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List of sponsors 
If you are interested in sponsorship opportunities at this event then please contact:
Erica Hartshorn, Conference Producer
Email: erica.hartshorn@terrapinn.com
Tel: 0044 (0) 207 827 4173
Fax: 0044 (0) 207 242 2832
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Platinum sponsors
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db x-trackers, Deutsche Bank Exchange Traded Funds
Deutsche Bank is a leading global investment bank with a strong and profitable private clients franchise. A leader in Germany and Europe, the bank is continuously growing in North America, Asia and key emerging markets. With Euro 1,097 billion in assets and 67,474 employees in 73 countries, Deutsche Bank offers unparalleled financial services throughout the world. The bank competes to be the leading global provider of financial solutions for demanding clients creating exceptional value for its shareholders and people.
Global Markets Equity’s synthetic equity platform offers innovative financing solutions on a variety of asset classes including equity, debt, private placements, and other non-traditional assets, providing unrivalled access to global capital markets and liquidity in securitized products as well as exchange traded funds (ETFs).
In January 2007 Deutsche bank launched 'db x-trackers', its new exchange traded fund (ETF) platform. The db x-trackers ETFs are listed on multiple stock exchanges and supported by a number of market makers providing liquidity in the ETFs.
The first 8 db x-trackers ETFs are linked to major equity benchmarks - DAX, SMI®, S&P/MIB, DJ EURO STOXX50®, MSCI USA, MSCI JAPAN, MSCI EUROPE and MSCI WORLD. Further db x-tracker ETFs will be launched during 2007 linked to other equity markets and new asset classes.
The db x-trackers ETFs are sub-funds of the db x-trackers SICAV, an umbrella fund investment company domiciled in Luxembourg. The db x-trackers SICAV and its sub-funds comply with the relevant European fund regulations relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS III).
More information on db x-trackers can be found on www.dbxtrackers.com
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Lyxor Asset Management is a Paris-based asset management company, registered in France and regulated by the "Autorité des Marchés Financiers". Lyxor manages USD 50 billion, including USD 23 billion in alternative investment funds.
Created in 1998, the company is a fully owned subsidiary of Societe Generale, one of the world top twenty banks, with a long-term debt ratings of Aa3 (Moody’s) and AA- (Standard and Poor’s).
Lyxor has developed the leading European Hedge Fund managed account platform, offering global access to investors willing to gain hedge fund exposure in a secured environment. The managed accounts benefit from full liquidity at weekly official NAVs, produced independently from the hedge fund managers, as well as on-going risk-monitoring by Lyxor’s risk management team.
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Gold sponsor
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As one of the leading European index providers, Deutsche Börse – Market Data & Analytics designs, calculates and disseminates investable and benchmark indices for different asset classes and global financial markets. These include – amongst others – the DAX®, MDAX®, TecDAX®, and eb.rexx® indices as well as the volatility index VDAX-NEW®.
In addition to selection indices and benchmark indices for global equity and fixed income markets, Deutsche Börse also calculates DAXplus® strategy indices as well as the DAXglobal® index family for global indices and index strategies, and the innovative CX Commodity indices. Furthermore, a bespoke service is offered for the design, development and maintenance of Customized Indices and indicative Net Asset Values (iNAV®).
The index products are also popular underlyings - for derivatives, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and structured products - with DAX® and DivDAX® being the most prominent. Index products like DAXglobal® BRIC, DAXglobal® Russia and DAXglobal® Alternative Energy evoke global interest. Finally, the product range also includes prices, turnover figures, and derived key indicators such as statistics.
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Silver sponsors
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Netherlands-based ABN AMRO is a leading international bank with total assets of EUR 987 billion (as at 31 December 2006). It has more than 4,500 branches in 53 countries, and has a staff of more than 105,000 full-time equivalents worldwide. ABN AMRO is listed on Euronext and the New York Stock Exchange.
The bank’s Global Markets business brings together ABN AMRO’s product expertise across the financial markets. It delivers research, sales and trading, fixed income origination, derivatives, structured lending and commodity financing to the bank's mid-market clients and multinational clients. Global Markets drives product development and innovation across the bank’s global network.
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The EasyETF range is a unique offer, benefiting from the combined expertise of AXA Investment Managers and BNP Paribas in fund management, market-making, as well as distribution. It aims at giving investors access to an ever growing variety of asset classes (equity, bonds, real estate, commodities etc.) and diverse economic sectors (Bank, Health, Media…) in order to allow them to fine-tune performing asset allocation strategies.
The EasyETF product range now includes 26 trackers, of which 23 are listed on Euronext Paris, 5 on Deutsche Börse, 2 on the Swiss stock exchange (SWX) and 7 on Borsa Italiana for a total of €4.6 billion in assets under management. The first sectorial range in the Eurozone, it currently includes:
- 5 equity trackers linked to the largest Global and European indices;
- 1 tracker on the socially responsible ASPI Eurozone index;
- 1 tracker on the Dow Jones Islamic 100 Titans;
- 10 sectorial trackers;
- 2 trackers on listed real estate on both the Eurozone and Europe;
- 3 iBoxx sovereign bond trackers on the Eurozone; and
- 4 commodity trackers
All information regarding EasyETF range and trackers investment strategies are available on www.easyetf.com.
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Coast Investment and Development Company is one of the leading financial institutions in Kuwait and the region. Coast was established in 1975 and listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange in 1989. Its current paid-up capital is 180 million USD and assets under management (AUM) is approximately 2.40 billion USD. Coast is engaged in a variety of investment management activities such as private equity, asset management and real estate investments both locally and internationally. Coast is also an active player in the local, GCC and international markets offering a wide array of investment services including portfolio and fund management, advisory services, corporate finance and investment banking services.
Coast has adopted a seamless, strategic and analytical approaches towards enhancing returns while controlling risk for its shareholders, clients and strategic partners. Further, the company has taken an unrivalled approach towards setting the highest standards for investment management in the region. It is, therefore, the intention of Coast to continue to strive for excellence and lead in serving local and global investors.
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Session sponsor
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Flow Traders was established in 2004 as an independent market making company and is active in various financial products specializing in ETFs and related products. From our offices in Amsterdam we trade electronically in most European countries, the United States, and a number of Asian countries.
Flow Traders consists of a team of highly trained and qualified traders, supported by state-of-the-art IT systems. Thanks to in-depth knowledge and many years of experience in the trade market Flow Traders has become a benchmark liquidity provider In ETFs.
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Exhibitor
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The London Stock Exchange is the world’s premier international equity exchange and a leading provider of services that facilitate the raising of capital and the trading of shares. It is the most international equities exchange by trading in the world and Europe's largest pool of liquidity.
Our business has four core areas: Market Information: We supply real-time data, generated by the trading activity on our markets. Equity Markets: We enable companies from around the world to raise capital by listing securities on our highly-efficient, transparent and well-regulated markets.
Trading Services: We provide the trading platforms used by broking firms around the world to buy and sell securities. Derivatives: EDX London is our international equity derivatives exchange. www.londonstockexchange.com
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