May 22 2013

Past Programs

Past Events
5/17/2013 The Clash of the Cultures: Investment vs. Speculation
John C. Bogle, Founder
5/16/2013 Hedge Fund Advertising
Stan Bornstein, Owner, Dibona, Bornstein and Random
and
5/9/2013 Symposium on Financial Services Cybersecurity, Money Laundering & Analytical Approaches to Detecting and Investigating Fraud
Half Day Seminar
5/7/2013 Sovereign & Country Risk: Impact on Sovereign Bonds, Corporate Bonds and Equities
A Panel Discussion
5/1/2013 BSAS Career Chat: Institutional Portfolio Management
Camille Humphries Lee, Institutional Portfolio Manager, MFS

4/11/2013 Hello, It's Your Career...So Create the Correct Social Story
Kathy Graham, Principal
HQS, Inc.
4/10/2013 Frontier vs. BRICs: What Are The Real Emerging Markets?
James Johnstone, Managing Director and Director of Frontier Markets Research
4/9/2013 Algorythmic, High-Frequency and Automated Trading Strategies: What's Under the Hood?
Ilya Gorelik, Founder and CEO, Deltix
and
4/4/2013 Senior Secured Loans: Profiting in a Zero Interest Rate Environment
A Panel Discussion
4/3/2013 Impact Investing
A Panel Discussion
4/2/2013 BSAS Career Chat: Endowment/Foundation Consulting
Kristin Reynolds, CFA, CAIA
Partner, NEPC
3/14/2013 Sovereign Wealth Funds: From Investment Goals to Asset Allocation Models
Patrick Schena, Adjunct Assistant Professor of International Business Relations
3/13/2013 Bloomberg: Back Testing Factors
John Fisher, CFA
Equity Markets Specialist
3/12/2013 Financial Data Analysis with Python
Wes McKinney, Co-Founder
3/5/2013 Global Macro Perspectives
David Zervos, Chief Market Strategist and Global Head of Fixed Income Strategy and Economics
2/26/2013 Emerging Trends in Elite Tier Wealth Management
Sterling Shea, Managing Director, Head of Advisory and Wealth Management Programs
2/25/2013 Bringing Theory to Practice Series
Is Doing No Harm Enough? On the Ethics of Pension Liability Valuation

John R. Minahan, CFA
2/12/2013 Annual Market Dinner 2013
Dr. Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Federal Reserve System (1987-2006).
2/7/2013 BSAS Happy Hour Event
Kick-Off 2013 with BSAS!
2/5/2013 Bringing Theory to Practice Series
The Shareholder Value Myth

Professor Lynn A. Stout
2/1/2013 Building Portfolio Optimization Applications with MATLAB
Sri Krishnamurthy, CFA
1/31/2013 Global Macro and Commodity Outlook
Francisco Blanch, Managing Director and Head of Global Commodities and Derivatives Research
1/29/2013 US Municipal Market: State Credit Outlook/Market Opportunities and Risks
George Friedlander, Managing Director and Chief Municipal Strategist, Citigroup Investment Research and Analysis
and
1/25/2013 Bringing Theory to Practice Series
Life-Cycle Investing: Financial Education and Consumer Protection

Professor Zvi Bodie, Ph.D.
Norman and Adele Barron Professor of Management
1/24/2013 A Debate: Is Monetary Policy Too Tight or Too Easy?
Edward Ladd, CFA, Chairman Emeritus, Standish Asset Management
and
1/23/2013 How Index Trading Increases Market Vulnerability
Rodney N. Sullivan, CFA, Head of Publications and Editor
1/15/2013 Asset Allocation 2013: What Now?
Opportunities and Challenges in Changing Times

Full-Day Seminar
1/10/2013 The Causes of the Foreclosure Crisis
Christopher L. Foote, Senior Economist and Policy Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
and
12/19/2012 Webinar: Investable Benchmarks and Hedge Fund Liquidity
A Panel Discussion
12/6/2012 A Panel on Latin America: The Next Decade - A Discussion on Policy, Reform and the Investment Landscape
A Panel Discussion
12/5/2012 Catching the Tiger . . .Tail-Risk
Mark Kritzman, CFA, CEO, Windham Capital Management
and
11/29/2012 Global Listed Infrastructure: In a Class of its Own
Edward P. Keating, Senior Vice President, Client Portfolio Manager
11/27/2012 Equity Investment in Real Estate Through Public and Private Markets
Brad Case, Ph.D., CFA, CAIA
Senior Vice President, Research & Industry Information
11/17/2012 Level I Practice Exam

