Renowned financial panel to discuss the growing financial crisis for businesses and individuals
Who: A renowned finance scholar, a leading Federal Reserve economist, and a respected chief investment officer discuss, “The Growing Economic Crisis: Why, Who and You.”
What: Carlson School of Management’s First Tuesday Luncheon Series
When: 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
Where: McNamara Alumni Center, 200 Oak St. S.E., Minneapolis
Media contact: Dawn Skelly, Carlson School of Management, (612) 624-8770
Registration contact: (612) 626-9334, firsttuesday@umn.edu
MINNEAPOLIS —(Jan. 15, 2008)— A renowned finance scholar, a leading Federal Reserve economist, and a respected chief investment officer will speak at the Carlson School of Management’s First Tuesday Luncheon at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 3, at the University of Minnesota’s McNamara Alumni Center, 200 Oak St. S.E., Minneapolis.
During the discussion, “The Growing Economic Crisis: Why, Who and You,” panelists will discuss contributing factors to the growing financial crisis, the implications of potential government interventions and global policy options, and suggestions on how the community can cope.
Professor Andrew Winton, Minnesota Chair in Banking and Finance and chair of the department of finance at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, will moderate and participate in the panel. Other expert panelists include Arthur J. Rolnick, senior vice president and director of research, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and associate economist on the Federal Open Market Committee; and John C. Beuerlein, president and chief investment officer, Marquette Asset Management, Inc.
A well-known scholar in the field of finance, Winton has served as a member of the Carlson School’s finance department for over a decade. He is a highly rated professor of courses on corporate finance and managing financial institutions in the school’s internationally ranked MBA programs and serves on the editorial boards of leading finance journals. His research interests include the structure and regulation of financial institutions as well as financial contracting, security design, and corporate finance. Winton holds Ph.D. and M.B.A. degrees in finance from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania as well as a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Princeton University.
As a top official of the Federal Reserve Bank, Rolnick regularly attends meetings of the Federal Open Market Committee—the Federal Reserve’s principal body responsible for establishing national money and credit policies. He is also on the Minneapolis Star Tribune’s Board of Economists, and is a member of Minnesota’s Council of Economic Advisors. Rolnick has a doctorate degree in economics from the University of Minnesota as well as a master’s degree in economics and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and from Wayne State University, Detroit.
Beuerlein is president and chief investment officer of Marquette Asset Management. In this role, he manages the firm's investment research activities and chairs its investment committee. Beuerlein earned a master’s degree from Stanford University, Palo Alto, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas, Lawrence.
The advance registration deadline for the First Tuesday luncheon is Thursday, January 29. A fee of $28 includes lunch and parking in the Washington Avenue Ramp. The fee for walk-ins is $35, but space is limited. Refund cancellations are required by Friday, January 30. There are three ways to register: call 612-626-9634, visit www.carlsonschool.umn.edu/events, or send an e-mail message to firsttuesday@umn.edu.
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