ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, and Institutional Investor, today announced the inaugural Delivering Alpha conference, a singular investor event, scheduled for September 14, 2011, at The Pierre in New York City.  

The biggest names in the hedge fund and investor communities, as well as influential political and economic leaders, will gather at this one-day event to discuss the strategies for global investment success.  Led by top journalists from CNBC and Institutional Investor, the conference will be a dynamic conversation with some of the world's most respected investors. In one-on-one interviews and panel discussions, these investors will reveal their investment ideas and debate critical issues to the investing world such as surging global debt concerns, geopolitical pressures and the impact of new regulations.  CNBC will be broadcasting portions of the Delivering Alpha conference live on CNBC TV and CNBC.com.

"This is a one-of-a-kind gathering of luminaries who will share their insights on investing in a fast-changing world and present provocative proposals on the global economy," said Nikhil Deogun, Managing Editor, CNBC Business News.

"In a world marked by continued economic and financial uncertainty, never has there been a greater need for the kind of investment intelligence that this conference will deliver," said Michael Peltz, Executive Editor of Institutional Investor magazine.

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

• William Ackman, Pershing Square Capital Management
• Steven Algert, J. Paul Getty Trust
• Clifford Asness, AQR Capital Management
• Peter Briger Jr., Fortress Investment Group
• Arpad Busson, The EIM Group
• Leon Cooperman, Omega Advisors
• Laurence Fink, BlackRock
• Sonia Gardner, Avenue Capital Group
• Peter Gilbert, Lehigh University
• J. Tomilson Hill, Blackstone Marketable Alternative Asset Management
• Scott Kalb, Korea Investment Corporation
• Pierre Lagrange, GLG Partners
• Jim Leech, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
• Jim O'Neill, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
• Anne Popkin, Symphony Asset Management
• Bruce Richards, Marathon Asset Management
• Jeff Scott, Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation
• Ted Seides, Protege Partners
• Damon Silvers, AFL-CIO
• Thomas Steyer, Farallon Capital Management
• Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia University

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 2011 Delivering Alpha conference including registration and sponsorship opportunities, log on to: http://delivering-alpha.com

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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 – to include 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: beth.goldman@nbcuni.com

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