11/15/2012 Bringing Theory to Practice Series
Keynes the Stock Market Investor

David Chambers
11/13/2012 Advanced Excel for Finance Professionals - November 13, 15
Wall Street Prep
11/1/2012 Webinar: Manager Selection and Due Diligence: Techniques for Evaluating Implementation Options
James P. Dowd, CFA
10/29/2012 DCF Modeling - October 29 (cancelled), 31; November 8
Wall Street Prep
10/25/2012 Accessing VIX and Volatility: Dynamics, Features and Portfolio Applications
Matthew Moran, Vice President, Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE)
10/17/2012 Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank

10/3/2012 The Year of the Dragon: Managing through Macro Driven Markets
Duncan W. Richardson, CFA
Executive Vice President, Chief Equity Investment Officer
9/27/2012 Adventures in Whiskey Tasting: An Evening with An Expert
Donald Jean, Off Premise Manager
9/19/2012 The State of the Financial Markets
James A. Bianco, President
9/19/2012 So You Want To Be A CFA Charterholder...
William Richardson, CFA
9/18/2012 Bringing Theory to Practice Series
Advisors and Clients: Testing "The Inefficient Management Hypothesis"

Arnold S. Wood, President and Chief Executive Officer
9/17/2012 Financial Modeling - September 17, 20, 24
Wall Street Prep
9/6/2012 Politics, Economics, and Investments
Ronald M. Florance, CFA
Managing Director of Investment Strategy
7/31/2012 Boston Red Sox vs. Detroit Tigers
Join BSAS for the game!
7/11/2012 BSAS Happy Hour Networking Event

6/21/2012 U.S. Economic Outlook: A Subpar Recovery With Plenty of Policy Uncertainty
David Greenlaw, Managing Director
6/14/2012 Detecting Financial Shenanigans
Dr. Howard M. Schilit, Founder and CEO
6/13/2012 66th Annual Boston Security Analysts Society
Annual Meeting & Election of Officers


6/8/2012 BSAS Career Chat: Investment Product Development
Andrew Rubin, CFA, Investment Capability Manager
Fidelity Research & Management Company
5/24/2012 The Tax Effect on Risk
Dan diBartolomeo, President
5/21/2012 Estimating the Commodity Risk Premium
Colin P. Fenton, Managing Director, Global Head of Commodities Research and Strategy
5/17/2012 The Bankers Who Broke the World
Liaquat Ahamed
5/9/2012 Anatomy of a Venture Deal
Larry Bohn, Managing Director
5/3/2012 Think Function, Not Form
Wendy M. Cromwell, CFA
5/2/2012 Bringing Theory to Practice Series
Weathering the 3-D Hurricane of Deficits, Debt and Demographics

Robert D. Arnott, Chairman, Founder
4/24/2012 Electrification of Transportation
A Panel Discussion
4/4/2012 The Residential Housing Market and Housing Finance Reform
Edward J. Demarco, Acting Director
Federal Housing Finance Agency
4/3/2012 The BSAS Career Development Networking Group invites you to "Meet the BSAS Board"

3/29/2012 Toward Determining Systemic Importance
Mark Kritzman, CFA, Managing Partner and CIO
3/27/2012 Where Goes Wealth Management?
Elizabeth Bloomer Nesvold, Managing Partner
3/22/2012 Current Trends in Asset Allocation
Full-Day Seminar
Larry Pohlman, Ph.D.
3/21/2012 Fun with News Sentiment
Jacob Sisk, Senior Research Scientist
3/7/2012 26th Annual BSAS Market Outlook Dinner
Chen Zhao, Managing Editor, Global Investment Strategy
3/1/2012 Fiddling While Rome, Athens and Lisbon are Burning: Can the Sovereign Debt Crisis Be Contained or Will It Consume Europe?
Simon Derrick, Managing Director and
Head of Currency Strategy Team, BNY Mellon
David Leduc, CFA, CIO of Active Fixed Income,
Standish Mellon
2/14/2012 Webinar: The Basel III Accords and Implications for Global Bank Capital
Stephen G Cecchetti, Economic Adviser and the Head of the Monetary and Economic Department
2/10/2012 Bringing Theory to Practice Series
Frontier Stock Markets: The Next to Join the Emerging World

