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FINANCIAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES PRESENTS HIGHLY ACCLAIMED BY DISTRIBUTORS AND DISTRIBUTION PROFESSIONALS ACROSS THE AUM SPECTRUM THE 3RD ANNUAL MUTUAL FUND DISTRIBUTION FORUM Practical Strategies and Insights to Boost AUM with a Top-flight Distribution Game Plan DECEMBER 8-9 2014 THE PRINCETON CLUB NEW YORK, NY Hailed as one of the best conferences in the industry, the Mutual Fund Distribution Forum brings together the top leadership in the field to engage in substantive conversations on the issues critical to success. TOPICS AT A GLANCE Current trends and future outlook: where s wealth management headed? Advisors speak out: views on products, distribution and the challenges of wealth management today Product expansion and the changes and challenges in distribution Emerging trends and disruptors in wholesaling Gatekeepers insider perspectives on gaining access to productive platforms Fund executive roundtable: What drives distribution strategy? What are the key factors in strategy implementation? Keys to successfully integrating marketing and distribution strategy Exploring the role of the product specialist KEYNOTE Paul Hatch Group Managing Director, Head of Advice & Solutions UBS Wealth Americas FACULTY LIST Dennis Bowden, Strategic Insight, an Asset International company Scott Ketner, Berkshire Capital Laura Varas, Hearts & Wallets, LLC Joseph DeVico, Blackrock Loren Fox, Ignites Research Karen C. Altfest, Altfest Personal Wealth Zung Nguyen, Athena Capital Advisors LLC Paul Weisenfeld, Perella Weinberg Partners LLP Rachel Schnoll, Goldman Sachs Asset Bill Connolly, Putnam Investments Robert Jenkins, Thomson Reuters Jeff Welday, Invesco Lars W. Schuster, Fidelity Investments Rochelle Lamm, Acceleration Partners, LLC John Salvatierra, Celera Systems, LLC Chris Riggio, BrightScope Robert Bruno, First Eagle Funds Distributors, LLC John McDonough, OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. Paul Hatch, UBS Wealth Americas Kirsten Pickens, Ivy Funds Distributor, Inc. Scott Brady, Merrill Lynch Benjamin Huneke, Morgan Stanley Scott Lavelle, PNC Asset Lee Kowarski, Kasina, LLC Andrew Provencher, BNY Mellon Investment Andrea Lisher, JPMorgan Asset George D. Riedel, T. Rowe Price Todd Buck, Wheelhouse Analytics Barry Mandinach, Virtus Investment Partners Carter Sims, Schroder Investment Aric Faber, SalesPage Technologies Jeffrey T. Cerutti, AMG Funds Karen McCafferty, John Hancock Investments Theresa Goldberg, Head of National Accounts, RBC Global Asset Steven B. Plump, PIMCO Christie Loftus, OppenheimerFunds, Inc. Jeff Duckworth, John Hancock Investments Bryan Burke, Federated Securities Corp Raleigh G. Peters, JP Morgan Asset Joshua Bogen, Natixis Global Asset Amy Mathis, Calvert Investments Mark Magnacca, President and Co-Founder Allego SPONSORS GOLD SILVER BRONZE TM T O R E G I S T E R : C A L L ( 8 0 0 ) 2 8 0-8 4 4 0 O R V I S I T U S A T W W W. F R A L L C. C O M

IMPORTANT INFORMATION The Mutual Fund Distribution Forum December 8-9, 2014 The Princeton Club 15 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036 (212) 596-1200 If you require overnight accommodation for this conference, please contact any of the following nearby hotels to check their best available corporate rate over this time frame, or consult your local travel agent. Please note that FRA has not negotiated rates with any of these hotels. Area Hotels: InterContinental Times Square - 212-803-4500 Westin Times Square - 866-837-4183 Millennium Broadway Hotel - 212-768-4400 Hotel Sofitel New York - 212-354-8844 The Princeton Club, New York City The Club offers you the best of everything in the heart of everything. You ll find us at 15 West 43rd Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues, in New York City s iconic Midtown Manhattan district. Grand Central Station, the Empire State Building, the Theater District, and Central Park are all within easy strolls of our front door. And we're just 20 minutes from LaGuardia Airport and 30 minutes from John F. Kennedy International Airport. TEAM DISCOUNTS Three people will receive 10% off. Four people will receive 15% off. Five people or more will receive 20% off. In order to secure a group discount, all delegates must place their registrations at the same time. Group discounts cannot be issued retroactively. For more information, please contact Kathie Eberhard at 704-341-2439 or email keberhard@frallc.com