BNY Mellon to Feature Steve Forbes at Annual Symposium on Best Practices for ETFs

NEW YORK, Aug. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- BNY Mellon, a global leader in investment management and investment services, will feature Steve Forbes, chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Media, as the keynote speaker at its annual ETF symposium. The symposium for exchange-traded funds is scheduled for October 20 to October 22 at the St. Regis Monarch Beach Hotel in Dana Point, CA. 

Forbes' topic for the event will be Navigating the Economy for Business Growth and Success.

The symposium will focus on important issues in the ETF marketplace including the emergence of non-transparent active ETFs, the validity of fixed income ETFs, market liquidity and the impact of new regulations.

Among the industry thought leaders scheduled to present at the event are Deborah Fhur, co-founder of ETFGI, and Kathleen Moriarity, partner of Kaye Scholer.

This is the fourth year of the symposium, which highlights best practices and strategies for registered investment advisors, sponsors, investors and other participants in the ETF Industry.

"The ETF Symposium is designed for registered investment advisors and other financial professionals who use, or are interested in using, ETFs as part of their investment strategy," said Steve Cook, business executive, structured product services, for BNY Mellon.  Cook, who will moderate the opening panel at the symposium and provide an overview of the ETF marketplace, added, "We also believe the symposium will help investment professionals gain insight into the way their peers view a range of topics such as balancing active and passive strategies and how ETFs can provide efficient access to a wide range of asset classes."

For more information on the event, visit www.bnymellon.com/etf.

BNY Mellon has a long history supporting the unique servicing needs of ETFs and has played a leading role in the development of procedures and systems integral to some of the first and most innovative products of the ETF industry. As of June 30, 2015, BNY Mellon supports 35 issuers offering 593 separate ETFs in the U.S., Europe and Asia with a total of $301.6 billion in net assets.

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