Lawrence S. Speidell, CFA
2/9/2012 Minimum Volatility: One Year Later
A Full-Day Seminar
Larry Pohlman, Ph.D.
2/7/2012 Bull vs. Bear - Gold
Eric Biegeleisen, CFA, Windhaven Investment Mgt.
Edward Chancellor, GMO, LLC
2/2/2012 What Fund Managers Need To Know About How Politics, Policy and Geopolitics Will Move Prices
Dr. Philippa Malmgren, President and Founder
1/31/2012 Beyond the BRICs: Opportunities in Emerging and Frontier Markets
Eric Stein, CFA, Vice President and Portfolio Manager
1/19/2012 Red, White and Sparkle: Hot Wine Trends

1/18/2012 Social Networking for Investment Professionals: Just the Basics
Stewart Mader, Director, Social and Online Tools
1/12/2012 Investing for Tax Efficiency in a World of Low Absolute Returns
David Scudder, Chairman
12/14/2011 Rating Agencies and Credit Ratings: Recent Developments and Outlook for the Future
Mark Adelson, Chief Credit Officer
12/8/2011 Bringing Theory to Practice Series
The Two Faces of Risk Management: Reconciling Management and Mathematics

Thomas S. Coleman
12/7/2011 The Search for Global Relative Value in The Great Transition Age
Jack Malvey, CFA, Chief Global Markets Strategist and
Director of BNY Mellon Center for Global Investment and Market Intelligence
12/1/2011 Don't Know What You've Got 'til It's Gone: The Sources and Uses of Market Liquidity
Robert A. Jaeger, Ph.D., Senior Investment Strategist
11/29/2011 Introduction to Farmland Investing
Julie A. Koeninger, CFA, President
11/9/2011 Portfolio Construction for Private Clients: Standardized or Customized? And Does the Client Care?
A Panel Discussion
10/26/2011 Regime Shifts: Implications for Dynamic Strategies
David Turkington, CFA, Vice President, Head of Investment Management Research
10/13/2011 CFA Institute and BSAS Present...
Fixed-Income Management 2011

Panel of Speakers
10/11/2011 Investing Implications of Rising Sovereign Debt Burdens featuring
Nikola Swann from Standard & Poor's

A Panel Discussion
(Sold Out)
10/6/2011 Global Market Outlook
Walter C. Donovan, Chief Investment Officer
10/3/2011 Step into Fall with BSAS!
Members-Only Networking Event


9/27/2011 New Measures of Risk and Return: Why Investors are Integrating Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Factors into the Investment Process

9/20/2011 Boombustology in Action: Is Chinese Growth Sustainable?
Vikram Mansharamani, PhD
9/14/2011 BSAS Career Chat: Sell-Side Equity Analyst
Alice Avanian, CFA, Equity Analyst, Leerink Swann LLC
6/28/2011 A Call to Action: Hedge Fund Due Diligence Explained
A Panel of Speakers
6/21/2011 Spring into Summer with BSAS!
Members-Only Networking Event


6/14/2011 Credit Cycles and Profitability: Driving Stock Prices Higher in 2011
Satya D. Pradhuman, CEO and Director
6/9/2011 Reduce Sovereign Credit Risk - Buy EMD!
Kristin Johnson Ceva, PhD, CFA
6/2/2011 65th Annual Meeting
featuring Luis Viceira, Harvard Business School

Luis Viceira, George E. Bates Professor
5/31/2011 Risk Parity: The Power and Perils
A Panel of Speakers
5/18/2011 Taking Control: A Glimpse Inside the Mind of a Distressed Private Equity Investor
Mark R. Patterson, Co-Founder and Chairman
5/12/2011 How Long Can the Equity Bull Market Last?
A Top-Down Perspective

Allen Sinai, Chief Global Economist/Strategist
5/10/2011 Most Likely to Succeed: The Dynamic Structure of the U.S. Mutual Fund Industry Featuring Robert Pozen
Robert C. Pozen, Chairman Emeritus
5/9/2011 Presenting Yourself Powerfully: Lessons from the Performing Arts Gabriel Communications
Patricia Weinmann & Lynn Torgove, Founders
4/28/2011 Trends in International Investing
Brendan Cooper, Intersec Research
and Jeff T. Markarian, NEPC
4/26/2011 Social Security and Financial Service Professionals: A Hit or Myth Proposition
Kurt Czarnowski
4/25/2011 Growing Pain: Risk or Opportunity?
Dr. Tao Wang, Head of China Economic Research
4/13/2011 Networking: It's An Art
Manny Correia, Founder and Principal
4/12/2011 Demographic Changes and Economic Growth
Richard N. Cooper, Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics
(Sold Out)
4/7/2011 Adding Textual Dimensions to Predictive Modeling
A Half-Day Seminar
4/5/2011 Investment Strategies Going Forward: The Power of Free Cash Flow and The Emerging Market Consumer
Charles I. Clough, CFA
3/31/2011 Valuation/DCF Modeling in Excel
Ziv Feldman, Senior Instructor
3/24/2011 Bull vs. Bear: The Inflation Outlook?
Connie M. Everson, CFA, Capital Markets Outlook Group
3/23/2011 Members-Only
Networking Event


