The two day annual Morningstar Investment Conference, supported by the IFP, will be held in London next week on 12 and 13 May and is expected to attract more than 400 advisers and professional investors, including many IFP members.

The conference is designed to help Financial Planners and Paraplanners keep their investment knowledge up to speed by hearing from leading fund managers and investment experts. Financial Planner will be covering the event live so check back here for key highlights. IFP members have been able to book tickets for the event at the discounted rate of £44 plus VAT.

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Among the leading speakers will be Steve Gazzard, chief executive of the IFP, who will lead the debate on the value of financial advice. He will chair a panel debate with a number of IFP members.

Other key speakers include: Mark Mobius of Templeton Emerging Markets, Paul Mason, economics editor, Channel 4 News, Clive Beagles, senior fund manager JO Hambro Capital Management and John Bennet, director of European equities at Henderson Global Investors.

Mr Gazzard said: "We're pleased to support this great event again this year. It is one of the best ways to engage on current investment practice, market movements and investment trends."

The 9th annual Morningstar Investment Conference will take place at the Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel, London. Apart from the main conference sessions there will will be a pre-conference session on ETFs and Strategic Beta for delegates who have applied to attend this session.

There is a Morningstar Investment Conference Mobile App avavilable at http://eventmobi.com/micuk2015/ and the conference Twitter hashtag is #MICUK.