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November 19th , 2008 - James L. Allen Center - Evanston Campus

WELCOME TO THE KELLOGG FINANCE CONFERENCE

"The Power of Leverage and Liquidity"

On behalf of the Kellogg Finance Conference Committee, we are pleased to welcome you to the Kellogg Finance Conference.

Thank you to all of the conference Key Note Speakers, Panelists and attendees. WIth over 200 attendees the 2008 Kellogg Finance Conference was a tremendous success. We look forward to seeing you at the 2009 Kellogg Finance Conference.

CONFERENCE TICKETS HAVE SOLD OUT
No Walk-ups will be admitted.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Michael Gross '87
Principal Partner, Magnetar Capital

Leo Tilman
President, L.M. Tilman & Co. and Former Chief Institutional Strategist at Bear Stearns

 

Conference Panels

The Future of M&A

This panel will examine the dynamics of the M&A market in the new competitive landscape. With tightening of credit how has the relationship between banks and PE firms changed in terms of financing and deal participation? Have bigger PE firms started invading the middle market space in search of deals? [More]

Trends in Alternative Investments, Outlook for 2009 & Beyond

This panel will explore the future of Alternative Investments with an emphasis on emerging asset classes and strategies. Will investors look beyond the BRICs to the Frontier markets? Which hedge fund strategies will generate true Alpha? Will commodities become an integral part of retail protfolios? [More]

Risk Management in the Era of Black Swans

This will be a discussion of different approaches to risk management with a special emphasis on dealing with large-impact and rare events. The panel will approach this issue from the point of view of investment banks, commercial banks and hedge funds and attemp to look at how different actors define risk and how they manage tradeoff between short term returns and long term risk. [More]


 

Also at Kellogg School of Management on Thursday November 20th - Risk Summit