REFUNDS AND CANCELLATIONS For information regarding refund, complaint and/or program cancellation policies, please visit our website: www.frallc.com/thefineprint.aspx WHO SHOULD ATTEND? This conference is designed for mutual fund executives including (but not limited to): C-Suite mutual fund executives Distribution heads Heads of sales organizations Heads of marketing departments Product development professionals Third-party distributors Directors of manager research Research analysts Mutual fund consultants SPONSORS GOLD TM For more than 20 years, Strategic Insight has been at the forefront of thorough, unbiased mutual fund industry research and business intelligence. We provide our variety of products and services to a range of clients, including executives from more than 200 investment management and insurance companies, distributors, investment banks, hedge funds, consultants and law firms. Strategic Insight s parent company, Asset International, delivers critical, cutting edge data, research and marketing programs to mutual fund companies, banks, asset managers and insurance companies worldwide. The company has offices in New York, Boston, Hong Kong, London, Melbourne, Toronto and Stamford, CT. For additional information, visit www.sionline.com. Allego: The Mobile Video Knowledge Platform The most easy-to-use application that leverages video technology and mobile devices to help you capture, socialize, and build on your teams best stories and content. Allego provides an innovative approach to boost performance across distributed teams using tablets, laptops or smart phones to create, collaborate, and share valuable ideas in real time. Allego has a proven track record of helping companies capture mobile-accessible content to spread ideas faster replicating the success of top performers, accelerate onboarding of new staff, provide ongoing coaching and training, and absorb best practices and key content more quickly. Share your stories, drive your company performance, leverage mobile-first technology - www.allego.com SILVER Founded in 2010 by industry experts, Wheelhouse Analytics serves the investment management industry through innovative technology solutions. Our Clients adopt our technology to get ahead. Wheelhouse s core offerings include industry specific solutions in three main areas: Mobile Meeting Drive better meeting in the field with our Admiral and Builder mobile solutions Analytics and Oversight Better understand your distribution relationships through Intermediary Oversight and Distribution Analytics Educational solutions WheelhouseEd, education created by the industry, for the industry For more information please visit us at www.wheelhouseanalytics.com or call us at 215-240-7063 BrightScope is a leading independent provider of software, analytics, and data to the financial services industry. BrightScope Beacon is the premier data stewardship, integration, visualization, and exchange platform for the world s top financial institutions. Beacon connects disparate datasets to deliver unprecedented visibility into the mutual fund and broader financial products marketplace. Visit www.brightscope.com/beacon to see why asset managers, broker-dealers, and recordkeepers choose Beacon for their management reporting, sales tracking, and market intelligence needs. Since its founding in 2000, Celera Systems has been recognized as an innovator in information technology solutions for mutual fund and institutional managers, insurance companies, retirement plan providers, banks and broker dealers. Celera s flagship platform, SalesStation, is an elegant all-in-one- data management, business intelligence and CRM solution that enables asset managers to outsource the operational and distribution nightmares associated with omnibus accounting, sub-accounting, trade reconciliation and advisor information to Celera s specialized team of operations and data stewardship pros. SalesStation retrieves daily asset and transaction feeds from over 100 sources, aligns and consolidates data to suit each client s unique business needs, maintains business-critical information, and delivers consistent, timely and reliable reporting from a single source. The addition of CRM capability is the latest enhancement to SalesStation, providing seamless integration with Salesforce.com, the dominant CRM provider worldwide, and featuring reports, dashboards, and templates customized specifically to capture and display information unique to asset