In these important times the International Financial Law Review and Euromoney Seminars presents their inaugural European Securities Litigation Conference. This will be one of your most important chances to prepare for the turbulence of the coming years through hearing the top experts in the field discuss the most pressing issues and building business networks with the most European securities litigation industry participants. It will also be an excellent opportunity for you to show case your own abilities to a large audience of key decision makers.
Key issues to be discussed at this conference will include:
· An in depth look at the credit crunch’s worst and best securities regulations and a discussion of what regulation will be needed going forward and what changes will actually be put in place.
· The prospects for securities class actions and the looming threat of activist shareholders.
· A look at the challenges and opportunities faced by the European securities litigation industry.
· What a European investor can expect in an American securities litigation case.
· Dealing with increasingly complex disclosure and accounting standards in an ever evolving market.
Confirmed speakers to date include:
LorraineCharlton, Executive Director, Regulatory Policy, SIFMA
Hubert Grignon-Dumoulin, Head of Issuers and Market Regulation, Luxembourg Stock Exchange
David Wilson, Managing Director and Legal Counsel, Goldman Sachs
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Ask-A-Recruiter: Networking Success Stories
Ask A RecruiterAs a career coach and recruiter, I have followed many careers. I have also seen many examples of networking success: A PhD in molecular biology makes key venture capital contacts (and eventually lands a VC job) after tracking down a fellow PhD in molecular biology who is now a senior banker;
An art assistant lands an art director position at a national magazine, after regular contact with her former boss (now editor of the magazine) puts her in the right place at the right time; A management consultant transitions into recruiting after a former colleague hires her into her search firm; A little league basketball coach gets a job interview at one of his dream firms because it turns out he is coaching the son of a top executive there.
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European Securities Litigation Conference
NewsIn these important times the International Financial Law Review and Euromoney Seminars presents their inaugural European Securities Litigation Conference. This will be one of your most important chances to prepare for the turbulence of the coming years through hearing the top experts in the field discuss the most pressing issues and building business networks with the most European securities litigation industry participants. It will also be an excellent opportunity for you to show case your own abilities to a large audience of key decision makers.
Key issues to be discussed at this conference will include:
· An in depth look at the credit crunch’s worst and best securities regulations and a discussion of what regulation will be needed going forward and what changes will actually be put in place.
· The prospects for securities class actions and the looming threat of activist shareholders.
· A look at the challenges and opportunities faced by the European securities litigation industry.
· What a European investor can expect in an American securities litigation case.
· Dealing with increasingly complex disclosure and accounting standards in an ever evolving market.
Confirmed speakers to date include:
LorraineCharlton, Executive Director, Regulatory Policy, SIFMA
Hubert Grignon-Dumoulin, Head of Issuers and Market Regulation, Luxembourg Stock Exchange
David Wilson, Managing Director and Legal Counsel, Goldman Sachs
For more information, or to Register
The CFO Green Conference: Making Sustainability Cost Effective
NewsJoin us for our second annual CFO Green Conference being held in New York City. This year’s focus is on the cost/benefit proposition of the green movement in Corporate America and will address the problem of staying on course with such initiatives in troubled times. CFOs have a fiduciary responsibility to their shareholders and they must balance the push to go green with protecting long-term shareholder value. Attend this event and hear how your peers are succeeding and what steps they have taken to gain their success.Now, more than ever, you need to attend this conference and learn how you can go green amidst a downturn!
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Growing your Business in a Down Economy
NewsSome business wags say “flat” is the new “up”, but our panel will give you practical strategies for INCREASING sales and profits – even in a recession!
The U.S. economy is experiencing its worst crisis since at least 1982, and some say perhaps even since the Great Depression. Companies across the industry spectrum are struggling to manage these difficult times and the outlook for 2009 is highly uncertain. Private equity and venture funds are rationing capital and performing triage on their portfolios. While many businesses will founder, however, others will take advantage of the current environment to grow stronger and distance themselves from their competitors, positioning their companies for possibly significant outperformance when the economy improves.
What strategies separate the winners from the losers?
How can you – as an investor, business owner, employee, or advisor – do all you can to ensure success?
Who should attend this event?
Our panel of experts includes representatives from a couple of the area’s leading investment firms, and two of their portfolio companies that are doing well despite being in some of the most troubled sectors of all – financial services and real estate! Join us to get their practical advice on the strategies and tactics they are using to not just survive, but prosper in today’s economy.
