DALLAS, Aug. 18, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Southwest IDEAS Investor Conference will be November 11 and 12, 2009 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, TX. The conference provides an independent venue for quality companies to meet with professional money managers, investment analysts and brokerage firm analysts from throughout the country.
The Southwest IDEAS Conference is co-sponsored by Three Point Advisors, LLC, a Dallas-based, investor relations consulting firm, and the CFA Society of Dallas-Fort Worth. Additional sponsors include NYSE Euronext, NASDAQ OMX, FACTSET, Brazos Capital Management, Capital Institutional Services (CAPIS), Hodges Capital Management, Luther King Capital Management, Baldwin Anthony Securities, and InvestorsInsight.com.
The Southwest IDEAS Conference is one of the premier investor conferences in the region. With recent turmoil in the capital markets, it is more important than ever for public companies to take the initiative to communicate directly with existing and potential new stockholders, and the Southwest IDEAS Conference provides an excellent forum for that outreach.
Companies from across the country will present at the conference. The presenting companies have a broad range of market capitalizations, investment styles (growth vs. value), and come from a diverse group of industries. Approximately 40 companies are expected to present at the conference. The tentative list of presenting companies currently includes:
AAON, Inc. (Nasdaq:AAON), Tulsa, OK Active Power, Inc. (Nasdaq:ACPW), Austin, TX A.T. Cross Company (Nasdaq:ATX), Lincoln, RI Capstead Mortgage Corp. (NYSE:CMO), Dallas, TX Deltic Timber Corp. (NYSE:DEL), El Dorado, AR Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE:EBS), Rockville, MD Encore Wire Corp. (Nasdaq:WIRE), McKinney, TX Hudson Highland Group Inc. (Nasdaq:HHGP), New York, NY Image Sensing Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:ISNS), St. Paul, MN IntegraMed America, Inc. (Nasdaq:INMD), Purchase, NY Lodgenet Interactive Corporation (Nasdaq:LNET), Sioux Falls, OK Macquarie Infrastructure Company (NYSE:MIC), New York, NY Panhandle Oil and Gas, Inc. (NYSE:PHX), Oklahoma City, OK PowerSecure International, Inc. (Nasdaq:POWR), Wake Forest, NC Saia, Inc. (Nasdaq:SAIA), Johns Creek, GA Sports Supply Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:RBI), Farmers Branch, TX Supergen, Inc. (Nasdaq:SUPG), Dublin, CA Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. (AMEX:TLF), Fort Worth, TX Tempur Pedic International, Inc, (NYSE:TPX), Lexington, KY XETA Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:XETA), Broken Arrow, OK
The conference format provides each participating company multiple opportunities to tell its investment story to attendees, both in a traditional group presentation, and in private meetings. Each presenting company will also have the opportunity to webcast its group presentation. For additional conference information, please visit the conference website: www.SWIDEAS.com.
Investment professionals, including brokerage firm analysts, portfolio managers, buyside analysts, hedge fund managers, and independent research analysts throughout the country will attend the conference. "Texas is home to one of the largest concentration of money management firms in the country. With more than 1,100 members, the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the CFA Institute is one of the largest professional investor organizations in the country," said David M. Mossberg, Principle of Three Point Advisors, LLC. The mission of the Southwest IDEAS Conference is to provide an independent venue for quality companies to present their investment merits to an influential audience of investment professionals and analysts from across the country.
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For media inquiries or sponsorship opportunities, please contact Steven G. Hooser, Three Point Advisors, LLC.