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What we can learn from the Madoff scheme

The Fred Arditti Center for Risk Management of DePaul University, the Chicago Actuarial Association, the Midwestern Actuarial Forum and PRMIA Chicago will hold a half-day conference:

Searching for Alpha: Managing Risk and Return

Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010
Location: CME Group, Downtown Chicago

The keynote speaker, Frank R. Casey, a financial expert who, together with Harry Markopolos and Neil Chelo, blew the whistle on Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme. Presentations on operational due diligence and reputation risk will follow the keynote speech. A risk officer forum will follow the presentations.

Agenda:
11:45 Registration opens
12:30 Lunch is served
1:00 Luncheon speaker: Frank Casey (Fortune Group): "Chasing Bernie Madoff"
2:00* Kristin Hartman (Mesirow): "Professional Skepticism & Operational Due Diligence"
3:00* Vera Malone (HCSC): "Reputational Risk"
4:00* Risk Officer Forum moderated by Rick Gorvett ( University of Illinois ). Elizabeth Wilson (CNA), and others TBD.

5:30 Cocktail reception

*Approximate start time of each presentation, with 15-minute breaks between each presentation.

For more information and registration click here

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