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Who Will Be There?

Senior-level investment management industry executives and operations professionals with responsibility for:

  • Investment Management Operations
  • Information Technology
  • Compliance, Risk and Security Management
  • Relationship Management
  • Transfer Agency
  • Transaction Processing
  • Third Party Administration
  • Fund Accounting
  • Legal
  • Tax
  • Human Resources
  • Retirement Plans & Defined Contributions Services
  • Distribution and Marketing
  • Shareholder Servicing
  • Alternative Investments
  • Industry Regulators

It's a whole new world…

The events of the last quarter of 2008 were unprecedented, and have resulted in Global economic upheaval. Market volatility, shrinking assets under management, loss of investor confidence, and increased government regulation represent the new reality for the mutual fund industry.

What's ahead for the mutual fund industry? Together we forge into a changed landscape with great optimism and enthusiasm about the future. New opportunity abounds!

NICSA's highly-regarded signature event, the 27th Annual Conference & Expo brings together the most influential thought leaders and hundreds of industry professionals for a multiple-day event showcasing up-to-the-minute information and relevant topics, engaging keynote speakers, and formal and informal discussion opportunities- all focusing on how to maximize the opportunities and brave this new world.

Join the mutual fund industry on this journey. View the brochure here.
 

Featuring Keynote Addresses:


Great Depression 2.0? The Credit Crunch in Historical Perspective


Skirting the Bermuda Triangle: a New Asset Allocation Approach


Adapting to the Challenges of Today and Tomorrow


Face the Membership - The Future of the Mutual Fund Industry

Niall Ferguson
Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University
Noted Author and Historian of the global economy

Philipp Hensler
Chief Executive Officer & Chairman
DWS Investments Distributors Inc.

John V. Murphy
Chairman
OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

With CNBC's Tyler Mathisen moderating a panel of C-level fund industry executives

(video: Niall Ferguson: The Global Financial Crisis)

More content offered than ever before. Up to 14 CPE credits available for attending sessions.

Topics Include:

  • The Impact of the Credit Crisis on the Mutual Fund Industry, Parts 1&2
  • CITs and ETFs - The Changing Product Landscape
  • Industry Update - Asset Valuation Hot Topics
  • The Future of Global Distribution
  • The Human Resources Challenge: Recalibrating Expectations in a Changed Environment
  • The Growth and Impact of Hybrid Hedge Fund Structures
  • Understanding the Advisor of the Future
  • Working with Your Board
    Co-sponsored by the Mutual Fund Directors Forum
  • Ask the Regulators
  • International Executive Roundtable – Asia Pacific
  • Creating Mutual Understanding and Shared Goals Across Cultures, Genders and Generations
  • Privacy and Confidentiality Challenges for Investment Companies and their Service Providers
  • The Impact of Omnibus Trends on the Transfer Agent Paradigm
  • Making Web 2.0 Work

 

Discussion Roundtables

  • Paperless Legals
  • Retirement Hot Topics
  • Outsourcing
  • Internal Cost Reduction Strategies in a Crisis Environment
  • Red Flag Rule Preparation
  • Cost Basis Rules
  • Money Market Hot Topics
  • Incentives and Perks to Retain High Performers
  • Small Fund Firm Discussion Roundtable

Expert Speakers from these leading firms:

ALFI (The Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry)
American Funds Service Company, Inc.
The Bank of New York Mellon
BlackRock
Boston Financial Data Services, Inc.
Citi
Citi Global Wealth Management
CNBC
Deloitte & Touche LLP
DST Systems, Inc.
DWS Investments
Edward Jones
Employee Benefits Security Administration/
 United States Department of Labor
Ernst & Young LLP

Fidelity Investments
FINRA
Goldman Sachs Funds
Henderson Global Funds
Homestead Funds, Inc.
Index Publications LLC
Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data, Inc.
IFIA (Irish Funds Industry Association)
Janus Capital Group
John Hancock Mutual Funds
kasina LLC
KPMG LLP
Lord Abbett
Loyalty Factor, LLC
LPL Financial

MFS Investment Management
Mirae Asset Global Investments
Mutual Fund Directors Forum
National Quality Review
Nicholas Applegate
OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
PIMCO
PNC Global Investment Servicing
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Russell Investments
Russell Reynolds Associates
State Street Corporation
T. Rowe Price
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC
WilmerHale

                       

 
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