Distinguished Speaker Series: After the Recession! An Explanation of the Long Run Issues Facing the Country Presented by William Poole Former President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and Senior Advisor to Merk Investments CFA Institute CE Eligible ***Pre-registration is closed; on-site registration will be available.*** |
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This event is closed for registration
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| Date: |
3/19/09 |
| Time: |
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
| Member Cost: |
$25.00 |
| Nonmember Cost: |
$45.00 |
| CFASF Review Student Cost: |
$25.00 |
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Presentation will begin at 3:15 p.m., and will be followed by a networking social hour with hosted hors d'ouvres.
On-site registration, if available, will cost an additional $10.
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| Refund Policy: |
Cancellations must be received by Noon on March 16th. No shows who have not pre-paid will be invoiced. To cancel, please email meetings@cfasanfrancisco.org.
Please be advised that if you do not show up by 3:20 p.m., your seat may be forfeited. If you show up after 3:20 p.m. and your seat has been re-sold, you will be entitled to a refund. |
| Location: |
Palace Hotel, Ralston Ballroom |
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2 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco |
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Speaker(s):
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William Poole, Former President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and Senior Advisor to Merk Investments |
| Chair(s): |
Dan Brady, CFA |
| Event Description: |
William Poole, former President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, will address the current financial and economic landscape.
Currently, Poole is Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, Senior Adviser to Merk Investments and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the University of Delaware.
Poole retired as President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in March 2008. In that position, which he held from March 1998, he served on the Federal Reserve's main monetary policy body, the Federal Open Market Committee. He directed the Bank's main office in St. Louis and its three branches in Memphis, Little Rock and Louisville.
Before joining the St. Louis Fed, Poole was Herbert H. Goldberger Professor of Economics at Brown University. He served on the Brown faculty from 1974 to 1998 and the faculty of The Johns Hopkins University from 1963 to 1969. Between these two university positions, he was senior economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington. He was a member of the Council of Economic Advisers in the first Reagan administration, from 1982 to 1985. |
| Other Information: |
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| As an approved provider in CFA Institute's Continuing Education Program, CFASF has determined that this program qualifies for 1.5 hours of CE credit for CFA Charterholders. |
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