P&I's 2007 Transition Management conference - Sponsor Presentations

Thursday February 15, 2007 • Harvard Club • New York
Thursday March 1, 2007 • Four Seasons Hotel • San Francisco

SPEECH: How Transition Management Works
• Mercer Sentinel Group - Paul Sachs

WORKSHOP: Transition Solutions for Today’s Evolving Landscape
• Russell Investment Group - Brian Roberts

WORKSHOP: Busting the Top Transition Management Myths
• Northern Trust - Grant Johnsey

WORKSHOP: Insights From Over $2 Trillion in Portfolio Transitions
• State Street - Ross McLellan

WORKSHOP: An Intelligent Approach to Selecting the Optimal Portfolio Restructuring Implementation Strategy
• Citigroup - Fred Fogg

WORKSHOP: Best Practices in Transition Management - Let's Cut to the Chase
• Barclays Global Investors - Christopher R. Barr, CFA
• Barclays Global Investors - Ravi Goutam

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For additional information, please contact:
Helene deChappe                                     Joel Hauer
(212) 210-0765                                         (212) 210-0123
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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