2011 Equity Markets Conference

The ICI Equity Markets Conference was held on December 6, 2011, in New York, NY, focused on regulatory developments, compliance issues, and market structure changes impacting institutional investors. The conference offered up-to-the-minute information on the latest regulatory developments and structural changes in the financial markets from senior representatives of the SEC, FINRA, mutual funds, securities exchanges, broker-dealers, and other market participants.

PANEL TOPICS INCLUDED:

• Volcker Rule
• Automated trading and high-frequency trading
• Market volatility
• Conflicts of interest in the routing and execution of orders
• Global market structure reform initiatives (e.g., MiFID)
• Dark pools, market fragmentation, and transparency of market information
• Trading compliance challenges for institutional investors

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES BY:

• William J. Brodsky
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  Chicago Board Options Exchange
• Craig S. Donohue
  Chief Executive Officer
  CME Group
• Lawrence Leibowitz
  Chief Operating Officer
  NYSE Euronext

PANEL SPEAKERS INCLUDED REPRESENTATIVES FROM:

SEC, FINRA, NYSE Euronext, Nasdaq, Direct Edge, State Street Global Advisors, MFS Investment Management, Invesco, Capital Research and Management, T. Rowe Price, Proshare Advisors, The Kauffman Foundation, J.P. Morgan Securities, Knight, Rosenblatt Securities, ITG, Virtu Financial, Davis Polk and Wardwell, and Sidley Austin

SPONSORS