12 ноября 2008 г.

CFA Association Russia maintains the tradition of organizing regular professional events for the local financial community. On Wednesday, November 12, 2008, at 09:30AM, the first webcast event in this season took place at IFC Moscow office. This time, Association members and CFA candidates had the opportunity to attend the pre-recorded presentation "Where Are We Now in the Crisis and How Far Will It Go?", by Nouriel Roubini, who originally called the Credit Crisis.

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

(a) What is the outlook for the U.S. economy in these troubled times?

(b) How will the performance of the U.S. economy affect the performance of other economies?

(c) What is the outlook for inflation? Will we see a return to stagflation?

SPEAKER'S BIOGRAPHY

Nouriel Roubini is a faculty member at Stern School of Business. Previously, he was on the faculty of Yale University. Professor Roubini was the founder of rgemonitor.com and is an internationally known expert in the field of international macroeconomics. He has served as the senior economist for international affairs on the White House Council of Economic Advisors and as a senior advisor at the U.S. Treasury Department. He has published numerous policy papers and books on key international macroeconomic issues and is regularly cited as an authority in the media. Professor Roubini received an undergraduate degree at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy, and his PhD in economics at Harvard University.

The presentation was followed by a podcast, "Managing the Previously Unimaginable: Lessons from the Leverage Unwinds", From the 2008 Fixed-Income Management conference.

In this podcast, Mohamed A. El-Erian discussed the following topics:

Navigating developments that were once thought to be unimaginable. Understanding the drivers of this change. Determining what it means for fixed-income strategies going forward

This podcast comprised a 30-minute presentation and a 21-minute question-and-answer session.

Mohamed A. El-Erian is co-CEO and co-CIO of PIMCO. Previously, he served as president and CEO of Harvard Management Company and as managing director at Salomon Smith Barney/Citigroup. Dr. El-Erian has also served as a member of the faculty of Harvard Business School and has written on the topics of international economics and finance. He is currently a board member of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and a member of the U.S. Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee and the IMF's Capital Markets Consultative Group. Dr. El-Erian holds a BA in economics from Cambridge University and master's and doctoral degrees in economics from Oxford University.