The annual meeting of the Fixed Income Analysts Society will be held on Wednesday, June 17, 2009.   » Member Login Members must be logged in to register to attend. The evening will begin at 5:30pm with registration and refreshments. The business meeting will begin promptly at 6:00pm, at which time the officers and at-large board members election will take place. The proxy vote and board biographies links are below (you must be signed in to view the proxy vote link).

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The meeting location is:

The Williams Club
24 East 39th Street
New York, New York 10016

After our business meeting, at approximately 6:45 pm, we will be privileged to hear the latest views and opinions from FIASI Hall of Famer and Lehman Brothers' long time Chief  Fixed Income Strategist, Jack Malvey.  Now that Jack is in high demand as an independent consultant and not publishing his much sought after opinions, his insights regarding the world economy, global asset allocation and relative value will be of interest to many.

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

While registering for this event please be sure to explore our updated job postings.

On Tuesday, February 24, 2009, the Fixed Income Analysts Society celebrated its 14th Annual Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Dinner. The event was attended by over 200 people, and held at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. Three individuals were inducted into the Hall of Fame:

• Keith Anderson, Chief Investment Officer
  Soros Fund Management, LLC
• Laurie Goodman, Managing Director
  Amherst Securities Group
• John C. Hull, Professor
  Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto

Click the names above to learn more about the inductee (all introductions and speeches will be made available in coming weeks).

You may also view the photo gallery from the event.

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FIASI is pleased to announce an Intensive Bootcamp offered by Baruch College:

Attilio Meucci

Advanced Risk and Portfolio Management

http://www.bloomberg.com/promo/Aug/34255767/arpm.html

The Only Heavily Quantitative, Omni-Comprehensive, Intensive Bootcamp

August 17-22, 2009, Baruch College , New York

This six-day course covers all aspects of quantitative risk and portfolio management from the foundations to the newest developments:

• Multivariate statistics and stochastic processes
• Market modeling
• Multivariate estimation in non-normal markets
• Pricing
• Generalized risk decomposition
• Advanced portfolio management techniques

The most advanced statistical and optimization techniques are thoroughly explained in theory and visualized in practice with live MATLAB examples. The course grants 40 CE credits for CFA Institute members.

Audience
Buy-side professionals, Sell-side professionals, Academics and Students

Instructor: Attilio Meucci leads the research effort of Bloomberg ALPHA, the portfolio analytics and risk platform at Bloomberg L.P. He taught over ten executive training courses on three continents and is the author of Risk and Asset Allocation, Springer Finance, 2005.

Certification: Upon successful completion of an elective three-hour proctored exam, participants will be awarded a Certificate in Advanced Risk and Portfolio Management. The exam will be offered at the nearest Bloomberg office on Saturday, October 24, 2009.

Dates: Monday August 17 through Saturday August 22, 8:30am-6:00pm

Location: Baruch College-CUNY, 55 Lexington Avenue (at 24th Street ), New York

Cost: $950 for FIASI members. Inquire at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for special group rates

Detailed program, more information, and registration: www.baruch.cuny.edu/math/arpm2009/
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