William Testa, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago‘s director of
regional economic research, has been announced as keynote speaker for
the 2014 INVESTIndiana Equity Conference, to be held Sept. 23 in
downtown Indianapolis.
As featured speaker, Testa will share his observations about the
direction of the regional economy and its prospects. He writes broadly
about the Midwest economy and economic growth and development, serves as
economics editor of the Chicago Fed Letter, and is an editorial
board member of Economic Development Quarterly,
A biennial event launched in 2008, INVESTIndiana provides professional
investors, analysts, institutional investors and fund managers the
opportunity to hear the latest economic analysis and meet with the
executives of Indiana public companies who discuss recent performance
and strategic direction. The event is presented by Title Sponsors Crowe
Horwath LLP and Ice Miller LLP, and by Organizing Partners CFA Society
Indianapolis and Financial Executives International (FEI).
The conference opens with an Executive Roundtable moderated by Gerry
Dick, the host and creator of Inside INdiana Business television
and president and managing editor of Grow INdiana Media Ventures, LLC,
an Indianapolis-based media company. The Roundtable is a lively
interaction among Indiana CEOs and senior executives discussing the most
pressing investment, economic and political issues facing Indiana
business.
“We’re in an interconnected world impacted by geopolitical events,” said
Terry McWilliams, the investor relations counselor who founded
INVESTIndiana and similar conferences in Tennessee,
Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania. “It will be interesting to hear Bill’s
views on the roots of economic growth in the Midwest and how we may be
impacted by the events from Ukraine to the Pacific Rim.”
The conference centers around presentations from Indiana-based public
companies which represent various industry sectors and market
capitalizations. Participating companies are:
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1st Source Corporation, South Bend (NASDAQ: SRCE)
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Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc., Indianapolis (NYSE: ALSN)
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Baldwin & Lyons, Inc., Indianapolis (NASDAQ: BWINB)
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Escalade, Inc., Evansville (NASDAQ: ESCA)
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German American Bancorp, Inc., Jasper (NASDAQ: GABC)
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Haynes International, Inc., Kokomo (NASDAQ: HAYN)
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Hillenbrand, Inc., Batesville (NYSE: HI)
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Interactive Intelligence Group, Inc., Indianapolis (NASDAQ: ININ)
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Lakeland Financial Corporation, Warsaw (NASDAQ: LKFN)
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MainSource Financial Group, Inc., Greensburg (NASDAQ: MSFG)
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MutualFirst Financial, Inc., Muncie (NASDAQ: MFSF)
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NiSource Inc., Merrillville (NYSE: NI)
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Old National Bancorp, Evansville (NASDAQ: ONB)
Investment professionals may attend as conference guests by registering
on the website http://www.invest-ind.com/registration.html
and entering the code PR0923IND. (Registrations are subject to
verification.) Business professionals outside the investment
industry may attend the conference for a nominal fee. Registration
instructions are on the website.
For more information, visit www.invest-ind.com.
General: Terry McWilliams, chairman, 317.644.0464, terrym@mozaicir.com.
Investors: Ryan Fuhrmann, CFA Society of Indianapolis, 317.818.6724, ryan_fuhrmann@yahoo.com.
Sponsors: Marita Clarke, Ice Miller LLP, 317.236.2100, Marita.Clarke@icemiller.com;
Elisabeth Hessler, Crowe Horwath LLP, 630.586.5296, elisabeth.hessler@crowehorwath.com.
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