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It was standing room only at the 6th Annual July 11 NIBA/DePaul University Joint Symposium. NIBA thanks our event sponsors: DePaul University/Arditti Center Association of Futures Markets Dorman Trading Nanhua USA Sudrania Fund Management Electronic take-home bags have been sent to all attendees (You can check them out here in case you missed it) -- if we missed you, please contact Steve Petillo, spetillo@straitsfinancial.com. Last week’s program included three business sessions which were taped and will soon be available on the NIBA website. Speakers and sessions include: Armchair Chat: Dan Roth, former CEO of NFA interviewed by Matt Kluchenek, Partner, Mayer Brown. The State of Managed Futures: • Mark Shore (Moderator), DePaul University • Ryan Hart, Coquest Advisors • Greg Taunt, IASG • John Cummings, RCM Alternatives Issue Briefings in 15-Minutes or Less: • Andrew Strasman (Moderator), Totem Asset Group • Blake Brockway, National Futures Association • Mark Omens, CME Group • Skip Shean, 16Wells Registration for the NIBA Fall Membership Meeting, September 12 at Illinois Tech is now open @theniba.com.

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