Future Events

The Global Asset Allocation Summit, which is designed to explore strategies and techniques employed to augment returns and mitigate risk in global asset allocation. This asset allocation conference addresses asset allocation strategies relevant to Public Pensions, Endowments, Foundations, Taft-Hartley Funds and Family Offices. For more information, please see our website or email marketing@opalgroup.net.

Corporate Counsel magazine's 4th Annual Hedge Fund General Counsel Summit will address the impending changes and offer concrete guidance on how your fund needs to be run to ensure compliance and to attract investor capital. Examine the current state of the hedge fund industry with specific attention given to the regulatory concerns bearing down on the market. Protect your fund, your reputation and your ability to generate assets by fully understanding the legal risks and challenges facing the market today. Register early and save!

High-Frequency Trading has changed the electronic trading landscape for all participants in the market. What has been made publicly available, however, is only a limited subset of what others have been doing for years and a limited insight into what is actually possible. Golden Networking's High-Frequency Trading Experts Workshop 2010 will provide attendees an understanding of the requirements to design and develop sophisticated high-frequency trading platforms and the knowledge to leverage alternative and new high-frequency strategies, including arbitrage, news and social networking based.

2nd China Leaders Forum will examine the challenges facing companies leveraging the capital markets and private equity mechanisms of the world's second largest economy by 2025, as well as the threats and opportunities posed to multinationals interested in taking advantage of the present wave of Chinese globalization. Golden Networking's 2nd China Leaders Forum will provide business executives, entrepreneurs, investors and professionals following the developments in the region with key insights they can act upon immediately.

Family offices and high net worth individuals increasingly represent a prime source of capital for today's beleaguered private equity fund managers. A recent Preqin survey of family offices shows that 84% of family office investors consider private equity to have met or exceeded their expectations -- and they're receptive to deal opportunities from both their current GPs and emerging GPs.

High-Frequency Trading has changed the electronic trading landscape for all participants in the market. What has been made publicly available, however, is only a limited subset of what others have been doing for years and a limited insight into what is actually possible. Golden Networking's High-Frequency Trading Experts Workshop 2010 will provide attendees an understanding of the requirements to design and develop sophisticated high-frequency trading platforms and the knowledge to leverage alternative and new high-frequency strategies, including arbitrage, news and social networking based.

New Sectors, New Structures, New Opportunities For Private Equity Investing In Healthcare, Now That the Government's Reforms Have Tilted the Playing Field

The era of nationalized companies, hyperinflation and even dictatorships was a fading memory for most of the large economies in Latin America, yet wary investors are still skittish about making significant investments there. As developed economies in Europe and the United States struggle, and the future of Asia's runaway growth is uncertain, some are eyeing Latin America as a place to focus on moving forward. Attendees to Golden Networking's Latin America Leaders Forum 2010 will review the challenges and measure the opportunities lying ahead.

High-Frequency Trading has changed the electronic trading landscape for all participants in the market. What has been made publicly available, however, is only a limited subset of what others have been doing for years and a limited insight into what is actually possible. Golden Networking's High-Frequency Trading Experts Workshop 2010 will provide attendees an understanding of the requirements to design and develop sophisticated high-frequency trading platforms and the knowledge to leverage alternative and new high-frequency strategies, including arbitrage, news and social networking based.

Where the entrepreneurial spirited come together in an open market to create new business models for commercializing innovation. EPIC is a unique face-to-face opportunity for discovering high-value project & ventures. EPIC challenges the "typical players" to develop innovative models for bringing underutilized assets to market. Never before seen real world stories, corporate matchmaking and real time deal making set the stage for a historic inaugural event so game changing - it can only be called EPIC.

Private Equity Investing In Consumer & Retail Companies -- Why More & More Smart Money Is Returning To A Sector Filled With Opportunity

High-Frequency Trading has changed the electronic trading landscape for all participants in the market. What has been made publicly available, however, is only a limited subset of what others have been doing for years and a limited insight into what is actually possible. Golden Networking's High-Frequency Trading Experts Workshop 2010 will provide attendees an understanding of the requirements to design and develop sophisticated high-frequency trading platforms and the knowledge to leverage alternative and new high-frequency strategies, including arbitrage, news and social networking based.

On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which gives the government new authority to unwind failing financial firms that may threaten the entire system, imposes new rules on derivatives markets and creates a consumer-protection agency at the Federal Reserve to monitor everything from home loans to credit cards. Golden Networking's 1st Finance Leaders Forum will examine how the most sweeping reform of Wall Street since the Great Depression of the 1930's will impact financial services firms and their most important clients' businesses.

PE Investing In Financial Services Companies
Co-Chaired By Robert E. Glanville & Larry Marsiello, Pine Brook Road Partners LLC

Brazil's most comprehensive conference for private equity professionals

Value creation for private equity funds and investors

-- Meet the leaders in Brazilian private equity - Partner with 150+ local and international investors, fund managers, and businesses
-- Seek the best deals- Discover opportunities in established and overlooked markets, from energy and infrastructure to consumer services and information technology
-- Maximize your return on investment - Formulate the strategies that will generate the best returns for your funds

PE Investing In Transportation & Logistics Companies
Chaired By David K. Panton, Navigation Capital Partners Inc.

The Private Banking sector is under the pressure of continuous change, as the financial crisis has dramatically altered the way that High Net Worth clients view Private Banking and Private Wealth Management. Golden Networking's 2nd Banking Leaders Forum aims to examine the issues facing Private Banking today; attendees will gain a clear understanding of future scenarios for the industry and share thoughts, ideas and perspectives on how the industry can move forward and meet client expectations while still contributing to the bottom line.

Golden Networking will bring together leaders in the fields of industry, policy and finance to strategize solutions for the world's most pressing energy challenges. Safety, financial and environmental concerns have created a tremendous opportunity for dramatic change in the way our planet generates and consumes energy. Golden Networking's Global Energy Leaders Forum 2010 will explore these opportunities and review promising policy and technology proposals that have the potential to make a significant impact on the energy life cycle.

Connecting capital with North American algae biofuel innovations

The World Algae Congress is the ONLY investment-focused algae forum where investors, algae end-users, regulators, and algae producers come together to identify investment opportunities, obtain capital, and form strategic business partnerships.

Radical transformation is what Private Equity is going through now. Golden Networking's 2nd Private Equity Leaders Forum will bring together individual and institutional investors, private equity portfolio managers and executives, investments bankers, advisors and consultants from around the world to discuss strategies to deal with this transformation. Delegates will gain a clear understanding of future scenarios for Private Equity and share information and experiences with others in an informal networking environment.