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TradeTech Middle East Register
15th-17th June 2008
The Park Hyatt, Dubai


The World’s most successful trading and technology conference comes to the Middle East for the first time, offering you an unparalleled opportunity to meet leaders from throughout the region’s trading value chain. Get inside information on the developments shaping capital markets, benchmark your performance against your peers, guise your technology investment and learn successful trading strategies that will ensure your success in the year ahead.

Middle East Investors Summit
14-16 October , 2008
Emirates Towers Hotel, Dubai, UAE


The Middle East Investors Summit brings together institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds and family offices from across the MENA region to network; and to develop innovative strategies designed to take advantage of the opportunities arising from the volatility.  In the wake of the credit crisis, global markets have been thrown into turmoil. This has culminated in unprecedented in stock market volatility, liquidity shocks and collapsing financials. The Middle East is the peaceful eye of this global storm and the region’s institutions are largely insulated from the sub-prime chaos. The region’s investors, who are flushed with liquidity, are perfectly positioned to take advantage of the opportunities opening up across the globe. But where are investors looking to allocate? What strategies will allow you for upside while protecting your portfolio in these uncertain times?

The Middle East Investors Summit will highlight techniques for astute investors looking to take advantage of the current levels of volatility, while also educating them in how to apply proven strategies for risk management at a time of unparalleled global uncertainty. At this senior level summit you will learn how you can protect your capital and boost your portfolio performance by taking advantage of market conditions, using new management strategies and accessing new investments around the world.

The Middle East Investors Summit is a unique opportunity for the region's investor community to address and take advantage of the issues rocking global markets today.


TradeTech South Africa 2008
14th - 16th October 2008
BMW Pavilion, Cape Town


The end of November saw the first ever Trade Tech South Africa, held in Cape Town, and attracting over 150 industry participants. Highlights of the day included Leanne Parsons' update on the latest from the JSE, lots of discussion around the evolving role of the trader led by Alfonso Raats of Stanlib AM and Eugene Goosen of Metropolitan AM, and an incisive examination of the global trading landscape from Stavros Siokos of Citi. Daniel Polakow of Peregrine gave a very intelligent analysis of the behaviour of alpha in South Africa, Tom de Lange shared the all-important investor persepctive and Tim Wildenberg of UBS talked algos. At the end of the day, Citi, Bloomberg Tradebook and Stanlib Asset Management led champagne roundtable discussions on a range of topics from the evolving buyside-sellside dynamic, to algorithmic trading. This was no-holds-barred discussion, lubricated by Cape Town's finest bubbly.


Leaders in Luxury 2008 Register
20-23 October 2008
Madinat Jumeirah, Mina A' Salam


After running successfully in New York and London, World Business Research is bringing their acclaimed Leaders in Luxury conference to Dubai. The 2 day innovative forum brings leading regional and international luxury brands together to network and develop revenue generation strategies tailored for the Middle East, at a time when luxury is an increasingly lucrative yet competitive business within the region

Whether you are a luxury brand looking to penetrate the Middle Eastern Market, or you are already established in the region and looking to grow your market share the one must attend event for you this year is Leaders in Luxury 2008.