Meeting of the Americas 2018

Hosted by FLAIA

Meeting of the Americas 2018

Meeting of the Americas 2018 conference

Hosted by Akerman LLP

Thursday, October 18, 2018 9AM-7PM

Akerman Downtown Miami Office

98 Southeast 7th Street #1100

Miami, FL 33131

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MEETING OF THE AMERICAS will bring together investors, allocators and fund managers from the U.S., Latam and Canada to discuss the opportunities, debate the substantive issues surrounding the current state-of-play, and provide perspectives on the exchanges, broker-dealers and other trading venues that facilitate capital flows.

Agenda

9:00AM – 10:00AM

REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST SPONSORED BY BANKUNITED

 

10:15AM – 10:50AM

OPENING REMARKS SPONSORED BY PREQIN

Hedge Fund, Private Equity and Real Estate overview in the Americas

  • Performance Update
  • Top Performing Funds
  • Performance Benchmarks
  • Fund Launches
  • Asset Flow Summary

Speaker

Sam Mitchell – Head of Investor Products @ Preqin

 

11AM – 11:50AM

PANEL 1

Strategies in Search of Yield: Update on Real Estate Markets and Economic Opportunity Zones

Moderator

Gail Cohen – Franklin Templeton

Panelists

Dave Wynn – Wynn Development

Raúl Ramirez – Lloyd Jones LLC

Jeremy Todd – Prime Meridian

Hasaan Austin – BSEP+

Joe Wold – Veterans Capital

 

12:00 – 12:50PM

PANEL 2

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Update in the Americas: The Disruption of Cross-Border Payments between the U.S. and Latin America 

Moderator

Scott Daspin – Triad Securities

Panelists

Enrique Souza – SmartCash

Nick Colas – Datatrek

Thomas Coughlin– Kinesis

David Tawil – ProChain

 

1:00 – 2:20PM

LUNCH & PRESENTATIONS

Speakers

Alicia Cervera – Cervera Group Fireside Chat

Isaac Gilinski – Brickell Analytics Presentation

Roberto Munoz – Florida Community Bank

 

2:30 – 3:20PM

PANEL 3

Alternative Investing for Profit and Impact

Moderator

Theresa Gusman – First Affirmative

Panelists

Curt Albright – Clear Current Capital

William Burdette – CDC Deposits

Sahil Sethi – Young India Fund

Eugene Yun – SymVerse

Dan Hughes – Social Entrepreneur

 

3:30 – 4:00PM

Networking Break

 

4:00PM – 4:50PM

PANEL 4

Global Equities Outlook: Opportunities in public markets from the perspective of U.S. & Latin American market participants

Moderator

Rainford Knight – Florida Institute of Finance

Panelists

Alejandro Garza – Founder & CIO, Aztlan Equity Management

Ray Zucarro – RVX Asset Management

Monica Fuentes – O’Brien Investment Group

Richard Sandulli – Metaurus ETF

 

5:00PM – 7:00PM

COCKTAIL RECEPTION

    Author

    • Michael Corcelli

      Title
      Founder & Chairman
      @
      Company
      Role
      author

      Mr. Corcelli is the Founder & Chairman of the FLAIA and has played a critical role in establishing the vision and building the management team for the FLAIA. In addition to his work with the FLAIA, he is a Managing Partner at Alexander Alternative Capital, LLC based in Miami. Prior to joining Alexander Alternative Capital, Michael worked for UBS AG where he was responsible for portfolio management and tactical asset allocation for private clients of UBS Global Wealth Management & Business Banking. Michael holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Miami where he studied Business with a focus in Finance.

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