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Overview
Interest rates have been low since the Global Financial Crisis. With COVID-19, they are now even lower and seem unlikely to rise for years from current multi-century lows. How will this impact investors and fixed income markets? How are important fixed-income investors responding to this new paradigm?
Agenda
1:00 PM | WELCOMING REMARKS
Arthur Fliegelman, CFA, Chair, Financial Reporting & Analysis Group, CFA Society New York
1:05 PM | INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW
Richard Sylla, Ph. D., Department of Economics, Stern School of Business, New York University
1:20 PM | INTEREST RATE UPDATE & FORECAST
Beth Ann Bovino, Managing Director, U.S. Chief Economist, Global Economics and Research, S&P Global
1:35 PM | MONEY MARKET FUNDS & SHORT-TERM MARKETS
Peter G. Crane, President, Chief Executive Officer, Crane Data, LLC
1:50 PM | BANKING
Scott Hildenbrand, Managing Director, Head of Balance Sheet Analysis & Strategy, Financial Services Group, Piper Sandler
2:05 PM | INSURANCE
Aaron Sarfatti, Chief Risk Officer, Equitable
2:20 PM | PENSIONS
Sanford “Sandy” Rich, Executive Director, NYC Board of Education Retirement System
2:35 PM | PANEL DISCUSSION
Moderator
Richard Sylla, Ph. D., Department of Economics, Stern School of Business, New York University
Panelists
Beth Ann Bovino, Managing Director, U.S. Chief Economist, Global Economics and Research, S&P Global
Scott Hildenbrand, Managing Director, Head of Balance Sheet Analysis & Strategy, Financial Services Group, Piper Sandler
Sanford “Sandy” Rich, Executive Director, NYC Board of Education Retirement System
Aaron Sarfatti, Chief Risk Officer, Equitable
Peter G. Crane, President, Chief Executive Officer, Crane Data, LLC
2:55 PM | CLOSING REMARKS
David Cowen, President, Chief Executive Officer, Museum of American Finance
Additional Details
Learning Outcomes
The program will address the following:
- What can we expect the path of U.S. interest rate to be over coming years?
- How is this impacting insurers that are major fixed income investors?
- Can pension funds cope with rates this low in light of their assumed return needs?
- Can banks be profitable in a world of near zero interest rates?
- What will become of money markets at the zero bound?
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