Visit www.ADIFLondon.com for further updates.

The 4th Abu Dhabi Investment Forum (ADIF) will take place on 16 October at the Lancaster hotel in London. The Forum is widely recognized as the most high-profile Abu Dhabi event of its kind to take place in London. It is held in partnership with the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development and will be opened by H.E. Nasser Ahmed Alsowaidi, Chairman, Department of Economic Development.

The Forum brings together international investors with Abu Dhabi’s industry leaders, financial intermediaries and high-profile government officials. It is by invitation only and free of charge for qualified delegates. It is held in association with UK Trade and Investment and is open to the media..

For further information please contact Charlie Floyd at +44 (0)207 303 1734 or via email at cfloyd@iilondon.com.

October 15-16. 2012

Visit the RIA Investment Forum minisite for more information.

Exceeding Expectations: Moving Beyond Asset Preservation

Institutional Investor Forums RIA Investment Forum will focus on the investment strategies that RIAs must understand to meet their clients’ needs. Each day and a half Forum will provide them with the information to make appropriate recommendations to their clients and compete for assets.

If you are interested in being considered for an invitation please contact Steve Olson, Editor in Chief / Executive Director, at +1 (212) 224-3943 or at email solson@iiforums.com.

September 24-25, 2012

Visit the India Investment Forum for more information.

Institutional Investor Forums’ India Investment Forum, co-hosted by IDFC Securities, is the signature investment conference profiling investment opportunities in India. The Forum, which has been successfully held for the past 8 years in New York, annually brings a delegation of key policymakers, including Finance Ministers, Commerce & Industry Ministers, deputy Governors of the Reserve Bank, as well as regulatory decision-makers, including senior heads SEBI and others.

Over the course of a day and a half, investment decision-makers from America’s largest buy-side asset management firms and other institutional investors will examine the issues that have shaken the confidence of foreign investors and assess the responses by India’s leadership to these issues, including the legal, regulatory, and tax matters that will have the greatest impact on US investors.

Investors and issuers who are interested in attending the Forum as our complimentary guests (there is no registration fee for delegates) should contact Bryan Fox at +1 212 224 3926 or via email at bfox@iiforums.com.

All other enquiries, please contact Alastair Hills at +852 2842 6988 or via email at alastair.hills@iiconferencesasia.com.

September 12-14, 2012

You may also visit us at www.iifamilyoffice.com for further updates.

Predictable Unpredictability: Issues, Options, Views and Roadmaps for Affluent Families

The 13th Annual Institutional Investor/Lido Consulting Family Office Wealth Conference will attempt to provide a broad range of views and solutions as affluent families seek answers and opinions on how to exactly preserve wealth and even more importantly find yield in unpredictable environment.  For the first time in modern history, the global economy faces instability at the very core.  With ongoing issues in the euro zone, US political instability, the inability of emerging economies to fill in where developing ones are weakening, and the revolutionary change in the Middle East with specific implications on military action for the pursuit of nuclear weapons, the world is indeed at risk for extreme events or “fat tails” that make it almost impossible to avoid portfolio risk and stay on track.

Please note that this meeting is invitation only to qualified family office executives and family members. Family office executives, family members and high-net-worth individuals who are interested in receiving an invitation to attend the Family Office Wealth Conference, should contact Usha Bhate at (212) 224-3429 or at mailto:ubhate@iiforums.com. There is a fee to attend the conference, if you qualify.

Service providers interested in speaking/sponsoring the Conference should contact Usha Bhate at telephone (212) 224-3429 or via email at mailto:ubhate@iiforums.com.

For the portfolios of affluent families this combination of factors presents unique challenges, for while many opportunities are liable to exist alongside various and variable risks, the more unpredictable number and nature of risks requires more careful analysis and consideration of the options available. For investing, this unpredictability will require families to spend more time researching and understanding  the constituent risk factors associated with different asset classes, and relying less on historical evidence to do so. At the same time, they will need to consider a much broader array of correlations, seek opportunities on a more global basis, and attempt to mitigate risks not just by diversifying but also by using active hedging to protect against extreme events and outcomes.

On a broader level, decisions concerning estate planning, philanthropy, major purchases and, with new rules stemming from the Dodd-Frank financial market regulatory legislation, even the structure and role of a family office, must also be examined more thoroughly.

We will explore these and other issues through a series of presentations, workshops, panel discussions and addresses by various experts, special guest speakers, experienced family office executives and family members. We will provide an exceptional opportunity for families to be informed with a variety of viewpoints, outlooks and solutions related to the issues key to their well-being. In addition, families will be given ample occasion to share ideas and information with their peers in an informal, comfortable and relaxed atmosphere that will encourage them to explore options that can assist them in making knowledgeable decisions supported by their own principles, ideals, objectives and family situation.

September 12-13, 2012

Visit the China Investment Management Summit website for further updates.

The 6th Annual China Investment Management Summit is an invitation-only gathering for China’s largest investors to meet global managers to discuss the risks and opportunities of investing in global markets and highlight the most appropriate investment strategies for Chinese investors. The outlook for China’s markets and their appeal verses global markets will be debated by Chinese asset managers and end investors. High-profile regulators and policy makers are also being invited to address the Summit. The entire programme is driven by an expert advisory board of investors.

