AMD Executive Committee Meeting
The Executive Committee of the Asset Managers Division met yesterday at the New York Offices of The Bond Market Association to review and discuss the Division's activities since its previous meeting in Boston on March 2, 2006.
Below is a list of some of the items that the AMD discussed:
- Credit Default Swaps Initiatives
- NewBank Initiative
- Commodity Index Swaps
- Best Execution
- Avian Flu
- NASD TRACE Proposal and European Price Transparency
- Hybrid Securities
- Cross Trading Initiative
- Legislation on Credit Rating Reform
- N. Y. State Lobbying Legislation
- Technology issues
- SIA/BMA Merger Discussions
- Outreach to other asset management firms, hedge funds and other industry associations
The Bond Market Association would like to thank the entire Executive Committee of the Asset Managers Division for their commitment. In particular, the Association would like to recognize and thank AMD Chairman John Gidman of Loomis Sayles and AMD Vice Chairman David Murphy of Fidelity Investments for their dedication to the Division and for their work in preparing and moderating the Executive Committee meeting of the Asset Managers Division.
The Asset Managers Division thanks the Board of Directors of The Bond Market Association, especially Chairman Edward Forst of Goldman Sachs, Vice-Chair Blythe Masters of J.P. Morgan Chase and Micah Green of The Bond Market Association for their continued support.
AMD Executive Committee Meeting Photos
Bill Gross at TBMA Annual Meeting
Bill Gross, Managing Director at PIMCO, was the featured morning general session speaker at the Association's 2006 Annual Meeting. Mr. Gross discussed managing risks, interest rate uncertainty, the impact of monetary policy on the housing market and the global nature of the markets, highlighting the impact of non-U.S. Policymakers on the US economy.
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