Bank Investment Marketing Presents 1998 Sales Management Forum, November 16-17, 1998.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 1998--Bank Investment Marketing, a publication of Securities Data Publishing, will host its 5th annual Sales Management Forum: Bank Investment Services in the New Millennium; Consolidation, Competition, Challenge & Change, on November 16 to 17.

The Sales Management Forum serves as an annual event for Investment and Insurance Program Managers, Bank Executives, Sales Managers, and Trust Executives to fine-tune their business strategies for the future. In addition to peer group roundtable discussions, an extensive exhibit area, and an awards presentation for outstanding bank investment managers, this year's Forum will feature a number of distinguished speakers from the banking and investment community as well as special closing motivational speaker Dan Jansen, 1994 Olympic Gold Medalist. The roster of speakers includes:

Dwight Moody, President, First Union Brokerage Services RogerDunker, President and CEO, KeyCorp Insurance Management Group Mike Mortensen, President, PNC Brokerage Corporation Jim Eads, Executive Director, Riggs and Company David Blitzer, Vice President and Chief Economist of Standard & Poor's Chris Chapman, Director of Investment Services, Bowne Internet Solutions Sean Flynn, President, Clippership Financial Services

"Over the last year we have heard from many of our colleagues who are concerned about the dynamic changes in our industry, said Bank Investment Marketing Editor Pat Durner. "With the explosion of bank mergers, the rapid advances in technology and Internet commerce, we recognize their concerns and have carefully developed an agenda that will focus on the issues confronting everyone in the bank investment industry."

The two-day conference will be held at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago and will be divided into nine sections, including five general sessions and four sessions with concurrent programs. Topics will include: One-Stop Shopping for Financial Services, The On-Line Revolution, Small Bank Investment Programs, Wrap Programs, Insurance Sales, Benchmarking Sales Practices, Rollover Opportunities, Compensation Trends, Hiring and Firing: When Reps Leave, and Affluent Client Behavior.

For 1998 Sales Management Forum registration information, please call Bank Investment Marketing at 817-277-7167.

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