management companies. For small and fast-growing asset management organizations, SalesStation eliminates the need to divert scarce and precious capital and staffing resources to build and manage complex business and sales reporting systems, analytics and CRM tools in house. SalesPage provides data management, sales reporting and CRM solutions to financial services firms with intermediary, institutional and direct distribution channels. SalesPage DataCenter provides trade reconciliation and sales reporting, either stand-alone or integrated with existing tools, to manage and leverage production, asset, market share and entity data throughout your organization. SalesPage Financial, a turnkey CRM solution, incorporates all the functionality in DataCenter to deliver real-time access to crucial information via the web and mobile devices. BRONZE

WHO ATTENDS THE MUTUAL FUND DISTRIBUTION FORUM? This is THE leading mutual fund distribution forum in the industry a virtual Who s Who! Look who s attended in the past: Aberdeen Asset Acceleration Partners, LLC Access Data Corp./Broadridge Access Distribution Partners Acuity Sales Decision Science AdvisorAdit Aegis Funds AIG Advisor Group Albridge Analytics, a division of Albridge, a BNY Mellon company AllianceBernstein Investments Allianz Global Investors American Century Investments API Funds & Portfolios Arrow Funds/Arrow Shares Artisan Partners Aston Funds Babson Capital Baron Capital Behringer Harvard Blackrock BNY Mellon BPV Capital Brightscope Broadmark Asset Broadridge Financial Solutions BTS Asset CAIS Calvert Investment Distributors, Inc. Campbell & Company Capstone Asset Company Cardinal Capital Catalyst Funds Celera Systems Century Cerulli Associates Cetera Financial Group Charles Sterling Group Christian Brothers Investment Services Clearbridge Advisors Columbia Investment Advisors Commonwealth Financial Network Confluence CoreData Research Davis Advisors Delta Data Software Denver Investments Diamond Hill Diefendorf Capital Direxion Dodge and Cox Dolan Capital Group, LLC Dreyfus Investments DSM Capital Partners DST Systems Dubick & Associates Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. Eaton Vance EF Donnelly LLC ETF Business Review Expect Miracles Foundation FactSet Research Systems FAM Funds Fenimore Asset Funds Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services Fidelity Investment Institutional Services Company, Inc Financial Advisor and Private Wealth Magazines First Eagle Funds First Investors Corporation FolioMetrix FrontLine Compliance Fuse Research Network GatekeeperIQ Geneva Advisors Goldman Sachs Asset Golub Group Graham Capital Grosvenor Capital, L.P. GuideStone Financial Resources Hatteras Funds Heartland Advisors, Inc Hearts & Wallets Highland Associates Highland Funds Horizon Investments Hotchkis & Wiley HSBC Asset Mgmt. Huntington Ignites Distribution Research ING Investment International Interactive Communications International Legg Mason & Co., LLC Invesco Invesco PowerShares InvestmentNews Investor's Business Daily Ionic Capital IronHorse Capital Janus Jefferson National Jensen Investment John Hancock Investments LLC JP Morgan Asset kasina, LLC Lazard Asset Legg Mason Global Asset Litman Gregory Asset LJM Partners LPL Financial Market Strategies International Matrix, a Broadridge Company Matthews Asia Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch Managed Solutions Group MFS Fund Distributors MFS Investment Mizuho Securities Co Ltd. Money Institute Money-Media Inc. Montage Investments Morgan Stanley Wealth Motley Fool Asset Nationwide Financial Natixis Global Asset Neuberger Berman New York Life Investment New York Life Mainstay Investments Newfound Research, LLC Northern Lights Distributors, LLC OneAmerica Oppenheimer Funds Pacific Life Funds Pear Tree Funds Penn Capital Penton Wealth Group Pershing LLC PIMCO Pioneer Funds Distributor Pioneer Investments Principal Funds Distributor, Inc. Profitable Channels Prudential Investments Putnam Investments Pzena Investment Raymond James Realty Capital Securities Ridgeworth Investments Royal Bank of Canada Royal Fidelity Merchant Bank and Trust Royce & Associates, LLC RPG Asset RS Investments Russell Investments SalesFocus Solutions SalesPage Technologies Samson Capital Advisors LLC Saturna Capital Schroder Investment Securities and Exchange Commission SEI Seismic Sentinel Investments Shelton Capital State Street Global Advisors Stone Harbor Investment Partners LP Strategic Insight T Hayes Consulting, LLC TD Ameritrade Institutional TD Asset TD Bank Group TFS Capital LLC The Carlyle Group The Dillon Group/UBS The ETF Business Review The Wholesaler Institute TIAA-CREF Tiburon Strategic Advisors Tocqueville Asset Torchlight Investors Touchstone Funds Tradewinds Global Investors, LLC Two Sigma Investments UBS Financial Services Inc. Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC Virtus Investment Partners Wasatch Advisors WCM Investment Wealth.com Weitz Investment, Inc. Wellesley Investment Advisors Wells Fargo Advisors Wheelhouse Analytics William Blair & Co. WJR Consulting ZS Associates, Inc. OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA PARTNERS SPONSORSHIP AND EXHIBIT OPPORTUNITIES Enhance your marketing efforts through sponsoring a special event or exhibiting your product at this event. We can design custom sponsorship packages tailored to your marketing needs, such as a cocktail reception or a custom-designed networking event. To learn more about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Menna Lloyd-White at 704-341-2440 or mlloydwhite@frallc.com Excellent content, agenda & panelists! Very impressive! Best conference I have been to in years! Congrats! Paula Jurcenko, HUNTINGTON Great hearing ideas from heads of distribution, someone who spoke my language in understanding difficulties and managing employees. Kenan Bell, API FUNDS Excellent contributions from the panelists! Marshall McIntosh, PIMCO

DAY ONE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 8 12:00 1:00 REGISTRATION & LUNCH 1:00 1:15 CHAIRMAN S OPENING REMARKS Dennis Bowden, Managing Director, U.S. Mutual Fund Research Strategic Insight, an Asset International company 1:15 2:00 EXECUTIVE ROUNDTABLE A FORWARD LOOK INTO WEALTH MANAGEMENT: EMERGING, IMPENDING AND COMPELLING TRENDS SHAPING THE DISTRIBUTION LANDSCAPE What are important trends affecting the wealth management industry? What is the future landscape among wealth management providers? What are the current trends in consolidation by independent wealth management providers? What are the implications? How challenged are smaller independents? Will large regional and some national players emerge? What forces are driving ownership changes by independent firms? What alternatives besides sale do independent RIAs have? What disruptive forces exist, such as the re-entry of banks into the sector, the computer-based wealth management of wealth management, the ability of broker-dealers to provide managed solutions to clients? Scott Ketner, Managing Director, Berkshire Capital Laura Varas, Partner, Co-Founder, Hearts & Wallets, LLC Joseph DeVico, Managing Director, Blackrock 2:00 2:45 ADVISORS RESPOND & REACT! INSIGHTS INTO ADVISOR PERSPECTIVES ON ADAPTING TO NEW PRODUCTS, EMERGING TRENDS AND NEW INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENTS How are financial advisors responding to succession planning and new challenges with client investing goals? How is the plethora of new products affecting financial advisors? Effectively working with the younger generation and other emerging client shifts How s the industry responding to robo-advisors? Loren Fox, Director of Research, Ignites Research Karen C. Altfest, Ph.D., CFP, Principal Advisor, Executive Vice President Client Relations Altfest Personal Wealth Zung Nguyen, Director, Executive Wealth Advisor Athena Capital Advisors LLC Robert Jenkins, Global Head of Research Lipper, Thomson Reuters Jeff Welday, CIMA Executive Vice President, Head of Retail Business Development Invesco Lars W. Schuster, Institutional Portfolio Manager, Strategic Advisers, Inc. Fidelity Investments 4:00 5:00 INSIDE WHOLESALING: EXPLORING NEW MODELS AND CUTTING-EDGE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENTS Data challenges for wholesaling Advantages and limitations for net sales models? Challenges in compensation models How are hybrids changes the playing field? Effective methods to help your wholesalers High Tech Wholesaling: CRM as a transformative agent for activity management and sales effectiveness The intersection for wholesalers of social media, compliance and impactful communication in today s Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Linked In world What are you doing to help your wholesalers sell more effectively? Rochelle Lamm, Chairman and CEO Acceleration Partners, LLC John Salvatierra, Director of CRM Consulting, Celera Systems, LLC Chris Riggio, Chief Revenue Officer, BrightScope Robert Bruno, President, First Eagle Funds Distributors, LLC John McDonough, Head of Distribution, OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. 