Released on: January 28, 2008, 1:53 pm

Press Release Author: Ashley Carter

Industry: Financial

Press Release Summary: Opal Financial Group will be hosting the 2008 Institutional
Investor Education Benefit Forum at the Westin Riverwalk in San Antonio, TX May 5-7.
A significant portion of the profits from this event will be donated to the Hispanic
College Fund and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.


Press Release Body: OPAL FINANCIAL GROUP HOSTS EDUCATION BENEFIT FORUM

Benefiting the Hispanic College Fund and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund

NEW YORK - January 28, 2008 - Opal Financial Group will be hosting the 2008
Institutional Investor Education Benefit Forum at the Westin Riverwalk in San
Antonio, TX May 5-7. A significant portion of the profits from this event will be
donated to the Hispanic College Fund and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.

The Institutional Investor Education Benefit Forum will bring together
representatives of public, corporate and Taft-Hartley pension funds, as well as
individuals and trustees of endowments and foundations. This three-day event will
revolve around engaging discussions on a broad range of investment topics,
challenges and strategies. Topics of discussion will include:
. Investing in Infrastructure
. Indexing, Trends and Developments
. Real Estate, Innovative Insights and Perspectives
. Developments in the Fixed Income Sector
. A Case for Emerging Managers

Advisory board members joining Opal at this event include: Joseph Haslip Assistant
Comptroller, New York City Retirement System; Dennis Cotto, Esq., Lovell, Mitchell &
Barth; Alison Cruz, Trustee/Deputy Director of Pensions, New York City Pensions
System; Jarvis Hollingsworth, Chairman, Texas Teachers Retirement System; Thurman
Zollicoffer, Trustee, State of Maryland Retirement System and Baltimore Employees
Retirement System; Kevin Davis, Trustee, Baltimore Employees Retirement System;
Kneeland Youngblood, Trustee, Dallas Employee Retirement System; Jack Marcos, The
Marcos Group; Jorge Castro, Lombardia Capital Partners, LLC; Mary Collins, Trustee,
District of Columbia Retirement System and Board Member, Council of Institutional
Investors and Eugene Duffy, Paradigm Asset Management.

Opal Financial Group produces high-profile educational conferences for the
institutional investing community around the globe. Since its inception in 1998,
Opal Financial Group has been dedicated to creating events that bring together
industry leaders for the meaningful exchange of information and heightened
networking opportunities. To inquire more, please visit us on the web at
www.opalgroup.net.


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For further information, contact Peter Ryan: 212.532.9898 x 270,
fax: 212.532.7151 or e-mail: pryan@opalgroup.net


Web Site: http://www.opalgroup.net

Contact Details: Opal Financial Group
Ashley Carter, Public Relations
10 E. 38th St., Floor 4
New York, NY 10016
(p) 212.532.9898 x 281
(f) 212.532.7151
acarter@opalgroup.net
www.opalgroup.net