Upcoming Seminar On Subprime Mortgage Crisis

For readers who alive inwards the New York area, hither is an interesting upcoming seminar at Columbia University:

The subprime mortgage crisis of 2007: Anatomy of a marketplace failure

Date: 03-10-2008
Start Time: 6:00pm
End Time: 7:30pm
Speaker: Kenneth A. Posner, Morgan Stanley
Location: 412 Schapiro CEPSR, Davis Auditorium


ABSTRACT

As dwelling prices soared inwards 2004-5, consumers, realtors, mortgage lenders,
homebuilders, as well as investment banks all benefited. But few idea the good
times would final -- later on all, everyone had learned to recognize a bubble
when they saw one. If that's the case, how did mortgage losses plow out so
large, as well as why produce nosotros detect ourselves today confronting a major financial
crisis? This presentation volition survey the harm resulting from the
subprime mortgage crash as well as render a possible explanation for the magnitude
of the surprise which may survive relevant to investors as well as opportunity managers in
other markets.


BIO

Kenneth Posner is a managing manager as well as caput of the mortgage finance and
specialty finance equity question team. Prior to joining the Equity Research
department inwards 1995, Ken worked inwards Morgan Stanley's investment banking group,
where he focused on commercial existent estate transactions. He previously
served equally a captain of infantry inwards the U.S. of A. Army, as well as was airborne as well as ranger
qualified. Ken earned a B.A. from Yale University inwards 1985 as well as an M.B.A. with
honors from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business inwards 1991.
He is a Certified Public Accountant as well as holds the Chartered Financial
Analyst as well as Financial Risk Manager designations