Institute for International Research

When: 03-December-08, 2:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M.
Time Zone: Eastern Standard Time (US and Canada)
Cost: FREE - Online Registration is OPEN

WEB SEMINAR DESCRIPTION: 

The United States has a new president. He has promised change and a strong focus on renewing stagnating financials during one of the worst disasters to ever befall the global capitalist economy.

We offer you a unique web seminar about the post-election credit freeze, and how the private placements industry will be measuring and executing on the value of relationships in workouts and in establishing strategy for existing holdings in the months to come.

Web seminar discussion points:

• What is to be expected of the private placements market and industry after the election of Barack Obama to president?
• What impact will TARP have on the insurance sector, and will it be affected at all?
• Evaluating the impact of the current financial crisis on the market, and beyond that, assessing what can be done by the bankers, the investors and issuers to step back into the market
• Discussion of financial data and its relation to macro concerns and opportunities in the market, what it means for the industry in 2009
• A brief discussion of relationship management, during workouts, and an overall assessment of what the workout situation will look like in 2009

Speakers:

Terry Martin, Managing Director, Global Head – Private Placements
J.P. Morgan
Mark Nichols, Principal
Global Capital Advisors

About the Speakers:

Mark K. Nichols is a 30-year veteran of Bank of America. With over 13 years experience as a Managing Director in the Private Placement Group of Banc of America Securities, LLC, Nichols helped build the largest private placement franchise in the market.

Working in a firm that ranked continuously #1 in traditional private placements for more than a decade, Nichols gained broad experience in the execution and distribution of corporate, sovereign and structured names; both high grade and high yield; including  extensive experience in arranging cross-border corporate transactions out of Europe, India, Latin America and Australia.