Invite Your COO and other Senior Executives to the Washington D.C. Conference
The Senior Executives Group of The Asset Managers is meeting with decision-makers and top officials from the Securities and Exchange Commission, Department of the Treasury and the House Financial Services Committee to discuss 2005 legislative policy and regulatory matters as they relate to the securities industry.
With only a few spaces remaining, you are welcome to extend an invitation to the senior executives at your firm to attend this event. Currently, many COOs, Executive Vice Presidents, and Managing Directors from investment companies and other firms are registered to attend. Register for this innovative conference today.
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THE ASSET MANAGERS FORUM SENIOR EXECUTIVES GROUP WASHINGTON, D.C. CONFERENCE
Thursday, January 27th (beginning at 11:45 a.m.) and Friday, January 28th, 2005 (concluding at 1:30 p.m.)
To be held at the Washington Offices of The Bond Market Association 1399 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20005
_______________________________________________________________________THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONFERENCE IS TWOFOLD: 1) TO IDENTIFY SALIENT LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY ISSUES AFFECTING ASSET MANAGERS; AND 2) TO FACILITATE HIGH QUALITY ANALYSIS OF THESE ISSUES BY PROFESSIONALS WHO RUN ASSET MANAGEMENT FIRMS.
We expect some 50 COOs and other executives with asset management and related Wall Street firms to attend and help shape TBMA's 2005 joint advocacy goals with the investment community.
________________________________________________________________________THE PROGRAM
Thursday, January 27, 2005
11:45 a.m. to 12:00 noon - Registration/Networking/Lunch
12:00 noon to 12:10 p.m. - Welcome by Tom Hirschfeld, COO, Investments, J. & W. Seligman and Chair of the Senior Executives Group of The Asset Managers Forum
Introductory Remarks by Thomas P. Sorbo, CFA, Chairman of the Washington, D.C. Conference Program Committee. Mr. Sorbo will serve as moderator of the Conference.
12:10 to 1:00 p.m. - Overview of Current Developments at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission / Remarks by SEC Commissioner Cynthia A. Glassman / to be followed by Q & A
1:00 to 1:45 p.m. - Status of Email and Recordkeeping Requirements / Presentation by Sean Lanagan, Director of Product Management and Emerging Markets, EMC Corporation. Mr. Lanagan's firm has recently developed solutions in this area for various asset management firms.
1:45 to 2:00 p.m. - Break
2:00 to 3:00 p.m. - Keynote Remarks: What factors are likely to affect the financial markets in 2005? / Remarks including Q & A, by Paul McCulley, Managing Director, PIMCO (via Video Conference)
3:00 to 3:45 p.m. - Technology Initiatives of TBMA and AMF, with particular emphasis on price transparency and the development of best practices concerning interest rate swaps and credit derivatives /Presentation by Joseph Sack, Executive Vice President, The Bond Market Association
3:45 to 4:00 p.m. - Break
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. - Update on various policies of the U.S. Department of the Treasury relating to the financial markets / Remarks by Clay Berry, Financial Economist in the Office of Debt Management, U.S. Department of the Treasury / to be followed by Q & A.
6:00 - 8:00 p.m. - Dinner for all attendees on Capitol Hill (specific dining room to be announced)
8:00 - 9:00 p.m. - "Confessions of a Municipal Bond Salesman" by Jim Lebenthal, Chairman Emeritus of Lebenthal & Co. / Performance immediately following dinner on Capitol Hill.
Friday, January 28, 2005
8:00 to 8:30 a.m. - Continental Breakfast at TBMA's Washington, D.C. offices
8:30 to 9:30 a.m. - Overview of Legislative and Regulatory Issues and how such issues affect the financial services industry / Remarks and dialogue by Linda L. Lord, Esq., Managing Director, UBS
9:30 to 10:30 a.m. - The View from the Hill / Remarks by Carter McDowell, Chief Counsel, House Financial Services Committee
10:30 to 11:00 a.m. - Break
11:00 to 11:45 a.m. - Outline of Industry Efforts to promote "best practices" concerning SAS 70 / Presentation by John Gidman, Executive Vice President of Loomis Sayles and Bruce Marcus, Director, Deloitte & Touche
11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. - Working Lunch / Discussion of the 2005 agenda of the Senior Executives Group in light of this Conference, including plans to convert the Group to Division status within The Bond Market Association
Program concludes at 1:30 p.m.