3/22/2011 Private Investments in Public Equity: Outlook and Insights on Investing in PIPEs
Randolph Cohen, PhD
3/18/2011 BSAS Career Chat: Alternative Investing
Peter Chiappinelli, CFA, CAIA, Portfolio Strategist
GMO, LLC
3/17/2011 Europe: This Could Be Heaven Or This Could Be Hell
David Bowers, Joint Managing Director, Absolute Strategy Research
3/15/2011 To Your Health!: Emerging Trends in Global Healthcare
A Panel Discussion
3/10/2011 Grabbing the Black Swan by its Tail: Tail Risk Management for the Next Unforseeable Crisis
David Hay, M.B.A., CFA, Managing Director, DGAM
3/1/2011 25th Annual BSAS Market Outlook Dinner
Ed Hyman, Chairman & Founder
2/16/2011 BSAS Career Chat: What is a Generalist Investment Analyst?
Matthew V. Spiegel, CFA, Generalist Investment Analyst
2/15/2011 The New Job Security: The 5 Best Strategies For Taking Control Of Your Career
Pam Lassiter
2/1/2011 Trust Basics for Portfolio Managers
Jennifer Pline, CFA, Harvard Management Company and
Bradley M. Van Buren, Holland & Knight
1/27/2011 Long Duration Common Stock Investing: A Contrarian Manifesto
Bill Smead, Chief Investment Officer
1/26/2011 Absence of Value: An Analysis of Investment Allocation Decisions by Institutional Plan Sponsors
Scott Stewart, CFA
Research Associate Professor
1/25/2011 High Frequency Trading and Cost Effects for Institutional Trading Algorithms
Alex Hagmeyer, Senior Quantitative Analyst
1/11/2011 State of the States
Robin Prunty, Managing Director
1/10/2011 Crisis Lessons from Thrivers, Survivors and Divers
Jim Ware, CFA
12/16/2010 BSAS Career Chat: What is a Credit Analyst?
Chris Gootkind, CFA, Vice President, Director of Credit Research and Credit Strategist
12/14/2010 SEC Climate Change Disclosure Requirements:
What you need to know - Legal, Analyst, Corporate and Asset Manager Perspectives

A Panel Discussion
12/9/2010 Private Equity in the Banking Sector: Rollups, Recaps & Rescues
A Panel Discussion
12/7/2010 The New Classic Equity Asset Allocation?
Chris Shepler, CFA
VP, Equity Portfolio Analytics Product Manager
12/6/2010 Members-Only
Holiday Networking Event


12/2/2010 A panel with Karl E. Case on
The U.S. Residential Housing Sector: Are We Near the Trough?

A Panel Discussion
11/8/2010 Cultivate Client Loyalty with Clear, Insightful Investment Communications
Ani Yessaillian
11/3/2010 New Strategies in Alternative Investing
Scott Welch, CIMA, Senior Managing Director
11/2/2010 The Currency Asset Class: Diversification for Challenging Times
Axel Merk, President & CIO
10/25/2010 Europe: Fear + Uncertainty = Opportunity
David E. Marcus
10/21/2010 What's Driving the High Yield Market?
Martin Fridson, Global Credit Strategist
10/19/2010 CFA Institute and BSAS Present...
Investing in Emerging Markets

Panel of Speakers
10/12/2010 An Alternative Look at Real Estate Investments
John Garofalo, CFA, Portfolio Manager
10/6/2010 Research & Portfolio Management in a Dynamic Market
Bruce T. Herring, Chief Investment Officer
10/4/2010 Simon Johnson and The Next Financial Meltdown
Simon Johnson
9/28/2010 Members-Only Networking Event

