Thought-Leaders to Share Insight on Global Impacts on Dairy,
Grain and Energy
Chairman of Atlanta Federal Reserve, Mike Bryan, is Keynote
Speaker
Forces influencing global supply and demand for food and energy
commodities take center stage as commodity risk-management
consulting firm FCStone, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of
International Assets Holding Corporation (INTL) (Nasdaq:IAAC)
today announced the agenda, speaker lineup, and theme for its
annual Outlook Conference, June 9-10 in Chicago.
The theme for the seventh annual FCStone/Downes-O'Neill Outlook
Conference is "Make Mine With Everything," signifying the
importance of understanding the relationship among all food
commodities and inputs, including energy, interest rates and
currencies, and the need for commodity forecasts to consider all of
these factors in a time of increasing economic uncertainty.
The annual gathering is designed to help producers, processors,
and end users of food commodities foresee global supply and demand
issues and, in the process, help them prepare for and protect
against the risks of price fluctuations.
"In recent years, it's become increasingly evident that the
producers, processors and end-users of commodities can no longer
view those commodities in a vacuum, but instead must consider how
they are affected by a host of other commodities and macro-economic
influences," said Tom Gaughan, Vice President of the Food Services
Division of FCStone, LLC. "The Outlook Conference is designed to
offer attendees access to key industry thought-leaders and experts
who can help them to better understand the forces that shape their
businesses and influence their bottom lines."
The event's keynote speaker is Mike Bryan, Chief Economist of
the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank. Climatologist Drew Lerner,
president and founder and senior agricultural meteorologist of
World Weather, Inc., an international weather-forecasting firm
located in the Kansas City area, will return as a presenter for the
fourth consecutive year. In his past appearances, Lerner has
provided attendees with long-range forecasts for growing seasons,
Atlantic hurricane activity, and winter weather, and has offered
insightful viewpoints on the climate change debate.
Dr. Douglas Southgate, Ohio State University agricultural
economist and co-author of The World Food Economy, will
speak on long-term trends in the global demand for
foodstuffs. And John Snell, principal of FCStone Group's
wholly owned subsidiary Risk Management Incorporated, will address
the global energy outlook.
The conference also will feature a Global Risk Management
Initiatives roundtable discussion, featuring speakers from around
the globe offering their perspective on risk-management trends and
tools, with a particular emphasis on the dairy
industry. Roundtable participants include Edward Gallagher,
Vice President, Dairylea Cooperative and Dairy Farmers of America;
Curt Goulding, Vice President of FCStone, LLC; John Harangody,
Director, Chicago Mercantile Exchange; Hamish Keston, Commodity
Risk Manager for the New Zealand-based multinational dairy company
Fonterra; and Philip Smith, the London-based CEO of Europe, Middle
East, and Africa (EMEA) operations for International Assets Holding
Corporation.
Other confirmed speakers include:
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Jim Webster, author of the Webster Agricultural Letter,
on the legislative outlook for agribusiness
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Peter Ullrich, president and CEO of Ullrich Analytics, on
computerized technical analysis and price forecasts
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David Hightower, principal and founder of the Hightower
Report on U.S. and world currencies
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Michael Caughlan, vice president, McKeaney & Flavell, on
soft commodities
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Kevin Combs, vice president, McKeaney & Flavell, on corn
sweeteners
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Dave Smoldt, vice president of operations, FCStone, LLC, on
grains and oilseeds
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Bill Brooks, dairy economist, FCStone, LLC, on the dairy
market
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Ken Bailey, PhD, economist, FCStone, LLC, on global dairy
markets
The Outlook Conference will be held at the InterContinental
Hotel on 515 N. Michigan Avenue in Chicago.
For more information on the conference, and updates on confirmed
speakers and the conference agenda, please visit
http://www.intlassets.com/seminars/outlook/Pages/OutlookConferenceInformation.aspx
Persons interested in attending the event can contact Kelly
Czachor at kelly.czachor@fcstone.com or (312) 456-3624.
About International Assets Holding
Corporation
International Assets Holdings Corporation (INTL) provides
execution and advisory services in commodities, currencies and
international securities. INTL's businesses, which include the
commodities advisory and transaction execution firm FCStone Group,
serve more than 10,000 commercial customers in more than 100
countries through a network of offices in eleven countries around
the world. Further information on INTL is available at
www.intlassets.com.
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CONTACT: FCStone, LLC/Downes-O'Neill
Kelly Czachor
312) 456-3624
Kelly.Czachor@FCStone.com
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