Bond Fund Symposium Still On
Crane Data is monitoring news on the slowly spreading coronavirus carefully, but we're still on and making final preparations for our upcoming Bond Fund Symposium, March 23-24, at the Hyatt Regency Boston. Note that we'll let speakers, sponsors and attendees know if anything changes, and we'll give full credit or refunds to sponsors and attendees if we're (or you're) forced to cancel due to safety concerns or unfolding events. (This goes for our Money Fund Symposium in June in Minneapolis and our European MFS in Sept. in Paris too.) For now, though, travel to and gatherings in Boston appear to be fine, and we'll be taking extra precautions at the show to assure our guests' safety. (Of the registered attendees so far, just two are from outside the U.S. and both of these are U.K.-based.) Crane's Bond Fund Symposium offers a concentrated and affordable educational experience, as well as an excellent networking venue, for bond fund and fixed-income professionals. Registrations are still being accepted ($750) and sponsorship opportunities are still available. (Free or sponsored tickets are also available to select Crane Data clients and bond fund portfolio managers in Boston. Let us know if you'd like more information.) See the latest agenda and details here. Portfolio managers, analysts, investors, issuers, service providers, and anyone interested in expanding their knowledge of bond funds and fixed-income investing will benefit from our comprehensive program. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hyatt Regency. We'd like to thank our sponsors and exhibitors -- Wells Fargo Securities, Bank of America, Fidelity Investments, Fitch Ratings, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Northern Trust, J.P. Morgan Securities, S&P Global Ratings, Invesco, INTL FCStone, Bloomberg Intelligence and Toyota Financial Services -- for their support. E-mail us for more details. Also, we're still full-speed ahead for our big show, Crane's Money Fund Symposium, which will be held June 24-26, 2020, at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis. The preliminary agenda is now available and registrations are now being taken at: www.moneyfundsymposium.com. We've also set the dates and location for our next European Money Fund Symposium. It is scheduled for Sept. 17-18, 2020, in Paris, France, but we'll be watching travel restrictions to Europe closely in coming months. Let us know if you'd like more details on any of our events, and we hope to see you in Boston later this month! Finally, mark your calendars for next year's Money Fund University, which will be Jan. 21-22, 2021, in Pittsburgh, Pa. Watch for details in coming months, and let us know if you're interested in sponsoring or speaking, and contact us if you have any feedback or questions. Attendees to MFU and Crane Data subscribers may access the latest recordings, Powerpoints and binder materials here: https://cranedata.com/publications/mfuniversity-2020.
