ADVISORY, June 10, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
WHAT: FCStone is hosting its sixth annual Outlook Conference to help investors, producers, processors, and end users of food commodities foresee global supply and demand issues and, in the process, help them prepare for and protect against the risks of price fluctuations. The annual gathering draws some of the world's leading commodity experts who will share their forecasts and insights on the global food supply chain. The theme for this year's event is "Now More Than Ever," signifying the importance of understanding the forces that are impacting the supply and demand for commodities during this time of unprecedented economic uncertainty. WHEN: June 17-18 WHERE: Deloitte & Touche Building in Chicago, IL WHY: This year, Conference speakers will address not only dairy, grains, and energy, but currencies and the global economy as well. The conference also presents an opportunity to meet and mingle with producers, managers, and executives across the entire food-production supply chain. With speakers like Dennis Gartman, author of the influential Gartman Letter; Climatologist Drew Lerner, Dr. Douglas Southgate, Ohio State University agricultural economist and co-author of The World Food Economy, Jim Webster, author of the Webster Agricultural Letter, and may other experts, the event is sure to help companies and investors prepare for what many expect to be a turbulent market ahead - in energy, in grains, and in dairy.
For more information on the conference, confirmed speakers and the conference agenda, please visit http://edairy.fcstone.com/outlook/outlook.asp. Persons interested in attending the event can contact Kelly Czachor at kelly.czachor@fcstone.com or (312) 456-3624.
About FCStone Group, Inc.
FCStone Group, Inc., along with its affiliates, is an integrated commodity risk management company providing risk management consulting and transaction execution services to commercial commodity intermediaries, end-users and producers. The firm assists primarily middle market customers in optimizing their profit margins and mitigating exposure to commodity price risk. In addition to risk management consulting services, FCStone, LLC, operates one of the leading independent clearing and execution platforms for exchange-traded futures and options contracts. FCStone Group, Inc., serves more than 8,000 customers and in the 12 months ended February 28, 2009, executed 86.8 million derivative contracts in the exchange-traded and over-the-counter markets. The FCStone Group companies work in all the major commodity areas including agriculture, energy, renewable fuels, foods, forestry, cotton and textile, dairy and currency exchange. Headquartered in the Midwest, it has offices located throughout the world and is a clearing member of all major North American Futures exchanges. FCStone Group, Inc., trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "FCSX."