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| October 6, 2008 |
Investment Strategy Update
Alternative Investments - Where Do We Go From Here? Hosted by DePaul University - Center for Financial Services 3:30 - 5:00 pm DePaul Center, 1 E. Jackson - Room 8005 Refreshments from 5:00 - 5:30 Join us to hear from industry practitioners about the impact of market turmoil on the legal and investment environment for hedge funds and the implications for portfolio allocation strategies. Panelists: David Matteson, Partner, Drinker Biddle and Reath LLP; Hilary Til, Principa and Co-founder, Premia Capital Management LLC; Tom Sowanick, Chief Investment Officer, Clearbrook Research. Moderator: Omer Ahmed, President, Abaris Capital Advisers RSVP: Space is limited. Reservations are encouraged. Email kglenn@depaul.edu or call 312-362-7531. |
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| October 6, 2008 |
Japan-America Society presents Professor Heizo Takenaka
Union League Club of Chicago 65 W. Jackson Blvd. (Main Lounge) Chicago, IL 60604 11:30 a.m. – 1:30pm Professor Heizo Takenaka brings unique and important perspective as both the main theorist and also the main implementer of Japan's structural fiscal and economic reforms under Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Professor Takenaka served from 2001 to 2005 as Minister for Economic/Fiscal Policy and Privatization of the Postal Services, among other posts, and also served as an elected member of the House of Councillors. Profesor Takenaka is currently Director of the Global Security Research Institute at Keio University. $45 JASC & JCCC Members/$55 Non-Members Tables of 10 available for $450 JASC & JCCC Members/$550 Non-Members Reservations: Pay Pal www.jaschicago.org or (312) 263-3049. Pre-payment required no later than October 3. |
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| October 6 - 7, 2008 |
4th Annual New York Value Investing Congress
New York City Learn from BRILLIANT INVESTORS including Bill Ackman, Leon G. Cooperman, David Einhorn, Mohnish Pabrai, and Mark Sellers, with many more to come! *** MEMBERS OF THE CFA SOCIETY OF CHICAGO SAVE $1300! *** Register by 9/10 at www.ValueInvestingCongress.com and use discount code N8CFACH to receive an additional $300 off the early bird rate - a total savings of $1300. |
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| October 21 - 22, 2008 |
HFR Industry Summit: Outlook 2009 Location: Peninsula Hotel in Chicago The event is a private engagement featuring some of the industry's most influential hedge fund managers and most sophisticated and significant investors. The structure of the event will be a 1 day General Session featuring 4 Strategy Sessions: Macro, Equity Hedge, Event Driven & Credit and Relative Value. Each of these sessions will contain 4 hedge fund managers, who will sequentially and independently each address the general audience on the most relevant themes in their strategy, the overall industry or specific to their fund, focusing intently of characterization of the most compelling opportunities moving forward. Online info is at: https://www.hedgefundresearch.com/summit/index.php?fuse=summit&1219086225 |
| October 22, 2008 |
Invest Japan Symposium 2008: Perspectives on Corporate Governance in M&A in Japan
Hosted by JETRO The Chicago Club (81 E. Van Buren St., Chicago), 10:30am-12:00pm No charge to attend, but registration is required. Japan's corporate governance practices are under increasing scrutiny as share prices reach historic lows and the struggles of high profile foreign activist shareholders are highlighted in the Press. Given the high interest in this matter, JETRO, the Japanese trade organization has decided to feature relevant speakers and panelists at its upcoming Invest Japan seminar in Chicago. Speakers include representatives from METI, the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Nikko Citi, and the discussion will be moderated by Drew Edwards, an international value investor at the Chicago investment manager, Advisory Research, Inc. Registration is available to CFA members through the JETRO website: www.jetro.org/symp2008 |
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| October 24, 2008 |
Financial Services for the Coming Retirement Boom
The Center for Financial Services at DePaul University will sponsor a conference that will look at this issue through a series of panels and workshops introduced with a keynote address by Rick Waddell, CEO of Northern Trust. Other Speakers include representatives from LPL Financial Services, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Northern Trust, US Trust Bank of America and Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois. This is a free event, but registration is required by Friday, October 17th. Please call Helene Crothers at 312-362-5801 or email her at hcrother@depaul.edu to register. If you have questions about the program, please contact Bill Obenshain at 312-362-8922 or wobensha@depaul.edu. |
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| November 3, 2008 |
Certificate in Quantitative Finance (CQF) Information Session UBS Tower (Free) Paul Wilmott - www.wilmott.com - will deliver an information session on the Certificate in Quantitative Finance (CQF). This qualification has been assigned 40 CPD points - the maximum number available under the CFA Institute's CPD Accreditation scheme. The CQF is a high-level training course for individuals working in, or intending to move into, derivatives, risk management or trading, at banks and hedge funds. For further details about the qualification please visit www.7city.com/cqf. Registration for the information session is free. Please email Geoff Brown at g.brown@7city.com to reserve your place for the event. |
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| November 3 - 4, 2008 |
CRSP Forum 2008
November 3-4, 2008 Gleacher Center 450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive Chicago, Illinois 60611 Hosted by the Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (Chicago GSB) The program includes keynote speakers, panel sessions, and forty presentations of scholarly research covering a wide range of financial, economic and corporate governance issues, from a distinguished group of academicians and corporate researchers. Economics Panel includes Dr. Edward Lazear, Chairman of The President's Council of Economic Advisers. Indices Panel includes George U. (Gus) Sauter, Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of the Vanguard Group Inc. To learn more, or to register, please visit http://www.crsp.uchicago.edu/forum/index.html or call Heidi Singh at 312-263-6163. Chicago CFA Members - enter CHICFA in the Promotion Code box during registration to save $150 on the Corporate Registration Fee, before October 18, 2008. |