ADVISORY/U.S. Rep. John J. LaFalce, FASB, SIA, AIMR, NIRI and Others to Discuss Market Reform and Investor Confidence at NYSSA Panel.Business Editors ADVISORY...for Tuesday Tuesday: see week. (Aug. 6) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Are more corporate scandals A corporate scandal is a scandal involving allegations of unethical behavior by people acting within or on behalf of a corporation. A corporate scandal sometimes involves accounting fraud of some sort. on the horizon? Is the "investor crisis of confidence" coming to an end? Is more market reform needed? The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA Nyssa (nĭs`ə), name of several ancient cities devoted to the worship of Dionysus. The best known of them is a town of Cappadocia, Asia Minor, near the Halys (now the Kizil Irmak) River. It was the residence of St. Gregory of Nyssa. ), a member of the Association for Investment Management and Research(R) (AIMR AIMR See Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR). (R)), will gather together leaders in business, accounting, financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. and government to discuss the current issues surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. the capital markets and to give their perspectives on where these issues are headed. The panel also will discuss economic, business and investment implications of the "crisis of confidence."
Panelists:
-- Thomas A. Bowman, CFA; president and CEO, AIMR
-- John J. Castellani, president, The Business Roundtable
-- Robert H. Herz, chairman, Financial Accounting Standards Board
-- Marc E. Lackritz, president, Securities Industry Association
-- U.S. Rep. John J. LaFalce, D-New York
-- Delos Smith, senior business analyst, The Conference Board
-- Louis M. Thompson, Jr., president and CEO, National Investor
Relations Institute
-- Byron Wein, managing director and senior investment
strategist, Morgan Stanley
When: Tuesday, August 6, 2002
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (lunch)
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (panel discussion)
2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. (press briefing)
Where: Princeton Club, James Madison Room
15 West 43rd St. (between 5th and 6th avenues)
New York, New York
To listen to a live Webcast of the panel discussion, visit
www.aimrdirect.org.
Topics:
-- Corporate governance
-- Analyst integrity and independence
-- Accounting practices and policies
-- Governmental regulation
-- Implications for the investment markets
RSVP: To register, visit www.nyssa.org/events/semreg.html.
On-site registrations are available, space permitting.
Note: To access the live audio Webcast of this event, plus a taped
presentation by Thomas Bowman, CFA and an archived video of
the program, visit www.aimrdirect.org. Transcripts will be
available through www.aimrdirect.org or by contacting Kathy
Valentine at kathy.valentine@aimr.org.
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