If you would like to learn more about the Summit please contact Emily Mak, at telephone +852 2852 6950 or via email at emily.mak@iiconferencesasia.com.

September 10-11, 2012

Visit the Defined Contribution Symposium minisite for updated information.

Rethinking Plan Design: New Ideas for Our New Reality

Institutional Investor Forums’ Defined Contribution Symposium will again this year allow plan sponsors to meet with their peers to share what has worked and what needs to be rethought, assess the full range of options available as well as the options that must be devised yet, and discuss the answers. Plan sponsors will gather and hear from leading experts on the issues and more, more importantly, the solutions which exist. Leading industry experts, advisors, and asset managers will discuss the various options available to plan sponsors and frankly review the opportunities and challenges within each.

Plan sponsors interested in receiving an invitation to attend the Symposium as our guest should contact Jennifer Iannucci  at (212) 224-3665 or via email at jiannucci@iiforums.com.

Providers of 401(k) services interested in sponsoring the Symposium should contact Adele Langie at (212) 224-3611 or via email at alangie@iiforums.com.

July 17-18, 2012

Visit the U.S. Sub-Advisory Roundtable minisite for further updates.

Strategies and Issues in The Next Step on the Road to Recovery

At the Institutional Investor Forums’ 7th Annual U.S. Sub-Advisory Roundtable, we will attempt to put into context both the macro issues that now seem to have so much influence over sentiment and market direction, in conjunction with examining what they indicate about strategies, sectors, platform design, manager selection and a host of other issues sub-advisors and their clients must consider.

Insurance Companies and Banks (e.g., heads of asset management, chief executives, chief investment officers, chief operating officers, portfolio managers, or heads of manager-selection) who have outsourced or who are looking to outsource assets to third parties and who would like to be considered for an invitation to the Roundtable should contact Ann Cornish at (212) 224-3877 or acornish@iiforums.com.

For more information about participating at the Roundtable as a sponsor and the attendant speaking opportunities, please contact Kristin Zammit at (212) 224-3063 or kzammit@iiforums.com.

June 20-21, 2012

Visit the Hedge Fund Leadership Council website for further updates.

The Evolving Role of Hedge Funds in a New Landscape

Institutional Investor Forums’ 11th Annual Hedge Fund Leadership Council (Formerly the Hedge Fund Investor Symposium) will examine the variety of ways events and issues are shaping investors’ views on hedge funds. Attendees will discover what demands and actions these changes are leading to in operations, management and structure, and how they are influencing the industry’s response today as well as how they might do so in the future. Through a series of panel discussions and presentations featuring investors, consultants, fund managers and other experts, we will explore these issues in depth and from multiple viewpoints in order to provide informed insights, stimulate debate and discussion and foster better understanding between hedge funds and their clients.

Investors (i.e., corporate and public plan sponsors, investment officers from endowments and foundations) as well as consultants who are interested in attending the Hedge Fund Leadership Council as our invited guests should contact Karan Sampson at telephone (212) 224-3613or via email at ksampson@iiforums.com.

Hedge Funds or Hedge Funds of Funds interested in sponsoring the Council should contact Usha Bhate at telephone (212) 224-3429 or  ubhate@iiforums.com or Kristin Zammit at (212) 224-3063 or kzammit@iiforums.com

June 20, 2012

Visit the Risk Management minisite for updated information.

Adding Greater Value Through Better Risk Management

Risk managers and their companies have been continuously challenged by events and circumstances in recent years. Unsurprisingly, the solutions executives are demanding are now different: more complex, more innovative, and more comprehensive. In response, Institutional Investor Forums’ Risk Management meeting, now in its 28th year, will continue to address the most pressing and timely issues facing risk managers and their companies..

If you are interested in being considered for an invitation please contact Ann Cornish, Audience Director, at +1 (212) 224-3877 or at email acornish@iiconferences.com.

June 19, 2012

Visit the Corporate Financial Executive Summit minisite for more information.

Capitalizing on the Opportunities

With so much of the attention focused on the risks these days, it is important to remind ourselves of the opportunities that are available to US firms, especially globally. The types of displacements that we are seeing in the financial markets create opportunities, whether through M&A deals, refinancing, or growth potential, as well as uncertainties. Further, the economic dislocations of the past several years appear to have further entrenched the CFO’s role at center stage with these men and women having much greater and broader responsibility within their enterprises than before.

The 33rd Annual Corporate Financial Executive Summit will explore the concept of Capitalizing on the Opportunities by examining the full range of issues facing senior financial executives and their companies.

Only qualified representatives can be registered to be present at this meeting, but there is no fee for those who qualify. Attendance is limited to 50-60 senior financial executives from America’s leading companies, representing a diverse group of industries. As a guest of Institutional Investor, you would be responsible only for your travel and hotel accommodations. For further information, please contact Steve Olson at (212) 224-3943 or solson@iiforums.com.