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Midwest Investment Conference 2016 Registration Open

April 19, 2016 10:21 AM EDT

Investor Conference Offers Corporate Access to Senior Management Teams of Leading Public Companies

Early Registration Fee Waived Before May 15 for CFA Institute Members

CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Registration is now open for Midwest Investment Conference 2016, taking place at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, on June 22, 2016.

Senior management teams from leading publicly traded companies will make presentations in general sessions, and host one-on-one and small group breakout meetings with investors during the event. The general sessions will be organized into specific industry tracks and conducted concurrently in three auditoriums. Pre-arranged breakout meetings will take place in private rooms throughout the venue.

The conference is hosted by CFA Society Cleveland, a non-profit professional organization dedicated to providing investment-related programs and services to area investment experts.

“Our Society’s mission is to provide professional development opportunities for investment experts, consistent with the ideals of excellence, integrity and education as set forth by CFA Institute. This event, which is open to all professional investors, offers a valuable opportunity for due diligence and provides direct corporate access with public companies,” said Tom Jalics, CFA, president of CFA Society Cleveland.

Luncheon Keynote

CNBC and MSNBC contributor Ron Insana, who was named one of the "Top 100 Business News Journalists of the 20th Century," will make a keynote address at the conference luncheon. Insana is a highly respected business journalist and money manager of nearly three decades. His career began at the Financial News Network in 1984 and he later joined CNBC when FNN and CNBC merged in 1991. He plans to discuss the imminent 2016 Republican National Convention taking place in Cleveland in July, and the potential economic ramifications of the November election.

Latest Roster of Attending Public Companies:

  • Allegheny Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ATI)
  • AmTrust Financial (Nasdaq: AFSI)
  • Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE: AIT)
  • Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. (Nasdaq: CLMT)
  • CBIZ (Nasdaq: CBZ)
  • Diversified Restaurant Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SAUC)
  • Evans Bancorp Inc. (NYSE MKT: EVBN)
  • Financial Institutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: FISI)
  • Gas Natural Inc. (NYSE MKT: EGAS)
  • Graham Corporation (NYSE: GHM)
  • Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LECO)
  • Mace Security International, Inc. (OTCPINK: MACE)
  • M&T Bank Corporation (NYSE: MTB)
  • National Interstate Corporation (Nasdaq: NATL)
  • Olympic Steel (Nasdaq: ZEUS)
  • OMNOVA Solutions Inc. (NYSE: OMN)
  • PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL)
  • Rand Capital Corporation (Nasdaq: RAND)
  • Sovran Self Storage Inc. (NYSE: SSS)
  • Stepan Co. (NYSE: SCL)
  • The J. M. Smucker Company (NYSE: SJM)
  • Transcat Inc. (Nasdaq: TRNS)

The conference is open to portfolio managers, equity analysts and other financial and investment professionals. The early registration attendance fee of $199 is being waived for CFA Institute members, who register before May 15, 2016. Investor attendees who register before May 15, 2016, and are not a member of CFA Institute, will pay the early registration attendance fee of $199.

To register, visit the conference website at: http://midwestinvestmentconference.org/registration.html

“The conference model was developed based on input from both public issuers and institutional investors. One of the primary objectives for the event is to genuinely advance capital markets and the free-enterprise system,” said Matthew J. Dennis, CFA, Midwest Investment Conference Organizer.

“Institutional investors and analysts heavily influence the flow and allocation of capital in society, and require direct access to senior management teams to properly conduct company and industry-specific due diligence,” Dennis said.

The inaugural conference took place in 2013, and drew institutional investors nationwide.

“Public company senior executives were able to meet with money managers, independent research analysts, and multiple sell-side analysts, some accompanied by their buy-side clients, at the same venue,” Dennis said.

Financial support for Midwest Investment Conference 2016 comes from a supplemental fee paid by the presenting public companies and from industry sponsors. This year’s supporting sponsors include Platinum Sponsors, Business Wire, a global market leader in commercial press release distribution, and FactSet Research Systems, a company which aids the world's investment community in performing sophisticated financial analysis through data and analytics; and Gold Sponsors, CFA Institute, a global association of investment professionals that sets the standard for excellence in the industry; Key Private Bank a leading provider of wealth management solutions and advice to high-net worth and ultra-high-net worth clients; and, RR Donnelley, a global provider of integrated communications. Contributing sponsors are Clear Perspective Group, LLC, an employee-owned investor relations consulting firm helping public companies enhance institutional investor and analyst awareness; Dix & Eaton, an integrated communications and public relations consultancy that partners with clients to drive impact and results; KEI Advisors, an investor relations services firm that helps small-cap and micro-cap companies optimize their market value; and the Cleveland/Northern Ohio Chapter of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI), a non-profit organization promoting common interests of individuals engaged in the investor relations profession.

Additional conference sponsorships are still available offering a valuable touchpoint with decision-makers at public companies and asset-management firms. To learn more about sponsorship opportunities that will showcase your organization’s commitment to corporate transparency and the capital markets, or how an organization can register to present, please visit: www.midwestinvestmentconference.org.

About Midwest Investment Conference

The Midwest Investment Conference model was created in 2012 to conduct institutional investment conferences addressing the needs of both publicly held companies and professional investors. The unique model provides a conflict-free and cost effective means of enhancing corporate transparency and investor relations initiatives for companies, while providing direct corporate access for institutional investors and analysts. For more information on the 2016 conference, follow conference updates on Twitter at @MWInvConference and visit the event website at www.midwestinvestmentconference.org.

About CFA Society Cleveland

CFA Society Cleveland was founded in 1950 and provides investment-related programs and services to its Northeast Ohio-based membership. CFA Society Cleveland has 479 members, and is a member society of CFA Institute, which represents 109,000 members including 100,000 CFA Charterholders in more than 130 countries worldwide.

For CFA Society Cleveland
Matthew J. Dennis, CFA, 216-255-6290
[email protected]

Source: CFA Society Cleveland



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