First Niagara Private Client Services provides a comprehensive suite of wealth management services including investment management, financial planning, trust services, credit solutions and risk management. With offices located throughout CT, MA, NY and PA, we help our clients grow, preserve and transfer their wealth and legacy to the next generation. Find out more at www.fnfg.com.

Silver Sponsors

Bank of America - Philanthropic Management brings together the nonprofit and philanthropic resources of Bank of America and Merrill Lynch, as well as more than 200 years of experience managing charita-ble assets for institutions and individuals. More than 150 experienced nonprofit and philan-thropic professionals in over 25 locations provide specialized solutions for nonprofit organi-zations

Hartford Investment Management Company (Hartford Investment Management) is incorporated in the state of Delaware and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. Hartford Investment Management is committed to being a leading provider of investment management solutions. As of December 31, 2011, we managed approximately $165 billion in assets on behalf of insurance companies, corporate retirement plans, public funds, endowments, foundations, and other institutional clients. We specialize in fixed income management, offering a variety of single sector and customized strategies including High Yield, Bank Loans, TIPS, Corporates, Emerging Markets Debt and Liability-Driven Investments as well as Multi-Sector strategies. Our skill in fixed income asset management is defined by our ability to identify relative value at the sector and security level, as well as our ability to evaluate the market’s misinterpretation of economic fundamentals when positioning overall credit risk, duration and yield curve, and volatility. Using rigorous fundamental and quantitative research that is informed by our macroeconomic view, we seek to deliver consistent risk-adjusted returns across our fixed income platform by identifying undervalued opportunities and by exploiting market mispricing within the framework of a risk-controlled and disciplined investment process.

ING Investment Management U.S. (ING IM U.S.) is a leading active asset management firm. As of September 30, 2011, ING IM U.S. manages approximately $163 billion for both affiliated and external institutions as well as individual investors. ING IM U.S. has the experience and resources to invest responsibly across asset classes, geographies and investment styles. Through our global asset management network, we provide clients with access to domestic, regional and global investment solutions.

Natixis Global Asset Management ($704.8 billion AUM*) ranks as one of the 15 largest asset management firms in the world.1 As a multi-boutique firm with more than 20 affiliates in the U.S., Europe and Asia, it is known by clients the world over for investment expertise to manage in virtually any market condition. Beyond investments, clients rely on the firm for its consultative approach focused on solving the big investment issues, for industry-leading ideas on investing and for help in building more durable portfolios. It’s an approach known as Better thinking. Together.® and it’s helping investors meet the challenges of today’s rapidly changing markets. * As of September 30, 2011 1 Cerulli Quantitative Update: Global Markets 2011, based on December 31, 2010 AUM of $713 billion.

Bronze Sponsors

Factset Research Systems For over 30 years, FactSet has enhanced the productivity of global in-vestment professionals by consolidating all the tools needed to monitor global markets, public and private companies, and equity and fixed income portfolios in a single, intuitive interface. With FactSet, you gain powerful analytics tailored to your workflow, the broadest scope of data available, and access to industry-leading client service.

Ivy Funds Ivy Funds offers investment strategies to help investors best meet their long-term goals. Our approach seeks to deliver highly competitive, long-term results. We recognize that, as the global economy evolves, it creates new opportunities. Through our investment process and global, in-person, research, we seek to cover the investment opportunities created around the world. Ivy Funds. The World Covered.

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research globally. Morningstar provides data on approximately 400,000 investments, including stocks, separate accounts and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on over 5 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals. Morningstar Direct delivers investment vision. It’s a global investment analysis platform that unites all of Morningstar’s data and institutional research, private and third-party content, rigorous analytics, and productivity tools. The platform streamlines the process of finding meaning in financial information, then helps communicate this information in customized reports and presentations with compelling data visualizations.

 

SS&C Technologies is celebrating its 25th year, SS&C is a global provider of investment and financial software-enabled services and software focused exclusively on the global financial services industry. Founded in 1986, SS&C has its headquarters in Windsor, Connecticut and offices around the world. 5,000 financial services organizations, from the world's largest to local financial services organizations, manage and account for their investments using SS&C's products and services. These clients in the aggregate manage over $16 trillion in assets. www.ssctech.com

Community Sponsors

Elite Capital Management Group is a specialized boutique advisory firm that manages roughly $200 million of alternative investments for credit unions.

The Connecticut Insurance and Financial Services [IFS] Cluster, formed in 2002, is a strategic corporate initiative designed to create a stronger IFS industry and a more robust economy in Connecticut. Leaders from business, state government and academia collaborate to foster growth among all of the industry’s segments. The Connecticut IFS Cluster is comprised of 26 corporate sponsors whose shared vision is to create competitive advantages in business attraction and retention, to assist with recruitment and education of a trained workforce, and to increase public awareness through advocacy.

Join us in New York City for the second annual Quinnipiac Global Asset Management Education (G.A.M.E.) II Forum on March 29, 2012, at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers. Keynote speaker panels will discuss the economy, alternative assets, stock markets and corporate governance. Up to six CE hours are available. Save 50% with Promotion Code: HartfordCFA Additional information and online registration available at game.quinnipiac.edu.