2010 Meetings

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2010 CHICAGO QWAFAFEW MEETINGS
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May 19, 2010

 “Innovations in the Commodity Arena”

Speaker Bios from May 19, 2010 Meeting

Moderator:

Paul Kaplan, Ph.D., CFA, Quantitative Research Director, Morningstar Europe; and contributor to Intelligent Commodity Investing

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 Speakers and Topics:

 Keith Black, Ennis Knupp & Associates

Topic: “Multiple Methodologies for Earning Alpha in the Commodity Markets”

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Scott Burns, Head of ETF Research at Morningstar

Topic: “Exchange-listed Commodity Product — Different Structures and Their Pros and Cons”

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Ryan Abrams, AlphaMetrix

Topic: “Innovations in Commodity Investing: Alpha and Beta in Institutional Portfolios”

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April 22, 2010

“Trading, Liquidity and ETF’s”

Speaker Bios from April 22, 2010 Meeting

Moderator:

Mr. Patrick Daugherty, Foley & Lardner, LLP

 Speakers and Topics:

Brandon Clark, Vanguard
Topic: ETF Trends and Trading

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Alex Hagmeyer, Quantitative Services Group, LLC
Topic: Is High Frequency Increasing Institutional Trading Costs

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Paul Daley, Fox River Execution
Topic: ETF Liquidity