5:00 5:25 USING MOBILE TECHNOLOGY TO GROW SALES Learn how mobile technology enables companies to tap into existing content to increase individual sales performance Hear how your peer organizations are leveraging video to reduce coaching and training costs Understand how accessibility to information is transforming the way companies accelerate their business Mark Magnacca, President and Co-Founder, Allego Jeff Duckworth, President of Retail Distribution John Hancock Investments 5:25 6:25 COCKTAIL RECEPTION sponsored by Contact Menna Lloyd-White for more information at 704-341-2440 or mlloydwhite@frallc.com about our sponsorship opportunities. 2:45 3:00 NETWORKING BREAK sponsored by 3:00 4:00 SPECIAL ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION! SHAPING YOUR DISTRIBUTION STRATEGY IN AN ERA OF NEW PRODUCT PROLIFERATION With actively-managed ETFs, smart beta ETFs, non-transparent ETFs competing for attention with open-end active and index funds, how are the worlds of active and passive funds coming together? How are liquid alternatives defined? How are they being incorporated into asset allocation? What are the biggest challenges in creating and promoting liquid alternatives? How is the distribution landscape evolving to accommodate these new products? What will asset allocation look like in the near future? What is the profile of asset managers who will win in this environment? How are asset managers working on educating advisors including the use of technology? Paul Weisenfeld, Partner, Perella Weinberg Partners LLP Rachel Schnoll, Managing Director, Head of Product Strategy Goldman Sachs Asset Bill Connolly, Co-Head of Global Distribution, Putnam Investments DAY TWO: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9 8:00 8:45 BREAKFAST sponsored by 8:45 9:00 CHAIR S RECAP OF DAY ONE Dennis Bowden Managing Director, U.S. Mutual Fund Research Strategic Insight, an Asset International company 9:00 9:45 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION A DIALOGUE WITH PAUL HATCH, HEAD OF ADVICE AND SOLUTIONS OF UBS WEALTH MANAGEMENT AMERICAS Paul Hatch is a Group Managing Director and the Head of Advice & Solutions for UBS Wealth Americas. In this role, he oversees the full breadth of WMA s intellectual capital and capabilities. He is a member of the WMA Executive Committee and the WMA Operating Committee. Paul has more than three decades of industry experience. Most recently, he served as chief executive officer of KNUU Investment Solutions, a consulting firm focused on the asset

management and wealth management Industries. Prior to that, Paul spent 30 years at Morgan Stanley, Citigroup Smith Barney and predecessor firms where he held several senior positions including Vice Chairman of Morgan Stanley Wealth, Director of National Sales and head of Advanced Training at both the combined Morgan Stanley-Smith Barney and, previously, at Smith Barney. He began his career as an EF Hutton Financial Consultant to investors and small institutions before moving on to management. Paul Hatch, Head of Advice and Solutions UBS Wealth Americas 9:45 10:30 GATEKEEPERS SPEAK OUT! EMERGING TRENDS IN MANAGER SELECTION How do you select asset managers? What kind of service do you need from an asset manager? What does it take for an asset manager to be a valuable partner? How are you using managers in different programs? What are trends in the types of managers you are looking for? What product structures do you utilize and where do you see trends? Kirsten Pickens, SVP, Head of National Accounts, Head of Retirement Sales Ivy Funds Distributor, Inc. Scott Brady, Director, Head of Mutual Funds, Merrill Lynch Benjamin Huneke, Morgan Stanley Scott Lavelle, Director, PNC Asset 10:30 10:45 MORNING BREAK 10:45 12:00 FUND EXECUTIVE STRATEGY POW-WOW: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? DRIVING ALIGNMENT, STRATEGY AND SYNERGIES IN AN EVOLVING INDUSTRY How has distribution changed since 2008 and what will drive success in the future? What are firms doing to create alignment between distribution, marketing, and product strategy? How are changes in advisor behavior (e.g. asset allocation decisions, communication preferences) impacting strategies? How do firms evaluate the effectiveness of strategies and ensure that compensation aligns behavior? Lee Kowarski, Partner Kasina, LLC