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The Best of NERA V
Tuesday, July 29th • 3:00 pm ET
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| David Ellis (left) and James Jordan, The Best of NERA II, July 27, 2005 |
Top presentations from the recent NERA Economic Consulting Finance, Law and Securities Litigation conference will be featured in the fifth anniversary "The Best of NERA," broadcast online on Tuesday, July 29th at 3:00 pm ET. Since its inaugural broadcast in 2004, "The Best of NERA" has welcomed more than 5,000 visitors.
Moderated by Professor Theresa Gabaldon of The George Washington University Law School, "The Best of NERA V" will feature:
- Dr. Elaine Buckberg on SEC enforcement actions;
- Stephanie Lee on auction-rate securities; and
- Dr. Chudozie Okongwu on subprime issues.
Over the years, "The Best of NERA" has discussed a variety of topics in securities regulation, including:
- assessing financial conditions and anticipating financial distress (Jeffrey Baliban); fraudulent conveyance (Elaine Buckberg); and restatements in light of Sarbanes-Oxley (Paul Hinton), The Best of NERA I, July 27, 2004
- hedging restricted funds (David Ellis); analysis of the diversification of investment funds (James Jordan); and economies of scale in mutual funds (Stephanie Plancich), The Best of NERA II, July 27, 2005
- disgorgement (Elaine Buckberg); options backdating (Patrick Conroy); and mutual fund advisory fees (Faten Sabry), The Best of NERA III, July 25, 2006
- market manipulation – managing regulatory and legal risks (Sharon Brown-Hruska); specialist trading (Patrick Conroy); and commodity market manipulation (Robert Mackay); The Best of NERA IV, July 31, 2007
"The Best of NERA" was envisioned by Carla Rosati, Society Executive Director and creator of the virtual museum and archive, and Dr. Andrew Carron of NERA Economic Consulting when they first met in November 2003. Dr. Carron is now NERA’s President and a member of the Society’s Board of Trustees; Dr. Vinita Juneja, NERA Senior Vice President and Chair of Global Securities and Finance Practice, currently oversees the planning of the program. NERA Economic Consulting continues to sponsor the program, which will be available free of charge and without prior registration to all visitors.
2007 Annual Report and Highlights of 2007
Read the 2007 Annual Report of the SEC Historical Society, including the audited financial statements and the list of donors to the Society in 2007. Highlights of 2007 provides narrative on the Society’s activities during 2007.