Buy Side Assessment of Critical Factors Currently Affecting the Pricing of Fixed-Income Securities, Including SIVs, CP and MBS - Panel at SIFMA Annual Meeting
The Asset Management Group is pleased to host this hot-topic panel at SIFMA's Annual Meeting in Boca Raton, FL Thursday, November 8, 2007. Speakers will discuss workable methods and services for pricing fixed-income securities, including SIVs, CP and MBS. Further, from a practical standpoint, the panel listed below will elaborate on how portfolio managers and vendors develop products that enable market participants to value asset-backed securities even during periods such as those recently experienced in the subprime mortgage and credit markets.
Valuing Securities: What Lies Ahead. This same panel will then turn to a consideration of the pricing policy issues that asset management firms expect to address in 2008. Speakers will weigh the pros and cons of a buy side industry initiative concerning FI and structured securities pricing standards. They will also evaluate the status of any relevant recommendations (such as the proposed M-LEC plan) designed to help achieve more orderly markets in asset-backed commercial paper.
Moderator:
Cynthia Meyn
Managing Director
Morgan Stanley Investment Management
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Panelists: |
David Lefferts |
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Steven J. Manson, Ph.D. |
Mas Nakachi |
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Strategies for Recruiting, Retaining and Motivating Staff - Panel at SIFMA Annual Meeting
At SIFMA's Annual Meeting in Boca Raton, FL on November 7, 2007, The Asset Managers Forum will present a dynamic panel that is relevant to anyone who manages a staff in the financial services industry. The panel will discuss what it means to recruit, retain and motivate staff. The panel will provide an overview of the current recruiting environment and the process and discuss employee engagement, training, teams, people strategy. The panel will provide insights on employee engagement from an organization leader's perspective and discuss the importance of metrics to measure engagement, leadership training and an employee's relationship to an organization and its leaders. This panel is designed to help managers enhance their managing skills.
Moderator:
Jean Ebbott
Vice President
Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Panelists:
Marianne C. Brown
President & CEO
Omgeo
Judy Kukowski
Vice President
Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Joseph Sullivan
President
International Market Recruiters
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Important Publications:
SIFMA Update
Washington Weekly
Weekly Report of the American Securitization Forum
SIFMA SmartBrief (past five issues)