Yorkville Advisors

Jerry Eicke, Managing Member of Yorkville Advisors, attended The 3^rd Annual Family Office Wealth Management Forum in Greensboro, GA this week. Yorkville Advisors is a sponsoring organization. Through a series of presentations, workshops and panels, the forum endeavored to create a welcoming environment in which families can comfortably share personal information, ideas and opinions with one another in pursuit of the answers they seek to meet the investment and financial goals that are based on their unique circumstances and expectations.

At the forum, Mr. Eicke gave a presentation titled “Exploring the Prospects for Unconventional Financing to Support Next Stage Public Growth Companies.” In the presentation, Mr. Eicke examined the distinctive area of unconventional financing, providing information and data on the size, depth and scope of the market, and discussing the alternative financing approaches that can serve it. He further outlined the opportunities this specialized sector represents and demonstrated how the associated risks can be managed effectively.

In addition, Mr. Eicke led a workshop called “Examining Alternative Financing Options and Outcomes.” In this workshop, Mr. Eicke provided several examples to illustrate some alternative financing options in order to demonstrate both how the strategy works and the outcomes that can be expected based on previous transactions. He also outlined some of the key factors that go into determining when extending or withholding financing makes sense and discussed how deals that may seem similar are researched and analyzed to avoid risks that may be less obvious to casual observers.

Members of the Yorkville Advisors’ Marketing Team attended the AlphaMetrix 2012 Summit last week in Miami, FL. The AlphaMetrix 2012 Summit, took place January 25^th – 27^th, brought together an estimated 1,000 qualified investors, allocators and hedge funds for two and a half days of networking and discussion.

Yorkville was looking forward to attending the invitation-only AlphaMetrix 2012 Summit, which has rapidly become one of the hedge fund industry’s top networking events, empowering investors and hedge funds through the facilitation of high quality one-on-one investor-hedge fund meetings.

Yorkville Advisors President and Managing Member, Mark Angelo attended The 12th Annual Institutional Investor/Lido Consulting Family Office Wealth Conference in Laguna Beach, California last week. Through a series of presentations, workshops and panels, the conference aimed to analyze the current global market environment and discuss investment opportunities, risks and trends. With a focus on the family office business, the conference examined ways to both preserve and grow family wealth. The conference proved to be a success, providing great information to attendees and a new wave of questions and curiosities for the speakers.

At the conference, Mr. Angelo gave a presentation entitled Standby Equity Distribution Agreement (SEDA^SM) vs. Secondary Offering: A Comparative Study. In the presentation, Mr. Angelo discussed how the market has not only created a high level of risk for many investors, but a certain level of opportunity as well. Mr. Angelo further spoke to other alternative investment strategies in the current market climate and how to benefit from them.

In addition, Mr. Angelo led a workshop on comparing two alternative investment opportunities, titled Evaluating Alternative Financing Opportunities: A Case Study. In discussing the two opportunities presented in the case study, Mr. Angelo described the validity of each investment. On the surface, most aspects of the deals appeared similar, but after carefully analysis, Mr. Angelo was able to differentiate between a good financial decision from a poor one.

Mr. Angelo’s participation at the conference contributed significantly to the conference’s goal of examining various market trends, issues and events, and finding the best potential scenario and outcome for investors.

At the Institutional Investor RIA Investment Forum that took place in Newport, RI, Jerry Eicke, Managing Member of Yorkville Advisors, participated in an Alternative Investing panel discussion. Jerry highlighted some of the benefits of hedge fund investing including low correlation to other asset classes, professional expertise of hedge fund managers, the risk-adjusted absolute return focus, liquidity options and performance incentives. He also touched upon the specialty financing alternative asset class. Overall the panel that included professionals that specialize in wealth management, investment banking, private equity, investment advisory services and hedge funds provided the audience with some great insight into the alternative investing space.

In addition, Mark Angelo, President and Managing Member of Yorkville Advisors, participated in a panel discussion titled “Robust Investment Styles and Strategies for Invigorating your Portfolio Returns” at the Opal Financial Group’s European Family Office Private Wealth Management Forum that took place in Geneva, Switzerland. During the panel, Mark discussed the benefit of appropriately structuring investments to provide both downside protection and upside capture. Mark also talked about the future of the specialty financing alternative asset class. Mark spoke as a representative of the Hedge Fund industry alongside a Fund of Hedge Funds manager, a Long/Short European Equity manager, and a Russian energy specialist.

Yorkville Advisors is sponsoring Opal Financial Group’s second annual European Family Office & Private Wealth Management Forum in Geneva, Switzerland. Designed for high net worth individuals and family offices, this three-day conference will provide a forum in which private investors and asset managers from around the globe will lead discussions on the latest investment trends worldwide.

Mark Angelo, President & Managing Member of Yorkville Advisors will be participating in the panel: Robust Investment Styles and Strategies for Invigorating your Portfolio Returns. The panel will explore which asset classes have the most potential for stable returns, dynamic asset allocation strategies, risk and rewards of alternative assets and investment style selection criteria.

The conference, which runs from June 15th to June 17th, will feature a variety of presentations discussing the challenges and opportunities associated with investing in emerging markets, alternative investments, real estate, global credit & fixed income markets along with numerous other asset types.

For additional information on the European Family Office & Private Wealth Management Forum, please visit the website here.

Institutional Investor is holding its annual RIA Investment Forum at the Hotel Viking in Newport, RI from June 13-14. Yorkville Advisors will serve as a co-sponsor for this event.

There are many factors that can affect the success of an RIA, but arguably the most important factor is the RIA’s ability to offer their clients unique and personalized investment solutions. Each client has individual investment objectives, as well as risk tolerances, so it is essential to take this into account when designing investment programs. Thus, the focus of this forum will be to educate advisors on investment strategies that will help them to most effectively meet their clients’ needs.

Jerry Eicke, Managing Member at Yorkville Advisors will be participating in a panel discussion entitled, “Alternative Investing: Real estate, hedge funds, private equity, venture capital.” The panel will include professionals that specialize in wealth management, investment banking, private equity, investment advisory services and hedge funds.

The panel will discuss how alternative investments represent an increasingly important component of many firms’ offerings to their clients. And while investors’ appetite for these strategies can be as volatile as a hedge fund’s returns, alternative investments will continue to fill a vital role in many investors’ portfolios.

For more information about the conference, please visit the conference website at www.iiconferences.com/ria.