CFASF Announces Fixed Income Panel: Outlook for Bond Market

June 7, 2011 - PRLog -- Contact:
CFA Society of San Francisco
Bill Kan, CFA and Alan Wong, CFA; PR Co-Chairs
415-713-6130 (Kan) or 510-847-2214 (Wong)
email prchair@cfasanfrancisco.org


CFASF Announces Fixed Income Panel: Outlook for Bond Market

San Francisco, June 8, 2011

CFA Society of San Francisco announces it will host a Fixed Income Panel luncheon on Wednesday, June 8, 2011. The event takes place at the Ritz Carlton Hotel at 600 Stockton Street, San Francisco from 11:00 am to 2:35 pm.

Accredited media may attend the event at no charge. The cost is $65 for members of the CFASF and $75 for non-members.

Many cross currents are running through the bond market, including  reduced expectations for economic growth, the end of QE2, downgrades to sovereign debt, the debt ceiling and concerns about inflation.  It has also resulted in a lack of consensus within the investment community.  BlackRock and PIMCO's biggest fund managers have taken different views regarding how the bond market will fare after QE2. Our distinguished panelists from Barclays Capital, BlackRock, PIMCO and UC Regents will present their outlooks on the fixed income market.  The presentation will include an opportunity for audience Q & A.

Panelists
•   Dean Maki, Ph.D., Managing Director and Chief US Economist, Barclays Capital
•   Rick Rieder, Chief Investment Officer of Fundamental Fixed Income Portfolios, BlackRock
•   Scott Simon, Managing Director and Head of the Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Teams, PIMCO
•   Randy Wedding, Senior Managing Director, Fixed Income, Office of the Treasurer, UC Regents
•   Moderator: Renee Kuo, Managing Director, Citadel Securities

The event is chaired by CFA Society of San Francisco President Satish Swamy, CFA.

CFA Society of San Francisco is a non-profit membership organization for financial practitioners, and is one of 131 member societies of CFA Institute. Serving more than 2,900 members in the Bay Area, CFASF’s mission is to promote high standards of competence and ethics as embodied in the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation; encourage the professional development of its members through continuing education, social interaction and the exchange of investment ideas and information; and enhance awareness of the investment profession and CFA® designation within the community.

More information is available at www.cfasanfrancisco.org