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title: "Meet AGA CIO Dave Garff this Thursday in SF"
url: https://accuvestblog.com/2014/06/10/sp-dow-jones-advisor-forum-sf/
description: "The Quest for Quality. Factor-Based and Core Approaches to Asset Allocation Join the Accuvest team at the S&P Dow Jones Indices annual event tailored exclusively for."
published: 2014-06-10
updated: 2014-06-10
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# Meet AGA CIO Dave Garff this Thursday in SF

Published 2014-06-10

June 10, 2014 · by [Rachel J](https://accuvestblog.com/author/agaracheljensen/) · Filed under [News and Events](https://accuvestblog.com/category/news-and-events/)

### *The Quest for Quality.*

### *Factor-Based and Core Approaches to Asset Allocation*

Join the Accuvest team at the S&P Dow Jones Indices annual event tailored exclusively for financial advisors in the San Francisco Bay Area. Accuvest President and CIO David Garff joins the panel on “Implementing Factor-Based Investing”.

**Thursday June 12th 12:00–4:00pm**

**Mandarin Oriental, 222 Sansome Street, San Francisco**

This year’s forum will provide one-on-one access to leading industry thinkers and their insight on:

- The flexibility of a multi-cap approach in U.S. equities and other core investing ideas
- Evaluating the unique risk/return profiles of factor-based approaches, often referred to as “Alternative Weighting” or “Smart Beta”
- The latest index-based opportunities across themes, asset classes and regions

## [Register Here](http://now.eloqua.com/es.asp?s=795&e=772859&sf3116579=1&sf3116602=1&sf3201599=1)

### Ideas for Implementing Factor-Based Investing

**Moderated by Scott Kubie**, CFA, Chief Strategist, CLS Investments, LLC

**Brian Lockhart**, CFP, Chief Investment Officer, Peak Capital Management

**David Garff**, President & Chief Investment Officer, Accuvest Global Advisors

**Ryan Hessenthaler**, Chief Operating Officer, Lunt Capital Management

**King Lip**, CFA, CFP, CMT, Chief Investment Officer, Baker Avenue

**CFA®, CIMA®, CFP® Credit Available**

And don’t miss out on the latest piece from S&P Capital IQ, Issue attachment (not archived)“Building an International Portfolio with Country ETFs”accuvest0614.pdf. Todd Rosenbluth, Director of ETF Research, interviews Dave Garff on Accuvest’s monthly country ranking strategy.