European Money Fund Symposium
Crane Data has finalized the agenda for its first international conference offering, European Money Fund Symposium. Crane's European Money Fund Symposium. The inaugural event will be held at the Conrad Hotel in Dublin, Ireland on September 24-25, 2013, and will feature many of the world's foremost experts on "offshore" money market mutual funds. Registration, which is $1,000 USD (or 750 Euros), remains open and hotel reservations are still being accepted. Peter Crane comments, "European Money Fund Symposium will offer money market portfolio managers, investors, issuers, and service providers a concentrated and affordable educational experience, as well as an excellent and informal networking venue. Our mission is to deliver the best possible conference content at an affordable price to money market fund professionals and investors. The Day One Agenda for Crane's European Money Fund Symposium includes: "State of MMFs in Europe & IMMFA Update" with Jonathon Curry, of IMMFA; "Global Regulatory Issues: What's Next?" with Dan Morrissey of William Fry and John Hunt of Nutter, McClennen & Fish; "Risks & Ratings: Areas of Concern" with Yaron Ernst of Moody's Investors Service; "Monitoring European & Offshore MFs" with Joel Friedman of Standard & Poor's and Aymeric Poizot of Fitch Ratings; "Major Issues in Euro Money Funds" with Jason Granet of Goldman Sachs Asset Mgmt and Joe McConnell of J.P. Morgan Asset Management; "Major Issues in Sterling Money Funds" with Jennifer Gillespie of Legal & General I.M. and Dennis Gepp of Federated Prime Rate; "Major Issues in USD & US Money Funds with Debbie Cunningham of Federated Investors and Jennifer Yazdanpanahi of SSgA; and, "MMFs in Asia & Emerging Markets" with Peter Crane of Crane Data and Andrew Paranthoiene of Standard & Poor's. The Day Two Agenda includes: "Dublin as a Domicile for Money Market Funds" with Pat Lardner of the Irish Funds Industry Association and Fearghal Woods of Northern Trust (Ireland) Ltd.; "Distribution Panel: New Markets & Concerns" with Henry Buckmaster, of Federated Intl Management Ltd, Jim Fuell of JPM AM; and Kathleen Hughes of Goldman Sachs A.M.; "Dealer Update & Supply Discussion" with Kieran Davis of Barclays, Jean-Luc Sinniger of Citi Global Markets and David Hynes of Northcross Capital LLP; "From the Regulators Perspective" Bank of England, EU Regulator (Invited); "Portal Panel: Beyond MMFs & Transparency" with Justin Meadows of MyTreasury, Greg Fortuna of State Street's Fund Connect, and Maryum Malik of SunGard; "There & Back Again : A Bank Funding Story with Paul Flynn of Bank of Ireland"; and a "Portfolio Manager Roundtable & Open Talk." Sponsors to date of the event include: Moody's Investors Service, Federated International, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, BNY Mellon Liquidity Funds, SSgA, Fund Connect, HSBC, MyTreasury, Standard & Poor's, Northcross Capital, and Nutter, McClennen & Fish. Media partners include: Treasury Management International and Treasury Today. Visit www.euromfs.com or contact us for more details. Finally, mark your calendars for our "basic training" event, Crane's Money Fund University, Jan. 23-24, 2014 in Providence, and for next year's Crane's Money Fund Symposium, June 23-25, 2014, in Boston.
