Information Management Network

“ETFs are hot and new in Europe. The conference programme is well balanced to address all important aspects of ETFs in Europe. The conference will be rewarding both to sponsors of and investors in European ETFs."
- Rudolf Siebel, Director - Policy and International Affairs, GERMAN INVESTMENT FUND TRADE ASSOCIATION (BVI)

Our Distinguished Speakers Include:
CHRISTIAN ARMBRUESTER Director, Equity/Index Arbitrage, Credit Suisse First Boston Christian Armbruester is a Director in the Equity/Index Arbitrage department for Credit Suisse First Boston in London. He is responsible for developing and trading European sector ETFs as well as market making US index ETFs. Other job functions include developing and trading various proprietary trading strategies. A graduate of Columbia Business School with an MBA in Finance, he joined CSFB in 1999 after spending three years in Equity Derivatives at Bankers Trust in London and three years with Amprotech as an equity analyst, based in the US and Bahrain.	DAVID MORAN, President, Dow Jones Indexes Mr. Moran is responsible for the marketing and distribution of Dow Jones Indexes and related products. Prior to June 1998, when he began to devote his full attention to the index business, he had been vice president/ law and deputy general counsel for Dow Jones & Company since 1991 and 1990 respectively and president of the indexes unit since January 1996. Mr. Moran received a Bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and a J.D. degree from the University of Virginia Law School.
ISABELLE BOURCIER Global Marketing Coordinator for ETFs, Société Générale Isabelle Bourcier is responsible for the launch of new ETFs, new markets and the client support team for SG's Master Units. Her first assignment with SG was with the Fixed Income Department as a sales person for options and structured products and later gained her expertise in marketing in the Equity Derivatives department. Isabelle also spent 2 years with the Financial Times in London as Editor for one of their online information services.	RAINER RIESS Head of Primary Markets, Deutsche Börse The Primary Markets section further develops the profile and accessibility of the German capital market, especially for small- and medium-sized enterprises and offers services in pre-IPO stages to potential issuers. One of Ranier’s main responsibilities is Neuer Markt, Europe’s leading market for technology and growth companies. Mr. Riess holds a Master of Economics from the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University in Frankfurt. As a Fulbright scholar he received a Master of Business Administration from the University of Miami.
JOHN DEMAINE Managing Director, Individual Investor Business, BGI Europe John is responsible for the Individual Investor Business of BGI Europe. In addition he runs the Pooled Product Management and Communications Groups. Previously, he was a Finance and Marketing Director for Sabre Fund Management, a special UK Hedge Fund Manager. John graduated in accounting and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1985.	CLEMENS REUTER, Head of Equity Products, SWX Swiss Exchange Clemens joined SWX Swiss Exchange in November 2000. He is head of Equity Products and responsible for Exchange Traded Funds and all new equity product development at SWX. Mr. Reuter is a graduate of the Fachhochschule Cologne (University of Applied Sciences) as a “Diplom Betriebswirt”, which equates to the US Bachelor of Science degree in Economics.
AGUSTIN J. FLEITES CFA, Principal and Director, Exchange Traded Funds, State Street Global Advisors Agustin Fleites is a Principal of State Street Global Advisors. He is responsible for the development and implementation of offshore investment products, the management of SSGA’s exchange traded product efforts, and the firm’s business efforts in Latin America. Gus joined the firm in 1987 and is a member of SSgA’s Investment Committee. Gus holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Multinational Management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters of Business Administration in Finance from Babson College. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst.	TIMOTHY F. RYAN Head of Index Management and Quantitative Research, AXA Investment Managers Timothy joined AXA Investment Managers in 2000 as Head of Index Management and Quantitative Research. He started as quantitative researcher for Credit Commercial de France in 1992 after his MBA in Bank and Finance. In 1996, he became Head of European Equities for CCF SAM. Before joining AXA IM,Timothy was Head of Equities at Sinopia Asset Management. Timothy is also a teacher in various universities and business schools.
DEBORAH A. FUHR Vice President and Global Head of Marketing - OPALS and Exchange Traded Funds, Morgan Stanley Co. International Limited Ms. Fuhr is responsible for international marketing for OPALS (Optimised Portfolios As Listed Securities) and Exchange Traded Funds. She is also responsible for sales to accounts in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Portugal. Ms. Fuhr has an MBA from Northwestern University, JL Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a BS from the University of Connecticut.	RAYMOND FRENKEN Amsterdam-based Correspondent, CNBC Europe Mr. Frenken covers the Euronext equity markets. He can been seen daily on CNBC Europe in the Squawkbox and MarketWatch programs. Frenken has covered stock and energy markets in London, Paris, Zurich and Amsterdam. His career as a financial journalist star ted more than a decade ago at Dow Jones News, and since then he has worked for Bloomberg News, Het Financieele Dagblad and FTMarketWatch.com.
DR. ANDREAS GRÜNBICHLER Professor and Director, Swiss Institute for Banking and Finance, University of St. Gallen Dr. Andreas Grünbichler is a Professor and Director for the Swiss Institute for Banking and Finance at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. He is also a member of the Managing Board of Bank Styria in Graz, Austria, the STOXX Indices Advisory Committee as well as the editor’s committees of the Journal für Betriebswirtschaft and Finanzmarkt und Portfoliomanagement. Dr. Grünbichler studied Business Administration at the University of Graz, Austria and received a Ph.D. in Finance from the University. From 1992 to 1995, he was a visiting Assistant Professor of Finance at the Anderson School at UCLA.	MICHAEL SCHANZ Consultant Director -Index Services, Standard & Poor’s Michael joined Standard and Poor’s last October as a strategic consultant in their Index Products group. He began his financial career in investment banking with UBS in Toronto and New York. Thereafter, Mr. Schanz moved to Europe and assumed a number of different positions with increasing seniority. Before joining S&P, he worked as the founding Managing Director of STOXX Ltd. Mr. Schanz graduated with a Bachelor of Science from McGill University and MBA from Concorda University in Montreal.
GEORGE A. MÖLLER Chief Operating Officer, Euronext George Möller is Chief Operating Officer of Euronext, which is the result of the merger between ParisBourse SA, Brussels Exchanges and Amsterdam Exchanges in September 2000. Prior to this, he was Chief Executive of Amsterdam Exchanges; the stock and futures exchanges. Mr. Möller studied business economics at the State University of Groningen and obtained his Master’s degree.	SCOTT STARK Managing Director, STOXX Limited Scott Stark heads STOXX Limited’s marketing and sales team, covering licensing the Dow Jones STOXX indexes to financial institutions and global marketing, including advertising campaigns, and analyst and media coverage. He has over 17 years of operational and marketing experience with stock exchanges and index products. Scott has an MBA from Golden Gate University, San Francisco and a BBA from the University of Oregon, Portland.
PETER THOMPSON Executive Director, Goldman Sachs Peter Thompson is responsible for the European exchange traded fund business for Goldman Sachs. Before relocating to London earlier this year, Peter spent three years in Tokyo managing an equity and index derivatives portfolio. Prior to this, he held a variety of trading assignments for the Hull Group in their market making operations in the U.S. Peter holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and an MBA in Finance from the University of Iowa.	JIM WEBER Senior Vice President, Nasdaq Stock Market & Chief Operating Officer, Nasdaq Europe In this role, Mr. Weber manages the business and commercial growth and development of Nasdaq’s European exchange operations. Prior to joining Nasdaq, Mr. Weber served in a number of private and public sector capacities. An attorney by training, Mr. Weber has represented telecommunications, banking and insurance clients.

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