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American Stock Exchange® (Amex®) announced today that Neal Wolkoff, Amex’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will deliver the keynote address at the Third Annual Investor Growth Conference on November 8 hosted by Sanders Morris Harris at the New York Palace Hotel in New York City.
Mr. Wolkoff will speak at the two-day conference on the topics of expanding alternative funding vehicles and new initiatives taking place at Amex. In attendance will be more than 400 institutional investors and representatives from more than 70 leading United States and United Kingdom small- and mid-cap companies, covering a diverse group of industries including energy, healthcare, environmental, business services, consumer, financial services, and converging media and technology.
Mr. Wolkoff was appointed Chairman and CEO of the Amex in April 2005. Previously, he served as Chief Operating Officer of the New York Mercantile Exchange. He has been a frequent public speaker on market issues and risk management and has written editorials on Sarbanes Oxley that have been published in The Wall Street Journal and Financial Times.
For more information on the SMH Capital Markets Investor Growth Conference please visit http://www.smhcapital.com/events/igc2007.html.
About American Stock Exchange
The American Stock Exchange® (Amex®) offers trading across a full range of equities, options and exchange traded funds (ETFs), including structured products and HOLDRSSM. In addition to its role as a national equities market, the Amex is the pioneer of the ETF, responsible for bringing the first domestic product to market in 1993. Leading the industry in ETF listings, the Amex lists 364 ETFs to date. The Amex is also one of the largest options exchanges in the U.S., trading options on broad-based and sector indexes as well as domestic and foreign stocks.
Sanders Morris Harris Group is a financial services holding company headquartered in Houston that manages approximately $16 billion in client assets. The subsidiaries and affiliates of Sanders Morris Harris Group deliver superior wealth advisory, asset management, and capital markets services to individual and institutional investors and middle-market companies. Its operating entities are Edelman Financial Center, Salient Partners, Salient Trust Co. LTA, SMH Capital, SMH Capital Advisors, and Select Sports Group. Sanders Morris Harris Group has over 610 employees in 21 states. Additional information is available at www.smhgroup.com.
