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Spring 2009 Seminar Program

Credit, The Real Economy & Investing


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Sunday - March 29

6:00 pm

RECEPTION AND INFORMAL BUFFET DINNER
Words of Welcome
James L. Farrell, Jr., Chairman of the Institute and Ned Davis Research, Inc.


Monday - March 30

7:30 am - 9:00 am

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

9:00 am - 10:15 am

Vicious Cycles, Investor Behaviour and Dealer Based Financial Systems
Slides
Speaker: Kenneth Froot, Andre R. Jakurski Professor of Business Administration,
Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard and Founding Partner,
FDO Partners

10:15 am - 10:45 am

COFFEE BREAK

10:45 am - 12:00 pm

The Global Financial Crisis
The Global Finacial Crisis
Slides
Speaker: H. Franklin Allen, Nippon Life Professor of Finance, Professor of Economics, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania

12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

LUNCH AND PERSONAL CONFERENCES WITH SPEAKERS AND DELEGATES

4:00 pm - 5:15 pm

Regulatory Reform in Light of the Current Crisis
Regulatory Reform in Light of the Current Crisis
Speaker: Richard Lindsey, CEO, The Callcott Group LLC and The Courant Institute, NYU

5:15 pm - 5:30 pm

COFFEE BREAK

5:30 pm - 6:45 pm

A PANEL: The Financial Crisis and Its Discontents: Where Now?
Moderator: Brett Hammond, Co-Chair Program Committee and TIAA-CREF

7:15 pm

RECEPTION AND KEYNOTE BANQUET
Reflections on the Actions of the New Administration
Slides
Speaker: William G. Gale, Vice President and Director, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution


Tuesday - March 31

7:30 am - 8:45 am

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:45 am - 10:00 am

Credit Contagion from Counterparty Risk
Credit Contagion from Counterparty Risk
Slides
Speaker: Philippe Jorion, Chancellor's Professor, University of California, Irvine

10:00 am - 10:30 am

COFFEE BREAK

10:30 am - 11:45 am

Should Benchmark Indices Have Alpha? Revisiting Performance Evaluation
Should Benchmark Indices Have Alpha? Revisiting Performance Evaluation
Slides
Speaker: K. J. Martijn Cremers, Associate Professor of Finance, Yale School of Management

11:45 am - 12:15 pm

Business Meeting of the Institute

12:15 pm - 4:00 pm

LUNCH AND PERSON-TO-PERSON CONFERENCES

4:00 pm - 5:15 pm

Do Arbitrageurs Amplify Economic Shocks?
Do Arbitrageurs Amplify Economic Shocks?
Slides
Speaker: Harrison Hong, John Scully '66 Professor of Economics and Finance, Department of Economics, Princeton University

5:15 pm - 5:30 pm

COFFEE BREAK

5:30 pm - 6:45 pm

Finding Outperforming Managers
Best Ideas
Slides
Speaker: Randolph Cohen, Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

7:00 pm

RECEPTION AND INFORMAL DINNER


Wednesday - April 1

7:00 am - 8:00 am

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:00 am - 9:15 am

Optimal Portfolio Analysis with Wage-Indexed Social Security
Optimal Portfolio Choice with Wage-Indexed Social Security
Extended Abstract
Slides
Speaker: Ken Smetters, Associate Professor of Insurance and Risk Management. Wharton, University of Pennsylvania

9:15 - 9:30 am

COFFEE BREAK

9:30 am - 10:45 am

Mutual Fund Incubation
Mutual Fund Incubation
Slides
Speaker: Richard B. Evans, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, The Darden School of Business, University of Virginia

11:00 am

ADJOURNMENT


FALL 2009 SEMINAR WILL BE HELD ON OCTOBER 18 -21 AT
THE ST. REGIS MONARCH BAY, DANA POINT, CALIFORNIA.