Chester Spatt Presentation on Liquidity
By: Chester Spatt, Mellon Bank Professor of Finance; Directory, Center for Financial Markets

Summary:
Chester Spatt, Mellon Bank Professor of Finance and Director of the Center for Financial Markets, recently gave a presenation to students on liquidity, the process of trading an asset without big movements in price.

Alumni Panel on Current Trends in Financial Markets (Reunion 2007)
By: Tepper Alumni Reunion 2007 Panel on "Current Trends in Financial Markets" Faculty Moderator: Robert M. Dammon. Panelists included: Larry Jennings, Jon Kinol and Pam Zilly

Summary:
Robert Dammon, Professor of Financial Economics,moderated a panel on Current Trends in Financial Markets. Larry Jennings (T, BS/MCS '84; MSIA '87), Pam Zilly (MSIA 77) and Jon Kinol (MSIA '92) were alumni panelists.

Alumni Panel on Hedge Funds and Private Equity (2005 Reunion)
By: Bryan Routledge, Associate Professor of Finance

Summary:
Bryan Routledge, Associate Professor of Finance, moderated the Alumni Reunion Panel on Hedge Funds and Private Equity. The panel provided broad overviews of hedge funds and private equity investments including the range of asset classes and strategies employed; the current regulatory environment and how that may change; how these changes may influence the industry and the role of prime brokers in incubating and marketing new funds.

Conflicts of Interest in Asset Management
By: Chester Spatt, Mellon Bank Professor of Finance; currently serving as Chief Economist, SEC

Summary:
Chester Spatt, Mellon Bank Professor of Finance is currently serving as Chief Economist with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Spatt presented "Conflicts of Interest in Asset Management" to alumni on May 12, 2005 at Credit Suisse First Boston in New York City.