9/21/2010 The Growing Role of ETFs for Asset Managers
A Panel Discussion
9/16/2010 Investing in the Frontier Markets of Africa and the Middle East
Zin Bekkali, CEO and Co-Founder
9/14/2010 Save, Invest, Create: Reviving America's Confidence
Robert L. Reynolds, President and Chief Executive Officer
7/30/2010 Boston Red Sox vs. Detroit Tigers
Join BSAS for the game!
6/24/2010 64th Annual Meeting and Banquet
Where Are We Heading? The Future of Investment Management in Boston

A Panel Discussion
6/10/2010 Venture Capital Incubators: Sponsoring of Early Stage Investment Managers
A Panel Discussion
6/7/2010 The CAIA Designation: How a Focused Curriculum on Alternatives Can Complement Your CFA Designation
A Panel Discussion
6/3/2010 The Economy and Stock Market from the Energy Perspective
Michael D. Smolinski, President
5/27/2010 The Future of Federal Reserve Policy
Eric Stein, CFA, Vice President and Portfolio Manager
5/25/2010 Estate Tax Planning for Alternative Families
Joseph G. Imbriani, Esq., CPA/PFS
5/24/2010 Staying on Top...
A BSAS series of programs focusing on what's new in the CFA Program

Economic Concepts for Asset Valuation
5/13/2010 Career Development: Staying Relevant in Today's Economic Environment
A Panel Discussion
5/7/2010 Post-Crisis Portfolio Construction: Questions, Answers and Solutions
Richard Clarida
5/4/2010 Tax Updates for 2010
Martin Hall, Ropes & Gray LLP

Christopher Houston, CFA, Ropes & Gray LLP
4/29/2010 The Outlook for Green Investing: What Can We Learn From Overseas Markets?
Jackson W. Robinson
President and Chief Investment Officer
Winslow Management Company

Sara Elford, CFA
Sustainability Research Analyst
Canaccord Adams
4/28/2010 Members-Only
Networking Event


4/27/2010 Emerging Markets Equity Seminar
Half-Day Seminar
4/13/2010 Value Investing: It Makes Sense and It Works . . .Over Time.
Jean-Marie Eveillard, Senior Vice President
4/8/2010 THINK TWICE: Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition
Michael J. Mauboussin, Chief Investment Strategist
4/6/2010 Opportunities in Emerging and Frontier Fixed Income Markets
Michael Cirami, CFA
3/30/2010 Reflecting Back on Chasing Madoff and his $65 Billion Ponzi Scheme
Harry Markopolos, CFA, CFE
3/25/2010 Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS) 2010
Stephen Gaudette, CFA, Relationship Manager, Northfield Information Services

Ken Robinson, CFA, CIPM, CPA, Director in the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS), CFA Institute
3/23/2010 Applying Technical Analysis to a Fundamental Investment Strategy
David Keller, CMT, Managing Director of Research
3/15/2010 Evolution in Portfolio Management: Fitting in Alternatives
William Eigen, CFA, Director Of Absolute Return Strategies & Portfolio Manager of JPM Strategic Income Opportunities Fund, JPMorgan Asset Management

Robert Kaimowitz, Chief Executive Officer & Portfolio Manager, Bull Path Capital Management
3/11/2010 Peter M. O'Farrell Lecture on Original Thinking in Investing and Finance
Arnold S. Wood, Partner, President and Chief Executive Officer
3/10/2010 Real Estate Investment Through Publicly Traded REITs: Long-Term Investment Characteristics and the Current Market Situation
Brad Case, Ph.D., Vice President, Research & Industry Information
3/3/2010 24th Annual Market Outlook Dinner
Mr. Jack A. Ablin, CFA
2/25/2010 Refocusing On Credit Fundamentals
Edward Cerny, Managing Partner
2/4/2010 What Social Media Means to Companies and Your Career Management
Gil Yehuda, Industry Analyst and Web Strategist
GilYehuda.com

Colin Moor, Senior Vice President
Keystone Associates
2/2/2010 Using the Five Secrets to Communicate with Your Clients More Effectively
Beverly Flaxington, Founder & Principal
1/28/2010 The "Five Re's" System for Job Search Success
Fredia Woolf, MBA
1/27/2010 Is Washington Politics Getting in the Way of Good Economics?
A Panel Discussion
1/25/2010 Frontier Stock Markets: The Next to Join the Emerging World
Lawrence S. Speidell, CFA, Chief Investment Officer
1/20/2010 Venture Capital at a Crossroads
A Panel Discussion
1/19/2010 Members-Only
Winter Networking Event


