This document summarizes an invitation-only summit for Wall Street executives, wealthy investors, and diamond industry executives. It will feature expert speakers on investing and the diamond industry. Attendees will see rare diamonds and new diamond investment products. They can participate in one-on-one meetings to source deals between $50-300 million. The event culminates in a gala dinner with Ben Bernanke, former head of the Federal Reserve, to support food relief. Previous attendees include top investors and the CEOs of major diamond companies.
3. global investment diamond summit | October 21, 2015
A by invitation only summit bringing together high level Wall Street executives, Ultra
High Net Worth Investors, and diamond industry executives at the breathtaking
Cipriani 25 Broadway
Showcasing expert speakers from both Wall Street and the diamond industry in
thought-provoking workshops, panel discussions, and high impact one-on-one private
equity / credit / direct investment deal-sourcing and networking sessions. The evening
event will feature Dr. Ben S. Bernanke, the iconic previous Chairman of the Federal
Reserve Board
Will also showcase the world’s top 1% of investment quality diamonds, world’s first
diamond ETF / diamond currency (under development)
Integrated with tasting of high end vintage wines and Michelin Star Chefs
4. Financing the $80 Billion Global
Diamond Industry Roundtable
The Summit will include a unique ‘Financing the $80 Billion Global Diamond
Industry’ Credit Deal Roundtable to boost mezzanine funding / direct
investment / credit deals between preeminent global diamond companies and
the world’s leading investment banks, private equity firms, hedge funds, and
institutional investors. Securitization / collateralization possible with most deals.
CEOs / CFOs from over 30 AAA-rated multinational, middle-market diamond
companies are expected to be in attendance | US companies + special delegations
from Belgium and India boost international business development opportunities
Targeted Individual Deal Objectives: $50 - $300 million range
5. wall st. diamond ball
October 21, 2015
The 2015 event will culminate with the black-tie Wall St.
Diamond Ball Michelin Star dinner gala event, which will
feature Dr. Ben Bernanke, the distinguished former
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System and former Chairman of the Federal Open
Market Committee, the System’s principal monetary
policymaking body.
All proceeds from the silent auction will support the
United Nations World Food Programme’s global operations
6. Agenda
12 pm – 2 pm | ‘Financing AAA-Rated Companies In the $80 Billion Global
Diamond Industry’ Roundtable With Luncheon at the Global Investment
Diamond Summit
2 pm – 5 pm | Structured One-On-One Deal-Sourcing Business Meetings
7:45 pm – 8:30 pm | VIP Meet & Greet Photo Opportunity with Dr. Bernanke
8:30 pm – 11:00 pm | Wall St. Diamond Ball with exclusive 15-minute keynote
presentation by Dr. Bernanke followed by 15-minute Q&A session
7. Past Attendees
The high level Wall Street executives and Ultra High Net
Worth Investors who have previously attended include:
o the Executive Chairman of the Asian unit of a $900+ billion global fund
o the Managing Director of a $49 billion investment management firm
o the Vice President of a $1.7 trillion global banking conglomerate
o the Director of a $34 billion global consultancy firm
o one of the unit heads of New York City's top real estate brokerage firm with
more than $18 billion in annual sales volume
o the Partner of a major law firm with more than 8,000 professionals
o Chief Investment Officers from various hedge funds
o the CEO of an alternative asset management company
o Designated Market Makers from the New York Stock Exchange
o high level diamond industry CEOs, the majority of which own 9 figure to 10
figure businesses
8. Honorary Committee
Honorary Committee members of the Summit include:
o Dr. Mark Mobius, Executive Chairman, Templeton Emerging Markets Group, part of
the $900+ billion Franklin Templeton Investments
o Alexandra Lebenthal, CEO of Lebenthal Holdings
o Madeline Boyd, Co-Chair of CFBTA
o Peter Costa, NYSE Governor, CNBC Contributor, President of Empire Executions
o Georges Leclere, previous Executive Director of the International Emmy Awards
o PD Shah, Portfolio Manager of PDS Capital and New York Mercantile Exchange
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