What's Special about FPA Boston 2008?

Your time and money are valuable, so what makes FPA Boston 2008 worth your time (and your money)?

• FPA Boston 2008 Brochure (PDF | 2.9MB)

All Your Business Needs Under One Roof

Need to gain a competitive edge to improve client loyalty? Got it. Need to build the competence, skills and knowledge of your second-tier advisers in order to grow your business? No problem. Need to build a more robust network of professional resource providers? Check. Need to talk through a business challenge that you consider to be unique, that no one else could possibly be facing? Can do. If it's a need your business has, the solution — and its immediate implementation strategy — can be found at FPA Boston 2008.

High Caliber, Unbiased Education

Continuing education is a commodity: we all need it, and it seems that everyone offers it … for a price. At FPA Boston 2008, you are guaranteed independently presented cutting-edge education that addresses every aspect of your business needs, carrying the opportunity to earn up to 25 continuing education credits — including ethics credits!

Professional Development Pavilion

Nowadays, it's not enough to simply provide exemplary investment advice to clients; to get ahead, you also need to hire exemplary back-office support to keep your business running smoothly. In the FPA Boston 2008 Professional Development Pavilion, you will find ample opportunity to meet your human resources needs, resources to leverage the staff you currently have and discover additional education and networking opportunities.

Advanced Investment Strategies

Pre-Conference Workshop

Co-hosted by Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) in collaboration with The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, this workshop will teach you how to employ concepts and strategies taught in the Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA®) program as a foundation for advanced application strategies and additional investment vehicles for use with clients.

Gain in-depth knowledge of key asset allocation and investment policy strategies, learn useful roles for derivatives in asset allocation planning and implementation, understand the effect of trading costs on investment performance and how to measure them and learn how to place portfolio construction into the macroeconomic context.