1/14/2010 Jason Trennert's Market Outlook for 2010 & Beyond . . .
Jason DeSena Trennert, Managing Partner & Chief Investment Strategist
1/12/2010 Municipal Bonds and the Great Financial Crisis
Matt Fabian, Managing Director
Municipal Market Advisors (MMA)

Adam A. Weigold, CFA, Vice President
Eaton Vance Management
1/11/2010 Boston Celtics vs. Atlanta Hawks
Join BSAS for the game!
1/7/2010 Too Big to Save? How to Fix the U.S. Financial System
Robert C. Pozen, Chairman
12/15/2009 Wealth and the Family: Asking Essential Questions
Charles W. Collier
12/8/2009 US Economic Outlook
Dean Maki, Managing Director and Chief US Economist
12/7/2009 How To Get From Here To There: A Session With A Career Strategist
Kathy Graham
12/3/2009 Out of the Crisis: Early Winners in Alternative Assets
Half-Day Seminar
11/19/2009 Quantitative Investing
A Full-Day Seminar
11/18/2009 Trends Amid Turmoil in the Wealth Management Industry
Elizabeth Nesvold, Managing Partner
11/17/2009 The Secret of Development: Growth in Emerging Markets
Ricardo Hausmann
11/5/2009 The State of Private Equity: Opportunity through Crisis
A Panel Discussion
10/15/2009 The Cyclical and Secular Outlook for Emerging Market Equities: A Globalizing or Relocalizing World?
George R Hoguet, CFA, FRM
10/8/2009 Thinking of Starting Your Own Investment Advisory Firm?
Half-Day Seminar
10/1/2009 CFA Institute and BSAS Present...
Fixed-Income Management 2009

Panel of Speakers
9/29/2009 Staying on Top...
A BSAS series focusing on
what's new in the CFA Program

Derivatives
9/25/2009 The Housing Crisis: Why There is More Pain to Come and Investment Implications
Whitney Tilson
9/24/2009 Inflation or Deflation?
Connie Everson, CFA, Managing Director
9/22/2009 Members-Only
Networking Event


9/14/2009 The New Bank Regulatory Environment: What Will It Look Like?
Donald Powell
6/25/2009 The Worst Financial Crisis in 75 Years:
Origins, Magnitude and Response

Jeffrey A. Frankel, James W. Harpel Professor
of Capital Formation and Growth
6/17/2009 The Evolution of the Next Fixed Income Strategy
Leonard J. Santow, Managing Director
6/15/2009 Behavioral Finance: So What?
Gayle H. Buff, CFA, President
6/11/2009 Networking and Re-Branding Yourself
in Today's Environment

A Panel Discussion
6/8/2009 63rd Annual Meeting and Banquet
Seth A. Klarman, President, The Baupost Group, LLC
6/4/2009 International Investing
A Full-Day Seminar
5/21/2009 The Hedge Fund
Discussion Group

Moderated by:
John A. DeTore, CFA, Chief Investment Officer
5/20/2009 Afternoon Coffee Break With...
Paul McCulley, Managing Director and
Generalist Portfolio Manager, PIMCO

Playing Solitaire with a Deck of 51...with Number 52 on Offer
5/14/2009 Members-Only
Spring Networking Event


5/13/2009 Alternative Investments:
Industry Dynamics at an Inflection Point

Half-Day Seminar
5/7/2009 Vicious Cycles, Investor Behavior, and
Dealer-Centric Financial Markets

Kenneth A. Froot, Andre R. Jakurski Professor
of Business Administration
5/5/2009 Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS) Challenges and Opportunities: Are CMBS Securities Mispriced?
Mark P. Snyderman, CFA, Portfolio Manager
4/16/2009 The 4th Annual
Peter M. O'Farrell Lecture on Original
Thinking in Investing and Finance

The Current Financial Crisis:
Why did it happen and what should we do?

4/8/2009 Adding Alpha Through Environmental,
Social and Governance (ESG) Screening

Panel Discussion

4/7/2009 Commercial Real Estate Outlook:
Is That the Light at the End of the Tunnel...Or a Train?

Hans G. Nordby, U.S. Strategist
4/2/2009 Madoff: The Whistleblower's Story
Harry M. Markopolos, CFA
3/31/2009 Members-Only Networking Event
BSAS goes to the suburbs!


