Amir Heshmatpour, AFH Holding & Advisory, LLC's Chairman & Managing Director, to Speak at Ivy Family Office Network 2013 Family Office Outlook Forum

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Nov. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Amir Heshmatpour, Founder and Managing Director of AFH Holding & Advisory, LLC, will be a featured speaker at the Ivy Family Office Network, 2013 Trends Forum on November 12, 2013, in Los Angeles, CA.

Mr. Heshmatpour joins a lineup of distinguished speakers including senior officers and portfolio managers from companies including Silvercrest Asset Management, Rosen Capital, Shinnecock Partners, Four Wood Capital and Comstock Investors. 

The forum will feature a panel on the Future of Health Care Investing.  Joining Mr. Heshmatpour on this panel moderated by Joe Nikolson, will be Harry E. Gruber MD, Chief Executive Officer and President of Tocagen. 

Dr. Gruber a pioneer in gene therapy, co-founded Tocagen, a company dedicated to the development and commercialization of breakthrough treatments for cancer.  He was a founder and/or inventor of the underlying technology a number of major public healthcare companies including Viagene and Gensia use. He is the author of over 100 original scientific articles and an inventor on over 33 issued and numerous pending patents.

About AFH Holding & Advisory, LLC

AFH Holding & Advisory, LLC, is a family office and advisory firm offering business solutions to help domestic and international clients grow.  AFH offers integrated financial advisory and consulting services to U.S. and international clients who seek capital formation and business strategies including the preparation and implementation of alternative public offerings, PIPE financing, acquisitions, corporate governance development, regulation and compliance, among other services, all executed concurrently to provide a seamless transition to a United States-listed public company.  Among its portfolio companies include 15 fully reporting and audited Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV) that are actively looking for acquisition and recapitalization of growing businesses with capable and excellent management. Some of the fully reporting SPVs include: AFH Acquisition III, Inc. through AFH Acquisition XII, Inc., and AFH Holding III, Inc. through AFH Holding VII, Inc.  AFH is also a licensed California lender, and maintains an office in Beverly Hills, California.

About The Ivy Family Office Network

The Ivy Family Office Network, IvyFON, is a leading peer to peer global family office network with several hundred family offices attending their events around The Americas. Forum sessions are multi-format and cross-disciplinary covering a range of family office centric topics.

IvyFON's expertise is an outgrowth of one of the United States' oldest and largest alternative investment networks, the IvyPlus network. IvyPlus originated as a peer to peer private equity, real estate and hedge fund network consisting of Ivy League and comparable school alumni as well as meritorious participants in the program. Additionally the group supports deal networks across multiple disciplines including private equity and real estate. More than 12,000 investment, family office and institutional investment professionals have attended forums globally with more than 1,500 presenters.

AFH Media Contact:
Kambiz Aghili - MBA, Ph.D.
Managing Director
AFH Holding & Advisory, LLC
9595 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 700
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Office: (310) 492-9898

IvyFON & IvyPLUS Alternative Investment Network Contact:
Marty Secada
(646) 290-8114

SOURCE AFH Holding & Advisory, LLC