Industry experts to discuss emerging investment opportunities

The event is being sponsored by United gulf Bank and is organized in coordination with the CFA Institute (USA) and regional CFA member societies of Jordan, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, will bring to Bahrain three high calibre speakers to present their views on emerging markets and the role of commodities in portfolio management.

The presenters at this seminar include:

1. Mr. David Burkart CFA Senior Portfolio Manager/Strategist at Barclays Global Investors who will discuss the role of commodities as a separate asset class in an investment portfolio.
2. Mr. George Hoguet CFA Managing Director of State Street Global Advisors who will present the Financial Implications of Rapid Growth in Emerging Markets.
3. Mr. Cliff Quisenberry CFA Managing Director of Investment Frontiers Research LLC who will share his views on Exploring the Frontier Emerging Markets.

Participation in the seminar is by invitation.

CFA Bahrain was officially inaugurated in June 2006, and is affiliated to the CFA Institute in the USA.

The CFA Institute is a global professional organization that awards the CFA designation, and leads the investment industry by setting the highest standards of ethics and professional excellence and vigorously advocating fair and transparent capital markets.

The CFA designation has become known as the gold standard of professional credentials within the global investment community.

Around the world, employers and investors recognize the CFA designation as the definitive standard for measuring competence and integrity in the fields of portfolio management and investment analysis.

Membership in the Bahrain CFA Society is open to all CFA charter-holders as regular members, and CFA candidates who can be admitted as associate members.

The Society has over 67 members who are qualified CFA charter-holders.

The elected governing board of the Society includes Mr. William Khouri (President), Mr. Austin Sequeira (Vice President), Mrs. Lamees Al-Baharna (Secretary), Mr. Palani Alagappan (Treasurer), Mr. Essa Maseeh, and Mrs. Sowmya Ramkumar.