Andrew Provencher, CFA, Head of US Retail BNY Mellon Investment Andrea Lisher, Head of US Funds, Managing Director JPMorgan Asset George D. Riedel, US Investment Services, Head of Financial Institutions T. Rowe Price Todd Buck, President, Wheelhouse Analytics Carter Sims, Head of US Intermediary Distribution Schroder Investment 12:00 1:15 LUNCH sponsored by 1:15 2:00 INTEGRATING MARKETING, BRANDING, PUBLIC RELATIONS AND SOCIAL MEDIA WITH DISTRIBUTION STRATEGY Effectively spreading your message to segmented markets Coping with the marketing-sales tug of war Channel priorities How is social media helping or hurting your marketing efforts? What does the future hold? Aric Faber, Vice President Sales and Marketing SalesPage Technologies Jeffrey T. Cerutti, Chief Executive Officer, AMG Funds TM Karen McCafferty, Head of Marketing, John Hancock Investments 2:00 2:45 A DEEP-DIVE FOCUS ON NATIONAL ACCOUNTS What is the role of National Accounts? Where does it report to in distribution? How does N/A connect to sales? Is there a separate group that calls on research analysts? What are skills of successful Account Mangers? Internal vs. external hires? How does the N/A role differ in big/small firms? Amy Mathis, Director of Relationship CALVERT INVESTMENTS Theresa Goldberg, Head of National Accounts RBC Global Asset Steven B. Plump, Executive Vice President, Head of National Accounts, PIMCO Christie Loftus, Senior Vice President, Third Party Distribution OppenheimerFunds, Inc. Jeff Duckworth, President of Retail Distribution, John Hancock Investments 2:45 3:00 NETWORKING BREAK sponsored by 3:00 4:00 PRODUCT SPECIALISTS BEST-PRACTICES The role of the product specialist in distribution How to best establish a product specialist or group of specialists Best hiring practices for the product specialist Top issues product specialists are working on right now-custom Target Date/R-6/Fees/Revenue-Expense Analysis Best practice(s) for interaction with Sales Best practices for being a mission critical team member Review a sample project timeline best practice Bryan Burke, AIF, Senior Vice President, National Sales Manager-Retirement/ Insurance Federated Securities Corp Raleigh G. Peters, CIMA, Managing Director, National Sales Manager - IBD Channel JP Morgan Asset Joshua Bogen, CIMC, Executive Vice President, Independent Advisor Group Natixis Global Asset 4:00 CONFERENCE CONCLUDES CPE CREDITS Financial Research Associates, LLC is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.learningmarket.org. The recommended CPE credit for this course is 10.5 credits in the following field(s) of study: management advisory services. 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THE MUTUAL FUND DISTRIBUTION FORUM Four Ways to Register Fax Call Web Mail FRA, LLC 704-341-2641 800-280-8440 www.frallc.com 18705 NE Cedar Drive Battle Ground, WA 98604 Please Mention This Priority Code When Registering FINANCIAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES 200 WASHINGTON ST. SUITE 201 SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060 ATTENTION MAILROOM: If undeliverable, please forward to the HEAD OF DISTRIBUTION EARLY BIRD CONFERENCE (ENDS 10/30/14) STANDARD CONFERENCE $1895 $2095 Payment Method: Payments must be received no later than December 1, 2014 Please bill my: MC VISA AMEX DISCOVER Card Holder s Name: Name Company Address City Phone Email Title State INCORRECT MAILING INFORMATION: If you are receiving multiple mailings, have updated information or would like to be removed from our database, please fax our database team at 704-341-2641 or call 704-341-2387. Please keep in mind that amendments can take up to 8 weeks. Zip Exp. Date: Signature: Check enclosed: Please bill me later: Make checks payable to Financial Research Associates, and write B1001 on your check. Conference Code: B1001 FINANCIAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES PRESENTS HIGHLY ACCLAIMED BY DISTRIBUTORS AND DISTRIBUTION PROFESSIONALS ACROSS THE AUM SPECTRUM THE 3RD ANNUAL MUTUAL FUND DISTRIBUTION FORUM Practical Strategies and Insights to Boost AUM with a Top-flight Distribution Game Plan DECEMBER 8-9 2014 THE PRINCETON CLUB NEW YORK, NY Hailed as one of the best conferences in the industry, the Mutual Fund Distribution Forum brings together the top leadership in the field to engage in substantive conversations on the issues critical to success. T O R E G I S T E R : C A L L ( 8 0 0 ) 2 8 0-8 4 4 0 O R V I S I T U S A T W W W. F R A L L C. C O M