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Event Journal

The following event articles track the various training programs and gatherings hosted by FIASI in recent months. Members may download accompanying PowerPoints and handouts in the presentation resource center. Note: you must be a member in good standing and logged into the site in order to access this resource.

Please also visit our events photo gallery.

Item title Event Date Description Resources
The Outlook for the U.S. Banking System 03/03/10

Tanya Azarchs, Managing Director, Standard & Poor’s Financial Institutions Ratings

The Outlook for the U.S. Banking System
2010: Only the Beginning - An Economist's Perspective 01/27/10 Ethan S. Harris, Head of North America Economics and Global Economics Coordinator
Bank of America Merrill Lynch 
(view his biography)
2010: Only the Beginning
The Municipal Bond Market: Challenges and the Way Forward 12/01/09

Andrew Kalotay, President, Andrew Kalotay Associates, Inc.
Amy Laskey, Managing Director - Head of the Tax-Supported Group, FitchRatings, Inc.
Laura Porter, Sen. Director - Head of the States Group, FitchRatings, Inc.

Listen to the audio recording from the event (logged in members only).

The Impact of the Recent Downturn on U.S. State Government Credit Quality (ppt)
The Impact of the Recent Downturn on Local Government Credit Quality
Municipal Bond Market: Challenges and the Way Forward
Commercial Real Estate - The Next Shoe 10/27/09 Darrell Wheeler of Citigroup Global Markets Commercial Real Estate (pdf)
Creating and running an independent fixed income research firm 09/16/09 Carol Levenson, CFA, Director of Research and co-founder of Gimme Credit Presentation Audio
World Economy, Global Asset Allocation and Relative Value 06/16/09 Jack Malvey, Former Chief Fixed Income Strategist, Lehman Brothers
US RMBS Tranches - Tinder for an Unprecedented Fire 05/26/09 John C. Hull, Professor, Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto How Risky were the Tranches Created From Mortgages? (ppt)
The State of the U.S. Residential Mortgage Market Two Years after the Financial Crisis Began 04/13/09 Laurie S. Goodman The State of the U.S. Residential Mortgage Market Two Years after the Financial Crisis Began (pdf)
Laurie S. Goodman Biography
Ed Mills Biography
A Mark-to-Market on "Fair Value Accounting" and Securities Valuation in the Financial Crisis 03/18/09

Alexey Surkov, Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Karl Mackelburg, ThomsonReuters
Shant Harootunian, Interactive Data

Review of the criticisms behind mark-to-market accounting standards and the valuation of illiquid assets in thinly-traded and distressed markets.

The Current Financial Crisis in Historical Perspective 01/20/09 Professor Richard Sylla, NYU History of Financial Crisis (ppt)

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