Muscat Securities Market (MSM) in co-operation with Dow Jones Indexes will host an international forum on Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs).

The event, which will be the first ETF Forum in Oman, will be held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Muscat, on January 14 and 15, 2008.

The following speakers are confirmed for the conference:

Eric Bertrand, Principal Exchange Business Strategy Consultant, Atos Euronext Market Solutions, Paris: Introduction.

Deborah Fuhr, Managing Director Investment Strategies, Morgan Stanley, London: Who uses ETFs & How are they Used? Innovations in ETFs/

Thorsten Michalik, Head of db x-trackers, Deutsche Bank Exchange Traded Funds; Manooj Mistry, Head of db x-trackers structuring and the UK, Deutsche Bank, London: ETF 2.0: The Potential for ETFs in 2008/

Tony O’Brien, Vice President Product Specialists, Bank of New York, Dublin: Operational Issues for an ETF/

Denis Sabourin, Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors, Dubai: Challenges in managing ETFs in Developed and Emerging Markets.

Rushdi Siddiqui, Global Director Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes, Dow Jones Indexes, New York: Indexes: The Foundation for ETFs.

Mark Shipman, Partner, Asia Funds Group, Clifford Chance, Hong Kong: International Regulatory Requirements and Framework for ETFs.

Daniele Tohmé-Adet, Head ETF and Indexed Funds Development, BNPPAM, co-Head EasyETF platform, Paris: Allocation through ETFs, areas of innovation, first Islamic ETF on Global Index.- TradeArabia News Service