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Global Financial Market Thought Leader Summit 2014

US policies and their impact on global markets March 12, 2014 DATE and LOCATION: March 12th at The Grand Hotel Karel V, Utrecht TIME: 14.00 h registration 14.30 h start program 17.30 h drinks reception 19.00 h end of program

22 November

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Join us and benefit from renowned experts who influence markets

SPEAKERS: • Andrew Friedman, Principal, The Washington Update and Consultant to the Eaton Vance on Washington program • Vital Proulx, CFA, President & Chief Investment Officer, Hexavest, a strategic partner of Eaton Vance • Philippe Waechter, Chief Economist, Natixis Asset Management • James Rickards, author Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis

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Global Financial Market Thought Leader Summit 2014 - US Policies and their impact on Global Markets

Utrecht, March 12, 2014

CFA Society Netherlands cordially invites you to our event The Global Financial Market Thought Leader Summit 2014 - US policies and their impact on global markets. This half-day conference will bring you up to date on the ever-changing investment landscape in the United States, in addition to providing valuable market insights into how the rest of the global economy will fare in 2014. The US has weathered many storms of late, meteorologically but especially economically. Seemingly poised for higher growth, the expansive Fed monetary policies of the recent past may soon be poised to end, or at least to ”taper off“. The anticipation of this “tapering“ by the Fed has unleashed market reactions globally these past months. This has been felt especially acutely in the emerging markets, where the respective economic booms of certain countries have slowed and their currencies have lost in value relative to the dollar. Of course the end of quantitative easing in the US also has ramifications for Europe and the Euro. Finally, China and Japan are facing their own economic challenges in 2014. Many experts warn that the „forward guidance“ of major central banks, including the Fed and the ECB, have set up the financial markets for more insecurity instead of less in the coming months. Setting the stage and addressing these very current market issues is our impressive line-up of highly recognized and knowledgeable speakers; Andy Friedman, renowned US political affairs expert, Vital Proulx, CFA, President and CIO Hexavest, Philippe Waechter, Chief Economist Natixis Asset Management and James Rickards, best-selling Author of „The Currency Wars“, Portfolio Manager and US political insider. This event offers a rare opportunity to listen to leading thought leaders from the US and Europe discuss the current US situation and its impact on global financial markets. Don’t miss this high-level gathering of experts, who will cover both policy and economic issues and answer your questions in-person during this conference. Fees: €25 for CFA (Affiliate) Members €50 for CFA Candidates or partners (VBA, CAIA, AIF, RSM, UvA, TU, DSF) €75 all others

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Andrew H. Friedman Principal of The Washington Update According to CNBC, Andy Friedman is “one of the nation’s most sought-after speakers on all things political.” An expert on political affairs, Andy is known for predicting the outcomes of Washington deliberations and providing investors with strategies to consider in light of the changing political landscape. Andy was a senior partner with the law firm of Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C., where he practiced for almost thirty years, serving as head of the tax and corporate groups. He received his bachelor degree as valedictorian from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and his law degree from the Harvard Law School. Andy also served as tax counsel to Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, and the National Hockey League. Andy appears regularly on CNBC, which refers to him as “Wall Street’s Tax Expert” and calls him “one of Washington’s savviest political observers.” Andy also has appeared on the Larry Kudlow Show and the Fox Business Channel, has been profiled in the Washington Post and Research Magazine, and is quoted extensively in publications ranging from the Wall Street Journal to USA Today. Andy is included in Best Lawyers in America and Chambers' America's Leading Lawyers for Business, which notes that “Andy’s ability to combine vast knowledge and a practical mindset permits him to convey the most complex of tax concepts in layman’s terms. He is the expert’s expert. If every lawyer were like him, the world would be a much better place.”

Vital Proulx, CFA President & Chief Investment Officer of Hexavest Prior to co-founding Hexavest, Vital was Senior Vice President, International Equities at Nactan Investment Management (19982004). He started his career at Les Conseillers financiers du St- Laurent in 1989, where he started the international and U.S. equity strategies that Hexavest still manages to this day. Vital holds a bachelors degree in Business Administration from Laval University (1988) and is a CFA charterholder (1993).


Philippe Waechter Chief Economist of Natixis Global Asset Management Philippe Waechter is Chief Economist at Natixis Global Asset Management and head of the Economic Research Unit. He was previously head of economic research at Banque Populaire Asset Management, a predecessor company to Natixis. He began his investment career as an economist in the Asset Management Unit at BRED Banque Populaire. Mr. Waechter was an associate professor at the Université d’Evry in 2003, is co-author of Subprimes, the Global Bankruptcy, and is frequently quoted in the financial media. He holds a graduate degree in economics and in econometrics from Université Paris I.

James Rickards Author of Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis James Rickards is the author of the national bestseller, Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis, (Penguin, 2011), and the forthcoming, The Death of Money: The Coming Collapse of the International Monetary System (Penguin, 2014). He is a portfolio manager at West Shore Group and a partner in Tangent Capital Partners, a merchant bank based in New York. He is also a counselor and investment advisor and has held senior positions at Citibank, Long-Term Capital Management and Caxton Associates. In 1998, he was the principal negotiator of the rescue of LTCM sponsored by the Federal Reserve. His clients include institutional investors and government directorates. He has been interviewed in The Wall Street Journal and has appeared on CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox, CNN, BBC and NPR and is an Op-Ed contributor to the Financial Times, New York Times and Washington Post. Mr. Rickards is a visiting lecturer in globalization at Johns Hopkins University and the School of Advanced International Studies, has delivered papers on risk at Singularity University, the Applied Physics Laboratory and the Los Alamos National Laboratory and has written numerous articles on risk management. He is an advisor on capital markets to the U.S. intelligence community and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Mr. Rickards holds an LL.M. (Taxation) from the NYU School of Law; a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School; an M.A. in international economics from SAIS and a B.A. from Johns Hopkins (with honors). He lives in Connecticut.

CFA Society Netherlands Education Events aim to deliver relevant and timely economic knowledge to a broad cross-section of the local investment communitiy. Our goal is to create a setting where members and attendees will gain insights which will give them an advantage in their daily work and help them to broaden their networks.
