November 2, 2010
Four Seasons Hotel
Doha, Qatar

Visit the Qatar Global Investment Forum website for more information.

The Forum will be hosted by QInvest and opened by Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Bin Jabr Al Thani, Chairman, QInvest. It will bring together high-profile global investors and thought leaders with the region’s key investors and heads of business.

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November 3-4, 2010
The Metropolitan Club
New York

With a yawning funding gap, pension plans increasingly are being pressured to exit the retirement saving business. All roads appear to lead to a migration from DBs to DCs or do they? Returns for defined benefit plans outperformed those for defined contribution plans by about 100 basis points in 2007 and 2008 according to an analysis by Towers Watson. What do plan sponsors need to do in terms of plan design and investment policies to ensure a strong retirement future for employees?

Corporate and public plan sponsors who are interested in attending as our invited guests should contact Tomas Djurstrom at telephone (212) 224-3727 or via email at tdjurstrom@iiconferences.com.

February 1, 2011
The Dupont Hotel
Washington, D.C.

The government’s new Financial Regulatory legislation will provide new powers to plan sponsors who have long sought a larger voice on issues of corporate governance. These expanded rights will be defined as regulators establish the rules to support the legislation. This has occurred after years during which plan sponsors have become increasingly engaged on issues related to corporate governance and their own fiduciary responsibilities in enforcing their rights on behalf of their participants. How will the new regulatory scheme help plan sponsors? How can they influence regulators to produce rules that will accommodate their needs? How can they improve upon their ability to communicate and negotiate with corporate managements more effectively? Finally, how they determine the appropriate recourse when seeking compensation from corporations that have engaged in practices damaging to their investors?

If you are interested in being considered for an invitation please contact Ann Cornish, Audience Director, at +1 (212) 224-3877 or at email acornish@iiconferences.com.

A Review of the Benefits to Investing in Commodities, Infrastructure, Real Estate and Other Real Asset Classes and Strategies

February 8-9, 2011
Union League Club
New York City

You may also visit us at the Global Real Assets Investment Forum minisite for furter updates.

Institutional Investor’s 2nd Annual Global Real Assets Investment Forum will thoroughly explore both the trends and expectations underlying real asset prices and the increasing interest major institutions have in them. We will review what can be discerned from the basic understanding of fundamental supply and demand data as well as what can be comfortably implied from economic and business cycles as well as cyclical and secular trends.

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April 11-13, 2011
The Biltmore Hotel
Coral Gables, Florida

Defined Contribution plan sponsors continue to face perennial challenges in designing their plans, communicating with their beneficiaries to ensure optimal participation, complying with rules and implementing policies to meet their fiduciary responsibilities, keeping up with regulatory proposals and changes and dealing with various administrative issues. How will they meet these challenges given their limited resources and the extent of the demands put upon them? How can they more effectively serve their participants in order to help provide them with secure retirement income?

Plan sponsors interested in receiving an invitation to attend the Defined Contribution Forum as our guest should contact Tomas Djurström at (212) 224-3727 or via email at tdjurstrom@iiconferences.com.

Providers of 401(k) services interested in sponsoring the Forum should contact Adele Langie at (212) 224-3611 or via email at alangie@iimemberships.com.