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Second Annual Conference
Separately Managed Accounts
Understanding the Latest Developments in the
Managed Accounts Industry


February 8, 2007
Bayards, New York City
(Map)

   



Preliminary Agenda

8:30      Breakfast with Exhibitors

9:00      Chairperson’s Opening Remarks
              
Bevin Crodian,
Chief Executive Officer
               Market Street Advisors
              
Alois Pirker, Senior Analyst
               Aite Group

          
9:15      SMAs, UMAs and UMHs: What Are the Challenges for
             Today's Products
and What Are the Opportunities?
              
Moderator:
                
Bevin Crodian,
Chief executive Officer
                 Market Street Advisors
              
Panelists:
                
Bruce Frumerman, President
                 Frumerman & Nemeth
                
Randy Bullard, Executive Vice President
                 Placemark Investments
                
Austin Page, Chief Corporate Strategist
                 U.S. Fiduciary Services


10:00    Overlay Management: Approaches & Supporting
             Technologies

               Moderator:
                
Randy Bullard, Executive Vice President
                 Placemark Investments
              
Panelists:
                 Gerard Michael, President & CEO
                 Smartleaf
                
Russ Hovanec, Senior Vice President, Business Development
                
Northfield Information Services
                
Robert Klapprodt, President
                 Vestmark


10:45    Refreshment Break with Exhibitors

11:15    The evolution to UMAs and UMHs: What are the
             Ramifications for Sponsors, Funds, Providers
             and Brokers?
               Moderator:
                
Jamie Waller,
Chief Executive officer
                 Family Wealth Report

               Panelists:
                
Vincent J. Lepore,
Vice President, Product Manager SMA/UMA
                 HSBC Investments (USA) Inc.
                
Chandresh Iyer, Managing Director of Global Transaction Services
                 Citigroup
                 Robert Klapprodt, President
                 Vestmark


11:45    Applying Technology to Achieve Maximum Efficiency and
             Regulatory/Reporting Control
               Moderator:
                
Evan Schulman,
Co-founder & Chairman
                 Upstream Technologies
               Panelists:
                
Richard Marshall, Partner
                 Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham
                
John M. Bosley, Chief Operating Officer
                
Bonaire Software Solutions, LLC
                
Mike McGowan, SMA Program Manager
                 ADVISORport Inc.
                
Venkat Malla, Vice President, Product Management
                 Volante Technologies, Inc.

12:30    Luncheon with Exhibitors

  1:15    Coping with SMA Operational Challenges
               Moderator:
                
Joe Walker, President
                 UNAPEN, Inc.

               Panelists:
                
Gerard Michael, President & CEO
                 Smartleaf
                
Seth Johnson, Chief Executive Officer
                
Redi2 Technologies, Inc.
                 Charles Smith, Vice President, Product Development
                 CheckFree

 
2:00    The Outsourcing Boom: Is it Hype or Are There Tangible,
             Measurable Benefits?
               Moderator:
                
Scott MacKillop,
President
                 Frontier Asset Management

               Panelists:
                
Tom McKee,
Senior Vice President
                 State Street Wealth Manager Services
                 J. Gibson Watson, III, President
                 Prima Capital Holding, Inc.


 
2:45    Best Practices for Trade Execution in the SMA
               Vincent J. Lepore,
Vice President, Product Manager SMA/UMA
               HSBC Investments (USA) Inc.
              
Joe Walker,
President
               UNAPEN, Inc.

  3:15    Refreshment Break with Exhibitors

  3:30    Integrating Managed Account and Wealth Management
             Platforms
               Moderator:
                
Alois Pirker, S
enior Analyst
                 Aite Group
              
Panelists:
                
Peter Green, Senior Vice President
                 Prudential Investments
                
Kenneth S. Bigel, Ph.D., Principal
                
K. S. Bigel & Associates

                 Hilary Fiorella, Vice President
                 CheckFree

  4:00    Managing Emerging Asset classes in the SMA
               Moderator:
                
Margaret Doherty, CFA,
Vice President, Investments and Manager
                   Relations, Managed Accounts Consulting Group
                 Prudential Investments

               Panelists:
                
Tanya Amaya,
Ass't Vice President
                 Bank of New York
                
Brian M. Bader, Senior Vice President
                
U.S. Trust Company & the Excelsior Funds
                
Thomas DiBari, CIMA, AIF, Senior Vice President
                 Pacific Income Advisors

  4:30    Conference Adjourns