Sponsorship / Exhibiting

KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We operate in 144 countries and have more than 137,000 professionals working in member firms around the world.

KPMG's global Investment Management practice comprises over 3,500 professionals aligned on a global basis to help promote cohesion, consistency and an ability to deliver focused professional services to clients. KPMG works with industry leaders in a wide range of areas from top tier global managers to hedge fund start ups, trade associations and regulators. Being one of the largest networks of investment management service providers we are able to offer advice to investment management businesses based on in-depth industry knowledge and an intimate understanding of our firms’ clients’ business activities and strategic goals.

KPMG’s network of member firms in the Latin American region employs over xx professionals working out of xx cities across xx countries.

For further information please contact:
Marco André C. Almeida, KPMG in Brazil on +55 (21) 3515-9404; e-Mail: maalmeida@kpmg.com.br 

Ricardo Anhesini, KPMG in Brazil on +55 11 2183-3141, e-Mail: rsouza@kmpg.com.br

www.kpmg.com

KPMG International's Trademarks are the sole property of KPMG International and their use here does not imply auditing by or endorsement of KPMG International or any of its member firms.

Barclays Global Investors is one of the world's largest asset managers and a leading global provider of investment management products and services with more than 3,000 institutional clients and $1.5 trillion of assets under management as of December 31, 2008. BGI transformed the investment industry by creating the first index strategy in 1971 and the first quantitative active strategy in 1979. BGI is the global product leader in exchange traded funds (iShares® exchange traded funds) with over 360 funds for institutions and individuals globally

Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's, provides high-impact information and analytics to over 2,700 leading financial institutions. Capital IQ is a web-based service that provides a unique combination of global private and public capital market data and technology allowing end-users to draw deep market insights, generate better investing ideas, and leverage relationships. For more information, please visit www.capitaliq.com.

Deployed at  over 2,700 firms, including many of the world’s leading hedge funds and investment firms, Capital IQ is a robust information platform for fundamental research, screening, financial modeling, and sourcing industry contacts. Providing a unique combination of market data, analytics, and relationship development tools, Capital IQ helps investment professionals minimize the time and effort required to make sound investment decisions. Capital IQ provides comprehensive information on 58,000 public companies, 1,550,000 private companies, 14,000 private equity firms, 500,000 transactions, 899,000 active securities, and 1,900,000 professionals.  Portfolio managers and analysts value Capital IQ for the highest-quality data, powerful functionality, and ease of use.

The Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) represents Luxembourg’s asset management community. ALFI’s membership is drawn from Luxembourg’s funds and service providers.
ALFI’s mission statement is to make Luxembourg the most attractive domicile and distribution centre for investment vehicles.

Its main objectives are to:

- Assist members in capitalising on industry trends by monitoring developments and ascertaining opportunities.

- Shape regulation by liaising with the regulator and authorities on a national and European level.

- Encourage professionalism and integrity via training, best practices and efforts towards standardisation.

- Promote the Luxembourg fund industry by organising events worldwide. 

ICFA magazine has been providing in-depth and authoritative coverage of the investment back- and middle-office for over a decade. Our news, features, surveys and industry round tables are a key source of market intelligence for the financial services industry.

ICFA’s specialist editorial team travels the globe, mapping out the trends, profiling the markets and investigating the business processes that matter and ensuring our readers are fully aware of the key current and future issues.

A combination of unrivalled editorial excellence and unparalleled engagement with the industry makes ICFA magazine a must read for all serious investment professionals.

FTSE Global Markets offers the best in comment and analysis on the world’s equity, debt and alternative investment markets. In a market-place crowded by awards, league-tables, sponsored statements and advertorials there is a real demand for authoritative and independent information and analysis that can be valued and trusted by key decision makers. FTSE Global Markets is now the source that investment institutions and professionals active in the global equity, debt and alternative investments markets turn to, knowing that it provides objective coverage.

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EPFR Global provides fund flows and asset allocation data to financial institutions around the world. Tracking both traditional and alternative funds domiciled globally with $10 trillion in total assets, we deliver a complete picture of institutional and individual investor flows and fund manager allocations driving global markets. Our market moving data services include daily, weekly and monthly equity and fixed income fund flows and monthly fund allocations by country, sector and security.

http://www.epfr.com