Events

Event: Understanding Securitization

Panel: Professor Tamar Frankel and Senior Fellow Mark Fagan

Date: October 21, 2008

Time: 12:00-1:00pm

Place: John F. Kennedy School of Government 79 John F. Kennedy Street Cambridge, MA

Phone: Professor Frankel 617-353-3773

MBS, ABS, CDO, SPV, CDS, ARM, BBB+:

Understanding the Alphabet Soup of Securitization

The financial crisis has been blamed on an array of causes from easy credit, to bank deregulation to housing policies to greed. One additional cause on the list of many experts is securitization. Since the term was coined in 1977, this financing vehicle has been poorly understood. A seemingly endless list opaque acronyms such as CDO (collateralized debt obligation) and CDF (credit default swap) has not increased the transparency of the securitization concept. Please join MR-CBG Senior fellow Mark Fagan and BU law professor Tamar Frankel as they explain securitization in laymen’s terms and offer their views on the good, the bad and the future of securitization.

Event: National Institute on Investment Management Basics

Presenter: Professor Tamar Frankel

Date: October 27-29, 2008

Time: 8:00a.m.-5:00pm EST

Place: Boston University, School of Law- 765 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, MA 02215

Phone: (617)353-3110

Event: Mutual Fund Roundtable

Presenter: Professor Tamar Frankel

Date: November 7, 2008

Time: 12:pm -8:00pm - CST

Place: Chicago-Kent College of Law- 565 West Adams Street Chicago, Ill

Phone: Assistant Professor William Birdthistle (312)906-5367