GFA Conference

14th Annual NYU Stern GFA Conference
Date: Friday, November 6th, 2009
Time: 11:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Location: Kimmel Center at NYU
60 Washington Square South, New York City


Keynote Speakers
Raymond McGuire
Head of Global Banking
Citi

Jacob Silverman
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Duff & Phelps


Featured Speakers
Charles J. Murphy
Clinical Associate Professor of Finance
NYU Stern


Please click here to register for the 2009 GFA Conference


Conference Schedule
11:30pm - 12:00pm Check In

12:00pm - 2:00pm Welcome Address: Dean Gary Fraser
Keynote speaker: Jacob Silverman, CFO, Duff & Phelps
Featured speaker: Charles Murphy, Clinical Professor of Finance, NYU Stern
Keynote speaker: Raymond J. McGuire, Head of Global Banking, Citi

2:15pm - 3:15pm Panel Sessions I
Recent Trends in M&A
Brian McDonald - Managing Director, Mergers and Acquisitions Group at Houlihan Lokey
David Musicant - Managing Director, Head of Middle Market Sponsors at Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Brian Healy - Managing Director, Mergers and Acquisitions Group at Morgan Stanley

The Role of Corporate Finance in the Financial Services Industry
Lawrence A Vann - Director, Acquisition Finance at American Express
Michael Kushner - Managing Director, Investment Bank at JP Morgan

A Focus on Cross-Border Transaction
Thomas E. Bailey - Managing Director, Head of Ratings Advisory . Americas at BNP Paribas
Ted Kamman - Partner at Jones Day
Jim Shuman - Director at Nomura
Jeffrey Schackner - Co-head, Global Consumer IB at Citi


3:30pm - 4:30pm Panel Sessions II
An Overview of Private Banking
Tim Croak - Director, Private Banking USA at Credit Suisse
Matthew Tortoso - Associate, PWM at Morgan Stanley

Managing Risk in Capital Markets
Luis Estrada - Director, Head of Mexican Trading Team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Robert Bernstone - Managing Director, Investment Banking Division at Credit Suisse
DJ Beil - Vice President, Cash Trading at Jeffries

Changing Models, Changing Landscape: Perspectives on Technology, Media & Telecommunications
Federico De Giorgis -Managing Director/Head of Publishing & Information Services at UBS
Tom Carlson - Managing Director, Recapitalization & Restructuring Group at Jeffries
Alex Sade - Managing Director, Media at Barclays Capital

Hedge Fund Industry Overview and Outlook for 2010
Charles F. Gulden - General Partner at TIG Advisors, LLC
Mike Sukhadwala - Partner and Portfolio Manager at MatlinPatterson
Chris Jacob - Partner, Tiger Consumer


4:45pm - 6:00pm Firm Expo and Cocktail Reception


2009 GFA Conference Sponsors
Bank of America
Barclays
Citi
Credit Suisse
Goldman Sachs
Jefferies
JPMorgan
Morgan Stanley
UBS
Houlihan Lokey
Rothschild
Thomson Reuters


Ticket Prices
$40 (Students: GFA Members)
$45 (Students: Non-GFA Members)
$75 (Stern Alumni)
$100 (Non-Stern Professionals)

Due to space limitations, RSVP's for this event are required. Tickets are sold on a first-come first-serve basis. This event will sell out so please RSVP and buy your ticket as soon as possible.