CNBC and Institutional Investor to Host Second Annual Investor Conference

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, and Institutional Investor, today announced the second annual Delivering Alpha conference, a singular investor event, scheduled for July 18, 2012, at The Pierre in New York City.  

Delivering Alpha 2011 was a virtual who's who of the investor community with hedge fund titans and institutional investors offering candid views.  Over $2 trillion of investable assets were represented by over 100 influential institutional investors. Led by top journalists from CNBC and Institutional Investor, the conference featured one-on-one interviews and panel discussions with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner; William Ackman, Founder and CEO, Pershing Square Capital Management LP; Laurence Fink, Chairman and CEO, BlackRock; Sam Zell, Chairman, Equity Group Investments; Meredith Whitney, CEO, Meredith Whitney Advisory Group; Jim Chanos, President and Founder, Kynikos Associates; Kyle Bass, Founder and Principal, Hayman Advisors LP; Leon Cooperman, Chairman and CEO, Omega Advisors; and Barry Sternlicht, Chairman and CEO, Starwood Capital Group; among others.

"Last year's inaugural conference was a huge success and reaffirms the strength of this collaboration with Institutional Investor as well as CNBC's commitment to providing premium content to our sophisticated investor focused audience," said Mark Hoffman, President and CEO of CNBC.  "This year we are looking forward to building on that momentum with another high-level forum, featuring the most important players in asset management tackling the critical issues facing investors in today's economy."

"CNBC and Institutional Investor share a significant synergy because the two organizations bring such unique qualities — incomparable distribution and contacts with the world's financial rainmakers coupled with deep relationships with the largest institutional and sovereign investors," said Diane Alfano, Chairman of Institutional Investor.  "This relationship has far exceeded our expectations.  We now have a global thought-leadership meeting attended by the most powerful and prominent members of the asset management industry."

The conference agenda is being created in collaboration with a distinguished group of advisory board members including:

• William Ackman, Pershing Square Capital Management LP
• Clifford S. Asness Ph.D., AQR Capital Management
• Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss, The Rock Creek Group
• Peter L. Briger Jr., Fortress Investment Group LLC
• Leon G. Cooperman, Omega Advisors
• Anne Dinning, D.E. Shaw
• Mohamed A. El-Erian, Pacific Investment Management Company, LLC (PIMCO)
• Mary Callahan Erdoes, J.P. Morgan Asset Management
• Laurence D. Fink, BlackRock
• Greg Fleming, Morgan Stanley Investment Management
• Sonia E. Gardener, Avenue Capital 
• J. Tomilson Hill, Blackstone Marketable Alternative Asset Management
• Andrew Law, Caxton Associates LP
• Jim Leech, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
• Meridee Moore, Watershed Asset Management, LLC
• Jim O'Neill, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
• Richard Perry, Perry Capital
• Bruce Richards, Marathon Asset Management
• Lawrence Schloss, New York City Employees' Retirement System
• Shachi Shah, Barclays Capital Fund Solutions
• Damon Silvers, AFL-CIO
• Thomas F. Steyer, Farallon Capital Management, LLC
• Ashbel Williams, Florida State Board of Administration (SBA)

A portion of the conference proceeds will benefit The Council for Economic Education (CEE), the nation's leading non-profit dedicated to increasing the economic and financial literacy of K-12 students.

For more information about the 2012 Delivering Alpha conference including registration and sponsorship opportunities, log on to: www.DeliveringAlpha.com

About CNBC:

With CNBC in the U.S., CNBC in Asia Pacific, CNBC in Europe, Middle East and Africa, CNBC World and CNBC HD+, CNBC is the recognized world leader in business news providing real-time data, analysis and information to more than 390 million homes worldwide. The network's 16 live hours a day of business programming in North America (weekdays from 4:00 a.m.- 8:00 p.m.) is produced at CNBC's global headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., and includes reports from CNBC News bureaus worldwide. CNBC.com and CNBC Mobile Web (mobile.cnbc.com) offer real-time stock quotes, charts, analysis and on-demand video.

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About Institutional Investor:

Institutional Investor magazine is the preeminent publication capturing the emergence and growth of institutional investors since the late 1960's. Institutional Investor covers all asset owners —including pension, endowment and sovereign wealth funds — and their impact on global financial markets. In addition to the flagship magazine, Institutional Investor publishes newsletters, books, research products, electronic databases and academic publications, including the iconic Journal of Portfolio Management. Institutional Investor Conferences and Memberships deliver the world's leading asset management firms and institutional investors to foster relationship-building and idea exchange during informal, interactive meetings as well as industry focused research in-between these meetings. Institutional Investor is wholly owned by Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC (ERM.L).

Contact:
Beth Goldman
Director, Public Relations
CNBC
t: 201-735-4724
m: 201-563-3983
e: [email protected]

SOURCE CNBC; Institutional Investor