NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 15, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lauren C. Templeton, founder of a boutique firm that embraces the value investing techniques of her famous great uncle, Sir John M. Templeton, has been announced as the keynote speaker of the second INVEST Tennessee Equity Conference.
Templeton, president of Lauren Templeton Capital Management, LLC, located in Chattanooga, will address an INVEST Tennessee Equity Conference audience of public company executives, institutional investors, stock analysts and other investment and business professionals from Tennessee and the region.
INVEST Tennessee is a forum showcasing Tennessee public companies to professional investors. Among the companies taking part in the June 21 event at the Nashville Convention Center are AmSurg, Healthways, Noranda Aluminum and Tractor Supply from the Nashville area; AutoZone, FedEx and International Paper from Memphis; and Miller Energy Resources, ProVectus Pharmaceuticals and Regal Entertainment from the Knoxville area.
Qualified investment professionals can attend the day-long conference at no cost. However, a code is required for registration.
"Lauren Templeton's experience tells a powerful story about family," said Terry McWilliams, president of Mozaic Investor Relations and chairman of INVEST Tennessee. A lifelong investor, Ms. Templeton adopted the investment principles of her great uncle, Sir John Templeton, best known as the world's most famous global bargain hunter. She took those same principles and applied them to the investment firm she founded in 2001. In her keynote address, Ms. Templeton will explore value investing in the context of behavioral finance.
The conference is presented by title sponsors Crowe Horwath LLP and PNC Bank, and is supported by a host of other sponsors as well as the Tennessee chapters of leading professional organizations of financial analysts and senior corporate financial executives.
The organizing sponsors, which include CFA chapters in Nashville, Memphis and East Tennessee, helped shape the conference. As members of the CFA Institute, they support the open exchange of investment information and support the highest level of professional standards and ethical conduct across the investment community. Financial Executives International chapters in Nashville and Memphis are also organizing sponsors.
The title sponsors are pleased to be associated with an event that benefits the state's public companies as well as the investment community.
"Crowe provides audit, tax, risk, advisory and performance services to public companies throughout Tennessee, so we certainly understand the importance of consistent communication between companies and investors," said Dwayne Dillard, partner in Crowe's Nashville office. "Not only does INVEST Tennessee focus additional attention on Tennessee's public companies, but the conference raises the state's profile as an excellent place for business and investment."
John Thurman, Managing Director, Corporate Banking, PNC Bank, said PNC is pleased to continue its association with an equity event that showcases some of Tennessee's finest public companies. "We work with many of these companies to provide financial solutions, and this forum fills another financial need in allowing them to reach professional investors," he said.
PNC Bank provides commercial banking services to a wide range of companies, from small businesses to large public companies in Tennessee and throughout the country.
Additional support comes from Platinum sponsors NASDAQ OMX and Creative Financial Staffing (CFS); Gold sponsors Hilliard Lyons LLC, Frost Brown Todd LLC and the Wall Street Transcript; and in-kind Gold sponsors InGrid Design, shareholder.com, Globe Newswire, Optimum Print Solutions, mergermarket.com, MergerID and O'Neil Arnold Photography. The event has been organized and planned with support from Mozaic Investor Relations.
Investment professionals are invited to attend. For information about attendance qualifications and to obtain a registration code, call or email Terry McWilliams or Ward Cullum (see contact information below). More information is available at www.invest-tn.com. Templeton bio: http://www.laurentempletoninvestments.com/about-us.html
Financial media: Terry McWilliams, Chairman, INVEST Tennessee, 615-290-5636, terrym@mozaicir.com. For Lauren Templeton Capital Management: Judy Proctor, 423-826-0945, Judy@LTFunds.com (A photo of Lauren Templeton for publication can be downloaded at http://meetmax.s3.amazonaws.com/upload/event_11131/Lauren_Templeton1.jpg
Analysts and fund managers: Ward Cullum, CFA, Director, CFA Society of Nashville, 615-717-7497, wardcullum@gmail.com.
Sponsor contacts: Dwayne Dillard, Partner, Crowe Horwath LLP, 615-360-5582, dwayne.dillard@crowehorwath.com; John Thurman, PNC Bank, 615-472-2458, john.thurman@pnc.com
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