US Housing Secretary to address REI conference.Henry G. Cisneros, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, will be the featured speaker at the fifth annual "Pension Fund Investment in Real Estate" conference, to be sponsored by 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 University's Real Estate Institute on Monday and Tuesday, May 23rd and 24th, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Secretary Cisneros will address a 12:15 p.m. luncheon on Monday in the Hilton Room on the subject "Economically Targeted Investing - The Time Has Come: The Role of Domestic Pension Plans in the Building and Rebuilding of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ." Arthur Zabarkes, director of the Real Estate Institute, said the conference will bring together the nation's leading real estate and investment experts to share their insights into the complex decisions facing those responsible for pension funds. The event will provide managers, investment advisors and trustees with cutting edge investment strategies for 1994 and beyond. The Real Estate Institute's Pension Conference will address such topical questions as: Where are the most lucrative opportunities for real estate investment abroad? How will future demographic changes affect real estate investment? What will the future demand for and use of office space be like? How have Real Estate Investment Trusts impacted the real estate market? Do foreclosed and troubled real estate properties provide opportunities for the institutional investor Institutional Investor A non-bank person or organization that trades securities in large enough share quantities or dollar amounts that they qualify for preferential treatment and lower commissions. ? At the Tuesday luncheon, William Orme, Jr., author of "Continental Shift: Free Trade and the New North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. ," will speak on "How the Passage of NAFTA NAFTA in full North American Free Trade Agreement Trade pact signed by Canada, the U.S., and Mexico in 1992, which took effect in 1994. Inspired by the success of the European Community in reducing trade barriers among its members, NAFTA created the world's Will Affect Real Estate Investment." The general chairman of the conference is Stanley L. Iezman, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of American Realty Advisors of Glendale, California. Serving as moderators and panelists will be trustees and investment officers of major pension plans from the public and private sector. Among them, the Virginia Retirement System, the State of New York, the IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Retirement Fund and E.I. Dupont de Nemours & Company, Inc. |
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