of Atlanta Federal Reserve, Mike Bryan, is Keynote Speaker

Forces influencing global supply and demand for food and energy commodities take center stage as commodity risk-management consulting firm FCStone, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of International Assets Holding Corporation (INTL) (Nasdaq:IAAC) today announced the agenda, speaker lineup, and theme for its annual Outlook Conference, June 9-10 in Chicago.

The theme for the seventh annual FCStone/Downes-O'Neill Outlook Conference is "Make Mine With Everything," signifying the importance of understanding the relationship among all food commodities and inputs, including energy, interest rates and currencies, and the need for commodity forecasts to consider all of these factors in a time of increasing economic uncertainty.

The annual gathering is designed to help producers, processors, and end users of food commodities foresee global supply and demand issues and, in the process, help them prepare for and protect against the risks of price fluctuations.

"In recent years, it's become increasingly evident that the producers, processors and end-users of commodities can no longer view those commodities in a vacuum, but instead must consider how they are affected by a host of other commodities and macro-economic influences," said Tom Gaughan, Vice President of the Food Services Division of FCStone, LLC. "The Outlook Conference is designed to offer attendees access to key industry thought-leaders and experts who can help them to better understand the forces that shape their businesses and influence their bottom lines." 

The event's keynote speaker is Mike Bryan, Chief Economist of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank. Climatologist Drew Lerner, president and founder and senior agricultural meteorologist of World Weather, Inc., an international weather-forecasting firm located in the Kansas City area, will return as a presenter for the fourth consecutive year. In his past appearances, Lerner has provided attendees with long-range forecasts for growing seasons, Atlantic hurricane activity, and winter weather, and has offered insightful viewpoints on the climate change debate.

Dr. Douglas Southgate, Ohio State University agricultural economist and co-author of The World Food Economy, will speak on long-term trends in the global demand for foodstuffs. And John Snell, principal of FCStone Group's wholly owned subsidiary Risk Management Incorporated, will address the global energy outlook.

The conference also will feature a Global Risk Management Initiatives roundtable discussion, featuring speakers from around the globe offering their perspective on risk-management trends and tools, with a particular emphasis on the dairy industry. Roundtable participants include Edward Gallagher, Vice President, Dairylea Cooperative and Dairy Farmers of America; Curt Goulding, Vice President of FCStone, LLC; John Harangody, Director, Chicago Mercantile Exchange; Hamish Keston, Commodity Risk Manager for the New Zealand-based multinational dairy company Fonterra; and Philip Smith, the London-based CEO of Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) operations for International Assets Holding Corporation.

Other confirmed speakers include:

• Jim Webster, author of the Webster Agricultural Letter, on the legislative outlook for agribusiness

• Peter Ullrich, president and CEO of Ullrich Analytics, on computerized technical analysis and price forecasts

• David Hightower, principal and founder of the Hightower Report on U.S. and world currencies

• Michael Caughlan, vice president, McKeaney & Flavell, on soft commodities

• Kevin Combs, vice president, McKeaney & Flavell, on corn sweeteners

• Dave Smoldt, vice president of operations, FCStone, LLC, on grains and oilseeds

• Bill Brooks, dairy economist, FCStone, LLC, on the dairy market

• Ken Bailey, PhD, economist, FCStone, LLC, on global dairy markets

The Outlook Conference will be held at the InterContinental Hotel on 515 N. Michigan Avenue in Chicago.

For more information on the conference, and updates on confirmed speakers and the conference agenda, please visit http://www.intlassets.com/seminars/outlook/Pages/OutlookConferenceInformation.aspx

Persons interested in attending the event can contact Kelly Czachor at kelly.czachor@fcstone.com or (312) 456-3624.

About International Assets Holding Corporation

International Assets Holdings Corporation (INTL) provides execution and advisory services in commodities, currencies and international securities. INTL's businesses, which include the commodities advisory and transaction execution firm FCStone Group, serve more than 10,000 commercial customers in more than 100 countries through a network of offices in eleven countries around the world. Further information on INTL is available at www.intlassets.com. 

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CONTACT:  FCStone, LLC/Downes-O'Neill

          Kelly Czachor

          312) 456-3624

          Kelly.Czachor@FCStone.com