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Featured Industry: Financial
Industry Events
- April 23-24, 2009: Student Loans Financing Congress.
The Student Loan market is not immune from the credit and liquidity squeeze in the capital markets. However, student loans are universally recognized as essential to the economic, social, and cultural growth of the nation. Just as Washington has stepped in to bolster liquidity in the housing sector, the new Administration and Congress will most assuredly be taking steps to ensure the continued availability of student lending. The Obama Administration and the new Congress are very likely to propose additional legislation and other steps to increase market liquidity in the vital student loan sector. The question is not whether steps will be taken – the question is: what steps do you need to take to adapt to the new student lending environment? Find out more.
- April 28-29, 2009: Distressed & Turnaround Investment Forum, Chicago, IL.
The demand for turnaround management expertise is expected to escalate in 2009. Why? When credit was free-flowing, it was easy for troubled companies to borrow their way out of distress. But in today's tight-credit market, systemic problems in highly leveraged portfolio companies are becoming more apparent – and critical management issues need to be addressed head-on. How can turnaround management methodologies be employed to enhance exit strategies in these tumultuous times? Join private equity and other investors who are seeking solutions. Find out more.
- June 2-3, 2009: Global ABS 2009, London, UK.
In the midst of significant global change and uncertainty, securitization market participants are all asking important strategic questions about the future. It has never been more important for key market participants – regulators, government officials and all private sector participants – to come together to discuss what their markets should look like in the future, given the importance of securitization to the real economy. The ESF/IMN Global ABS event is the perfect forum for those discussions and senior-level networking to occur. Find out more.
- June 8, 2009: 9th Annual Scandinavian Institutional Investors Forum, Stockholm, Sweden.
Under the banner From New Deal to Real Deal: Engineering the Investment Strategy of a New Era, the conference will bring together public pension scheme executives, trustees, consultants, investment banks and fund managers from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and beyond to discuss the reshaping of the institutional portfolio in response to the current fiscal crisis. The Scandinavian Institutional Investors Summit brings together institutional investors, consultants, investment banking professionals and asset managers from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden to learn how other pension plans around the world are strategizing for the year ahead. The Scandinavian Institutional Investors Summit challenges conventional wisdom through an agenda of presentations, panel and roundtable discussions on asset allocation, risk management and investment policy as well as innovative and traditional investment strategies. Find out more.
- November 5-6, 2009: The 7th Annual South African Securitisation & Debt Capital Markets Summit, Cape Town South Africa.
The South African Securitization and Debt Capital Markets communities once again convene for their annual gathering of industry leaders to discuss the fallout from the credit crisis and its effect on issuance and market activity in sub-Saharan Africa. Now in its seventh year and boasting 500 registrants in 2008 in spite of dire market conditions, IMN's Cape Town conference continues to be regarded by market participants as the must-attend annual event for the industry. Find out more.
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