Sponsors and partners

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Financial Times Business is a specialist conference and events division within The Financial Times Limited. Organised in partnership with our specialist business titles - The Banker , Foreign Direct Investment (fDi) , FTfm , Professional Wealth Management (PWM) , PWM Asia and This is Africa - we focus on the topics that matter to the market and our events are driven by our award winning editorial insight. Our portfolio includes conferences, summits, briefings, roundtables, dinners and awards which discuss the way forward for global Banking, Finance and Investment.

Please visit: www.ftbusiness.com

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Lyxor Asset Management, subsidiary of Societe Generale Group, was founded in 1998 with the aim of delivering sustainable performance solutions anchored on research and risk management, combining high levels of transparency, liquidity and flexibility.

With more than a decade of experience and over 76.3 billion in assets under management*, Lyxor has established itself as a global player in four major growing investment specialties: alternative investments, ETFs & indexing, quantitative and structured investments. This extensive expertise, together with asset allocation, risk management, structuring and advisory capabilities, allows Lyxor to engineer bespoke investment solutions to institutional and other qualified investors.

Employing more than 600 professionals, Lyxor is today present in every strategic investment locations in the world, with offices in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Lyxor brings together the energy of a start-up, the responsiveness of an entrepreneur striving to deliver tailor-made solutions and the reliability of a rapidly expanding global player.

* AUMs as of March 31st 2012. 

Please visit: www.lyxor.com

Partner publication

PWM is the only title dedicated to the European wealth management and fund distribution markets. Each issue provides detailed information on investment product mechanics, in-depth analysis of market trends and comparative data on rival products.

Please visit: www.pwmnet.com

Partner publication

Professional Wealth Management Asia, published by FT Business provides Asia's investment managers and distributors with news and analysis about the products, market developments, tax issues and funds that impact on the portfolios of high net worth and retail investors.

Please visit: www.pwmnet.com/asia

Media partner

FundFire, a Financial Times service, is the leading U.S. online news service for professionals working in the institutional and high-net-worth asset management industry. FundFire offers all the news you need in one place with concise stories that breakdown the most important issues in the industry.

Please visit: www.fundfire.com

Media partner

FTfm is the FT's weekly supplement for the global fund management industry. It provides thought leadership for the asset management industry all over the world by analysing the important news stories on industry directions and trends, providing a forum for debate on the big issues and publishing high quality profiles of leading fund managers and top executives.

Please visit: www.ft.com/ftfm

Media partner

Ignites, a Financial Times service, is the preeminent source for news about the U.S. mutual fund industry. Whether it's the most important regulatory issues confronting your business or the latest in product development, Ignites delivers critical industry news like no other every day.

Please visit: www.ignites.com