FIASI Hall of Fame recent inductee Rick Rieder (2013) was profiled in the Emory University alumni website for his work in Atlanta schools. Read more here: Emory University News

May 7, 2013, BNP Paribas Managing Director and FIASI Vice President Mark Howard was recently interviewed by Business News Network reporters. His views on certain current topics related to the corporate, high yield and sovereign debt markets can be seen in the videos attached below.

• Howard: Mark Howard from BNP Paribas is Interviewed

The Housing Recovery and the Outlook for the Agency and Non-Agency MBS Markets

• The US Mortgage Backed Securities market has benefited from central bank purchases and a recovery in domestic home prices.
• The US housing market is on solid footing, and home price appreciation is apt to continue.
• GSE reforms, steps to entice private capital into the market and a budding new issue market are also important developments to watch.

Speaker: Laurie S. Goodman from Amherst Securities and a 2009 FIASI Hall of Fame inductee

As always, members' participation is free. Non-member fee is $60.00.

Credit Market Case Study

Margaret Cannella teaches a series of credit markets courses at Columbia Business School, including "Credit Markets and Leveraged Buy-Outs: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly" and "From Feast to Famine and Back Again: Credit Markets 2003 to 2013". In connection with these courses, Columbia Business School has developed a series of case studies focusing on the key decisions that bankers, bondholders, shareholders, managements and boards face in complex credit situations. 

In a novel twist on our speaker series, we invite fixed income practitioners to review and participate in a case study to better learn how hedge funds and other arbitrageurs exploit capital structure situations. The expected case to study will be Caesar's Entertainment.

• Speaker: Margaret Cannella, Columbia Business School Professor and 2007 FIASI Hall of Fame inductee

 As always, members' participation is free. Non-member fee is $60.00.

Save the date!

FIASI's Annual Meeting will take place on June 26, 2013, from 6-8pm at an exciting new venue.

The Rooftop Lounge, Mad46 at The Roosevelt Hotel

Mad46 at the Roosevelt

Proxy vote information and event details will be announced shortly.

FIASI will soon conclude one of its best years ever in terms of activities for its members. Our programs have been very topical and relevant. A career event provided valuable insight to those who attended and the 2013 Hall of Fame Gala is still a topic of discussion among many. We hope you will be able to celebrate these successes and discuss plans for the future at our upcoming annual meeting and reception.