The international newspaper of money management January 6, 2009

The Largest U.S. Money Managers webcast

Monday, June 2 • 2:00 - 2:30 EDT

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Go deeper into Pensions & Investments' annual look at the largest money managers as we pick apart the data and put it all back together with two industry heavyweights - Kevin Quirk from Casey Quirk and Ben Phillips from Jefferies Putnam Lovell.

In this webcast, we will discuss:

• Where the assets are flowing and which strategies are growing in popularity and which ones are not.

• How the credit crisis has hit the biggest money managers and what they're doing about it.

• What our experts think about 2008 so far and get their forecasts for the industry for the rest of the year.

Panelists will discuss findings and answer your questions regarding P&I's annual survey of the Largest U.S. Money Managers, which publishes May 26.

Featured Panelists & Moderator

	Kevin Quirk Partner Casey Quirk & Associates LLC
	Ben Phillips Managing Director and Head of Strategic Research Jefferies Putnam Lovell
	Moderator: Greg Crawford Online Editor Pensions & Investments

Highlights

Regulatory jeopardy?

Three key defined contribution proposed regulations could be in jeopardy because the Department of Labor failed to win White House approval far enough ahead of the change in presidential administrations. Read more

Blocking Bernie

Bernie Madoff stood little chance of luring U.S institutions into his alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme because elite U.S. hedge fund-of-funds managers stood solidly in the way. Read more

Port my alpha

Some institutional investors are ending their portable alpha programs and others are scaling back as a painful year in the markets winds down. Read more

Size matters

The financial debacles that have roiled markets this year have put an unprecedented emphasis on counterparty risk, and money managers like Metropolitan West's Tad Rivelle believe the best-capitalized brokerage firms will gain the most business. Read more

In the house

Officials from some of the top pension funds globally are ramping up their internal absolute-return capabilities. Read more

Bright star

By not straying from her core investment philosophy that bonds are the anchor for a portfolio, Christina Seix, founder of the fixed income shop that bears her name, suffered a bit in 2005 and 2006 but in today’s climate, she’s shining bright. Read more

Cash back

After years of sprucing up their portfolios with exotic allocations like portable alpha and infrastructure, institutional investors are making room for a more mundane addition: cash. Read more