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Space is limited and will fill up quickly.
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Reception includes light refreshments.
It is important that you register in advance for this event so that the security desk will have your name upon arrival. Go up the escalators to the VISITOR CENTER located on the second floor. Please bring a photo ID and allow yourself additional time to get through security. The building entrance is at 45th Street between Lexington and Vanderbilt Avenues.
Moving Forward: Success stories from inspirational women
NewsLast year was an incredible year for women. A woman led the FDIC through one of the toughest economic years since the Great Depression. A woman fought for the ticket to become President of the United States. Another woman was on the ticket for Vice President of the United States. Women are breaking through the so-called “glass ceiling” in politics and business and are leading the way to the future. To put more momentum into this trend during such challenging times, requires insight, input and inspiration. To discuss the challenges women face today and the answers they can provide for a better tomorrow, please join us for Moving Forward.
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Managing the Social and Resource Challenges: Building a New Corporate Agenda
NewsWhether the issue is climate change, economic growth, or accountability, multinational companies today are under unprecedented pressure to play their part in solving the major global challenges. Businesses are increasingly expected not only to create jobs, profits and new technologies, but also have positions on complex public policies. At the same time, critics see big business as the cause of many of the world’s problems, and are concerned by what they see as the expanding influence of business on government policies. This annual Chatham House conference, produced in partnership with FTSE, will bring together leading experts from business, civil society and government to discuss the challenges that will shape the 21st century.
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Policy and Action Day 2009
NewsDo you want to be part of the change happening in Washington, DC?
Do you want equal pay for equal work? Do you need time off to take care of a sick child or family member but can’t afford it? Do you want to have enough money when you retire?
BPW/USA’s Policy and Action Day 2009 is for you! Join with hundreds of BPW/USA members and working women advocates just like you to lobby and learn in the Nation’s Capitol.
Questions? Please contact BPW/USA at 202-293-1100 or email to policy@bpwusa.org.
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High Tech Contributions and Policies that Enable the Smart Grid
NewsThe Women’s High Tech Coalition and the Women’s Council on Energy and the Environment are teaming to present an exciting event that will highlight high tech contributions that enable and empower the Smart Grid. These contributions range from semiconductors and electronic components, to software, hardware, applications and payment systems all driving optimization of the fields of generation, distribution and use of energy. Audience will learn about smart grid technology innovations, policy drivers and obstacles, and deployment benefits and challenges.
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The Tension of the High Achieving New Mom
Work-LifeI started off as a coach for high-performing off-ramping women – women who step off the fast track to care for young babies – because I believed that was what I needed when I left my fast track job to care for my two boys born 16 months apart. I’d read the research about how these women lose their confidence and how the few that successfully returned to the workforce returned to lower pay and slower (mommy) tracks, and I wanted to do something about it.
After a few months of coaching only women out of the workforce (paid for by the employer they left who wanted them to come back), a potential corporate client asked if I would coach women who were still working. Specifically, they wanted me to coach three high-potential women who were pregnant. The Chief Diversity Officer said to me, “We find that these women who have achieved a lot in a short time, rising rapidly through the ranks, are the ones most likely not to return after maternity leave or they return and then quit after a few months.” It didn’t make sense to her that these were the women who left because they were the ones usually on executive track and therefore had more to lose! I accepted the assignment and learned so much from it that approximately 80% of the women I now coach are in the workforce, are not planning to “off-ramp” anytime soon, and are successfully dealing with what I call the tension of the high-achieving new mom.
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Corporate Counsel Webseries: Securities Enforcement Trends – SEC and DOJ Respond to the Crisis
NewsPublic outcry resulting from the ongoing financial market turbulence and corresponding loss of investor confidence has given the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a clear mandate to bring to justice the individuals and firms that contributed to the current crisis. Taking advantage of new leadership and resources to try to restore domestic and international trust in our national markets, these agencies are responding to this call to action by reinvigorating their approaches to investigation and enforcement.Please join Suzanne McDermott, Chief Compliance Officer and Associate General Counsel of Halcyon Asset Management LLC, and Bruce Bettigole and Sean Casey, both formerly with the DOJ and the SEC and now partners in Mayer Brown’s Securities Enforcement & Investigations group, for a discussion of recent developments in securities enforcement, including:
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