3/26/2009 Responsible Investing: Institutional Client Perspectives
  • Kyle Johnson, Investment Consultant, Cambridge Associates
  • 3/25/2009 Endowment Management in a Changing World
    Jane L. Mendillo, CFA, President and CEO
    3/18/2009 From Froth to Correction: Commercial Real Estate
    Raymond Torto, CRE, Ph.D., Global Chief Economist
    3/17/2009 The State of the Municipal Market
  • David J. Madigan, Portfolio Manager, Breckenridge Capital Advisors
  • 3/12/2009 Alternative Investments and Asset Allocation:
    A New Reality?

  • William Peck, CFA, Consultant, Fiduciary Investment Advisors, LLC
  • 3/11/2009 Career Tips for Investment Professionals
    Dana Hopkinson, Partner
    3/5/2009 Fixed Income Attribution: An Introduction
    David Spaulding, CIPM, President
    3/2/2009 The Mark-to-Market Debate: Are Fair Values Foul?
  • Anthony Cope, CFA, former member, International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)
  • 2/26/2009 Alternative Investments in Uncertain Times
    Jack D. Schwager, Portfolio Manager and Partner
    2/25/2009 Economic Successes and Challenges in the Caucasus
    Lado Gurgenidze
    2/11/2009 23nd Annual Market Outlook Dinner
    Mr. James Grant
    2/3/2009 Trading Places: Country Promotions in MSCI Indices
    Arun Kumar, Ph.D., Executive Director
    1/28/2009 Members-Only
    Networking Event


    1/22/2009 Future of the Fixed Income Markets
    Half-Day Seminar
    1/21/2009 Waiting Out the Storm:
    House Prices, Financial Melt Down and Who Knows What Else?

    Karl E. Case, Katherine Coman and A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics
    1/15/2009 The New Roadmap to International Accounting Convergence
    Jack T. Ciesielski, CFA, CPA, President
    1/14/2009 Alternative Careers for CFA Charterholders
    A Panel Discussion
    1/12/2009 A Quantitative View of the Stock Market
    Richard Tortoriello, Equity Analyst
    1/8/2009 Achieving a Sustainable Global Economy
    Mindy S. Lubber, President
    12/18/2008 The Role of News Analytics in Quantitative Modeling
    Armando Gonzalez, Co-Founder, President and CEO
    12/8/2008 Liquidity Risk
    Joseph Cherian
    12/2/2008 Holiday Networking Event
    Members-Only


    11/24/2008 The Bond Market Outlook
    Daniel J. Fuss, CFA, Vice Chairman
    11/18/2008 Corporate Performance, Valuation, and Market Performance
    Rafael Resendes, Cofounder
    11/13/2008 The Big Tax Unknown: Tax Law Changes for Investors, Estate and Wealth Transfer Strategies
  • Martin Hall, Partner and Chair, Private Client Group, Ropes & Gray LLP

  • Christopher Houston, Counsel to Private Client
    Group, Ropes & Gray LLP

  • Anthony D. Werley, Managing Director, JPMorgan Private
  • Bank
    11/7/2008 The Panic of 2007
    Gary B. Gorton, Professor of Finance
    7/16/2008 Selected Topics in High Frequency Investing
    An evaluation from the perspective of Boston's multi-trillion dollar, predominantly buy-and-hold investment community
    7/7/2008 Boston Red Sox vs. Minnesota Twins
    Join BSAS for the game!
    6/24/2008 The How, Why, and Why Not of "What If?"
    Dan diBartolomeo, President and Founder
    6/23/2008 Is Global Capitalism in Trouble?
    Lessons for the Future from the Past

