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Fall 2008 Seminar Program

Archives > > FALL 2008 SEMINAR PROGRAM

Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel Hotel,
Dana Point, California
October 19 - 22, 2008


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Sunday - October 19

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

RECEPTION AND INFORMAL BUFFET DINNER

7:00 pm - 7:15 pm

WORDS OF WELCOME
James L. Farrell, Jr. Chairman of the Institute and Managing Director,
Ned Davis Research


Monday - October 20

Value and Investment Taxation

7:30 am - 9:00 am

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

9:00 am - 10:15 am

The Origins of Value: The Financial Innovations That Created Modern Capital Markets
Goetzmann - Origins of Value Introduction
Slides - Audio
Speaker: William Goetzmann, Edwin J. Beinecke Professor of Finance and Management Studies, Yale School of Management, Yale University

10:15 am - 10:45 am

COFFEE BREAK

10:45 am - 12:00 pm

Investment Taxation and Portfolio Performance
Investment Taxation and Portfolio Performance
Slides - Audio
Speaker: Jeffrey Pontiff, Professor of Finance, Carroll School of Management, Boston College

12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

LUNCH AND PERSON -TO-PERSON CONFERENCES

Liquidity and Sources of Alpha

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM

Financial Liquidity and Savings: Evidence from 401(k) Loans
Financial Liquidity and Savings: Evidence from 401(k) Loans
Slides - Audio
Speaker: Brigitte Madrian, Aetna Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

5:15 pm - 5:45 pm

COFFEE BREAK

5:45 pm - 7:00 PM

Structural Alpha
Leibowitz - The Endowment Model - Theory and Experience (Property of Morgan Stanley, Not for Distribution)
Slides - Audio(Property of Morgan Stanley, Not for Distribution)
Speaker: Martin Leibowitz, Institute Fellow and Morgan Stanley

7:00 pm

RECEPTION AND KEYNOTE BANQUET
McWages
Audio
Speaker: Orley C. Ashenfelter, Joseph Douglas Green 1895 Professor of Economics, Princeton University


Tuesday - October 21

Bond Liquidity and Market Microstructure

7:30 am - 8:45 am

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:45 am - 10:00 am

Liquidity and Corporate Bonds
Liquidity and Corporate Bonds
Slides Audio
Speaker: Jiang Wang, MIzuho Financial Group Professor, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

10:00 am - 10:30 am

COFFEE BREAK

10:30 am - 11:45 am

Financial Intermediary Leverage and Value-at-Risk
Financial Intermediary Leverage and Value-at-Risk
Slides - Audio
Speaker: Tobias Adrian, Research Officer, Capital Markets Function, Federal Reserve Bank of New York. New Addition to the Program.
Understanding the Securitization of Sub-prime Mortgage Credit
Speaker: Til Schuermann, Vice President, Financial Intermediation Function, Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Regrettably Unable to Attend.
Bank Liquidity Risk 1
Bank Liquidity Risk 2
Bank Liquidity Risk Slides
7 Frictions in Subprime Mortgage Securitization Slides

11:45 am - 12:15 pm

Annual Meeting of the Institute - Audio

12:15 pm - 4:00 pm

LUNCHEON AND PERSON-TO-PERSON CONFERENCES

4:00 pm - 5:15 pm

Capital Flows and the Returns to Private Equity
Limited Partner Performance Puzzle
Private Equity Performance
Slides - Audio
Speaker: Antoinette Schoar, Associate Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

5:15 pm - 5:45 pm

COFFEE BREAK

5:45 pm - 7:00 pm

Do Noise Traders Move Markets?
Do Retail Trades Move Markets?
Slides - Audio
Speaker: Terrance Odean, Willis H Booth Professor of Banking and Finance, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

7:00 pm

RECEPTION AND DINNER


Wednesday - October 22

Risk Preferences and Asset Allocation

7:00 am - 8:00 am

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:00 am - 9:15 am

The Cross Section of Managerial Ability and Risk Preferences
The Cross Section of Managerial Ability and Risk Preferences
Slides - Audio
Speaker: Ralph S. J. Koijen, Assistant Professor of Finance, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago

9:15 am - 9:45 am

COFFEE BREAK

9:45 am - 11:00 am

Rebalancing and Asset Allocation
Optimal Rebalancing and Asset Allocation
Slides - Audio
Speaker: Sebastian Page, Senior Managing Director, State Street Associates

11:00 am

ADJOURNMENT


THE Q-GROUP NEXT SEMINAR WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 29-APRIL 1, 2009.
SEE YOU AT
THE BREAKERS, PALM BEACH, FLORIDA.