Media Advisory: Lori Pinkowski and Raymond James Host the 2010 Vancouver
Investment Summit

Saturday, September 25^th (9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.) Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver

VANCOUVER, Sept. 21 /CNW/ - This Saturday, September 25, five of Canada's leading Portfolio Managers will come together for the 2010 Vancouver Investment Summit. This exciting all-day event is designed to bring affluent investors key insights into ways they can position their portfolios to protect and grow their assets during these uncertain markets and beyond 2011. The Vancouver Investment Summit is hosted by Raymond James Ltd. and Lori Pinkowski, Senior Vice President and Associate Portfolio Manager of the Pinkowski-Allen Financial Group.

This event will feature leading Portfolio Managers from Barometer Capital, Sentry Investments, Vertex One, Picton Mahoney and Guardian Capital. These managers have consistently generated impressive returns during extremely volatile markets and investors will learn the investment strategies these professionals have employed to successfully navigate through the toughest markets in recent history.

Lori Pinkowski, a founding partner of the Pinkowski-Allen Group, has more than 10 years experience in the investment industry. Lori is a financial commentator on CKNW with her show "Making Cents of the Market", every Friday at 5:35pm, has been a regular financial columnist in the North Shore News since 2001 and has additionally been featured in North Shore Magazine.

The Pinkowski-Allen Group is an independent Financial Advisory Group within Raymond James Ltd. They specialize in conservative wealth management and provide investors with an active approach to investing. For more information about the Pinkowski-Allen Group, please visit www.pinkowski.ca.

Raymond James Ltd. is the Canadian arm of Raymond James Financial Inc., one of North America's leading full service investment dealers. Raymond James was established in 1962 on the principle of always putting the needs of clients first. Today, this principle remains the foundation on which the firm continues to serve individual and institutional investors, as well as corporate issuers. Approximately 1.9 million individuals entrust their investment needs with Raymond James, representing more than $242 billion in client assets under administration.

We are pleased to extend an open invitation to any media representatives to join us for this conference. Please RSVP if you are interested in joining us for all or part of the conference  by contacting:

Karen Leung
[email protected]
[phone]

Raymond James Ltd., member CIPF.

For further information:

Karen Leung
[email protected]
[phone]