Conferences and Speaking Engagements

David Altshuler – Speaker
PEI Infrastructure Investor: Americas 2011 (New York, NY) – December 7

David Altshuler – Speaker
Institutional Investing in Infrastructure (Chicago, IL) – November 8
Topic – Infrastructure 201: Manager Review Workshop

Mika Buffington – Panelist - Consultant Roundtable
Opal Family Office West Forum (Santa Rosa, CA) – November 8

Chris Tehranian – Panelist
Infrastructure Investment World (London, UK) – November 7-9
Topic – Co-Investment: What does the ideal partner look like?

Fran Peters – Speaker
IFEBP 57th Annual Employee Benefits Conference (New Orleans, LA) - November 1 -2
Topic - Structuring Investment Programs for Health and Welfare Funds

Jim Meketa – Speaker
IFEBP 57th Annual Employee Benefits Conference (New Orleans, LA) - October 31 - November 1
Topic - Basic Alternative Investment Options

Frank Benham –Panelist
IFEBP 57th Annual Employee Benefits Conference (New Orleans, LA) - October 30
Topic - Measuring Investment Performance

Laura Wirick – Panelist
Global Asset Allocation Summit 2011 (Las Vegas, NV) – October 28
Topic - Investing in Emerging Markets

Michael Dean – Moderator
Brazil Investment Summit 2011 (Manhattan, NY) – October 25-27
Topic - Brazil’s Infrastructure Explosion – Examining the Needs and Capitalizing on Opportunities

Brian Dana –Panelist
13th Annual Endowment and Foundations Forum (Boston, MA) – September 21-23
Topic - From a Consultant's Perspective: The Changing Landscape for Endowments & Foundations

Leandro Festino – Panelist
IMN E&F Summit and Alternatives Assets Summit (Miami, FL) – September 19-20

Leandro Festino – Panelist
CFA Society of South Florida, 9th Annual Hedge Fund and Alternatives Panel (Boca Raton, FL) – September 21

Frank Benham – Panelist
2011 Investment Forum for Endowments, Foundations and Pension Funds (New York, NY) – September 13
Topic - Asset Allocation and Portfolio Policy

Fran Peters – Speaker
International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (Philadelphia, PA) - September 11
Topic – Refresher Workshop – Core Investment Concepts

John Haggerty– Workshop Speaker
Terrapin Andes Investment Summit (Cartagena, Colombia) – September 7
Topic - Best Practices of Partner Selection

Leandro Festino – Moderator
Terrapin Andes Investment Summit (Cartagena, Colombia) – September 7
Topic - Enter the Dragon – Asian Interest Impacting the Andes

Daniel Dynan – Panelist
Consultant Roundtable, 2011 OPAL Public Funds Summit (Newport, RI) – July 20

Leandro Festino – Panelist
Consultant Panel - Issues, Trends & Solutions, Atlantic Connection, 6th Annual Economic & Financial Development Conference (Miami, Fl) – July 13

David Altshuler, PhD – Speaker
CFA Society of San Diego (San Diego, CA) – July 8
Topic – Infrastructure Investing

Brian Dana – Moderator
Managed Funds Associates Managed Futures and Global Macro Strategies (Chicago, IL) – June 22

Stephen P. McCourt – Speaker
CFA Society of San Diego (San Diego, CA) – July 8

Jess Downer – Speaker
CFA Society of San Diego (San Diego, CA) – July 8
Topic – Private Equity Due Diligence

Leandro Festino and John Haggerty – Panelist
Private Equity World Latin America 2011 (Miami, FL) – June 20

Ted Benedict – Speaker
Investment Trends Summit (Santa Barbara, CA) – June 16
Topic – Manager Selection

Stephen McCourt – Speaker
National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (Miami, FL) – May 25
Topic – Towards a New Asset Allocation Framework: Economic Regime Management

Frank Benham – Speaker
ETF & Indexing Investments USA 2011 (New York City, NY) – May 16
Topic – The 8% Challenge for Institutional Investors

Mika Buffington – Panelist
AIMSE 34th Annual Marketing and Sales Conference (Phoenix, AZ) – May 3

Mika Buffington – Panelist
2011 Pension Bridge Annual (San Francisco, CA) – April 12
Topic - Infrastructure

Laura Wirick – Speaker
IMN Public Funds Summit (Huntington Beach, CA) – March 14-15
Topic – Emerging Markets Debt

Laura Wirick – Speaker
Made in America (Las Vegas, NV) – January 24-25
Topic – Fixed Income Investing