The 2015 Money Smart Investor Conference will be held April 18 on the Drake University campus. The free event, which will showcase strategies for retirement, how to begin investing in stocks and other financial management topics, is one of several events scheduled during Money Smart Week April 18-25. Money Smart Week was created by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago in 2010 to help provide programs to consumers in all demographics and income levels so they could better manage their personal finances. For more information about the investor conference, click here. To see a list of all Money Smart Week events in Iowa, click here.