    Jeffry Frieden, Stanfield Professor of International Peace
    6/5/2008 The History and Future of Socially Responsible Investing: Perspectives from Two Industry Leaders
    Joan L. Bavaria, President, Trillium Asset Management
    6/4/2008 Ethical Leadership in the Investment Firm
    James Ware, CFA, Founder and Jamie Ziegler, Principal
    5/21/2008 Basel II
    Kimberly A. DeTrask, CFA, The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
    5/14/2008 Hedge Fund-of-Funds: Alternative Beta and Beyond
    Jerome Abernathy, Stonebrook Structured Products, LLC
    5/13/2008 Tax Benefits of Charitable Trusts
    Nadia Yassa, The Boston Foundation
    5/5/2008 Networking for Career Success
    Diane Darling, Effective Networking
    4/29/2008 Half-Day Seminar: To Hedge or Not to Hedge
    Panel of Speakers
    4/14/2008 Is Executive Coaching for You?
    Catherine Manning, BeingReal
    4/10/2008 Emissions Trading: Using Markets to Solve Environmental Problems and Create Wealth
    Chicago Climate Exchange
    4/9/2008 Hedge Fund Discussion Group Dinner
    John DeTore, GRT United Alpha Funds and Kevin Maloney, Gottex Fund Management
    4/8/2008 The Commercial Real Estate Cycle: What Next?
    Bret Wilkerson, CEO, Property & Portfolio Research
    4/4/2008 3rd Annual Peter M. O'Farrell Lecture: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places
    Michael Mauboussin, Legg Mason
    4/3/2008 Research Management in Today's Regulatory Environment
    Panel of Speakers
    3/20/2008 The Global Bear Market: A True Trader's Perspective
    Dennis Gartman, The Gartman Letter
    3/13/2008 Asset Allocation and Security Selection
    Adrian Cronje, Wilmington Trust
    3/12/2008 Active Extensions in the Fund Level Context
    Martin Liebowitz, Morgan Stanley
    3/10/2008 Distressed Debt
    George Siguler, Siguler Guff
    3/4/2008 The New Job Security
    Pam Lassiter, Lassiter Consulting
    2/28/2008 Creative Cash Flow Reporting
    Dr. Charles Mulford, CPA
    2/27/2008 Prospective on Current State Finances
    Massachusetts State Treasurer Tim Cahill
    2/25/2008 Global Economic Challenges
    Stephen King, HSBC
    2/14/2008 The Changing Landscape of Retirement in the U.S.
    Alicia Munnell, Center for Retirement Research, Boston College
    2/7/2008 War Stories from Emerging Markets
    William Browder, Hermitage Fund
    2/4/2008 Measuring Corporate Integrity
    Jack Zwingli, CEO, Audit Integrity
    1/29/2008 Optimal Rebalancing: A Scalable Solution
    Mark Kritzman, Windham Capital Management
    1/24/2008 Job Markets for Investment Professionals
    Robert Gorog, CT Partners
    1/23/2008 The New Frontier of Emerging Markets
    Larry Speidell, Frontier Market Asset Management, LLC
    1/16/2008 We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us
    Langdon Wheeler, Numeric Investors
    1/10/2008 Investment Technology for Money Managers
    John Shea, CIO, Eaton Vance
    12/11/2007 Understanding the Subprime Mortgage Crisis
    Glenn Costello, Fitch Ratings
    12/10/2007 Alternative Energy Investing: Myths and Reality
    Panel Discussion with Armond Cohen, Clean Air Task Force; Jack Robinson, Winslow Management; Joe Sannicandro, Wood Mackenzie
    12/6/2007 Interviewing: Hidden Clues
    Janet Britcher, Transformation Management
    12/4/2007 Prime Brokerage and Hedge Funds
    Terry Travis, Goldman Sachs
    11/29/2007 Managing the Complete Firm in a Brave New World
    John Casey, Casey, Quirk & Associates
    11/26/2007 Aerospace Investment in a Skittish Market
    Cai von Rumohr, Cowen and Co.
    11/15/2007 Commodities: Real Asset Beta in Your Portfolio
    David Burkart, Barclays Global Investors
    11/14/2007 Are All Quants Alike ... or Not?
    Matthew Rothman, Lehman Brothers
    11/12/2007 XBRL: Adding Interactive Data to Digital Toolkit
    Glenn Doggett, CFA Institute and Michelle Savage, XBRL US
    10/29/2007 What Happened To The Quants in August 2007?
    Andy Lo, MIT
    10/25/2007 Wealth Management Seminar Day Two
    Panel of Speakers
    10/24/2007 Challenges and Opportunities in Global Custody
    Ron Logue, CEO, State Street Corp.
    10/24/2007 Wealth Management Seminar Day One
    Panel of Speakers
    10/18/2007 Historically Based Default and Recovery Models
    Ed Altman, NYU Stern School
    10/4/2007 Dispersion Trading/Basket Trading Strategies
    Geoff Wakeling, Bloomberg
    9/27/2007 Closing the GAAP
    Tony Cope
    9/24/2007 Writing Investment Commentary
    Susan Weiner, InvestmentWriting.com
    9/20/2007 How Long Can the Equity Bull Market Last?
    Allen Sinai, Decision Economics
    9/10/2007 Consultants and Money Managers
    Dick Charlton, CEO, NEPC