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Douglas Beck, Managing Director, Head of Product Management, DWS Scudder, participated in an insightful session examining alternative investment strategies for retail funds on Friday morning, May 9th.
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Ed Bernard, Vice Chairman, T. Rowe Price Group and Chair of the 2008 GMM Planning Committee, welcomed attendees to ICI’s 50th Annual GMM on Wednesday, May 7th and engaged in a discussion about significant events in mutual fund history with former ICI President Matthew Fink on Friday, May 9th.
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Presidential Historian and Author Michael Beschloss closed the 50th Annual GMM program with an exploration of “presidential courage”—the willingness to take a political risk that might end a president’s career—and the wisdom to do so for reasons that later Americans will admire.
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Jack Brennan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Vanguard, moderated a GMM leadership panel focusing on the changing world of investing.
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At the Thursday, May 8th GMM luncheon, Historian and Documentary Filmmaker Ken Burns discussed how history teaches us about the future. Mr. Burns is the creator, director, and producer of numerous award-winning documentaries. His latest work, a book and seven-part series on PBS, is The War, a look at America during the years 1941-1945.
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Vinton G. Cerf, Vice President & Chief Internet Evangelist, Google, shared his firsthand experiences with the development of the Internet, discussed current challenges facing the Internet, and offered a future glimpse of where the Internet may be headed.
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Peter Cieszko, President, Global Distribution, Evergreen Investments, participated in a session exploring the key role that the financial services industry plays in fostering Americans’ retirement savings.
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Stephen Deschenes, Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, MassMutual Retirement Income, MassMutual, participated in a session exploring the key role that the financial services industry plays in fostering Americans’ retirement savings.
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Jamie Dimon, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, JPMorgan Chase, delivered the keynote speech at the 50th Annual GMM on Thursday, May 8th.
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Edward Egilinsky, Managing Director of Alternative Investments, Rydex Investments, participated in an insightful session examining alternative investment strategies for retail funds on Friday morning, May 9th.
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Former ICI President Matthew Fink engaged in a thought-provoking discussion about significant events in mutual fund history and their implications for the future.
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Cathy Heron, Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel, Fund Business Management Group, Capital Research and Management Company, participated in a session exploring the key role that the financial services industry plays in fostering Americans’ retirement savings.
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Mellody Hobson, President, Ariel Capital Management, participated on a GMM leadership panel focusing on the changing world of investing.
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David Hunt, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company, participated in a session exploring the key role that the financial services industry plays in fostering Americans’ retirement savings.
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Marc O. Mayer, Executive Vice President, AllianceBernstein, and Executive Managing Director, AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc., participated in an insightful session examining alternative investment strategies for retail funds on Friday morning, May 9th.
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Gudrun Neumann, Chief Technology Officer, American Century Investments, engaged in a dialogue with Google’s Vinton Cerf and facilitated questions and answers during the general session entitled “The Path to Our Future Through Technology” on Wednesday afternoon,
May 7th.
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William J. (“Bill”) Nutt, Chairman, Affiliated Managers Group, participated on a GMM leadership panel focusing on the changing world of investing.
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Don Phillips, Managing Director, Morningstar, Inc., moderated an insightful session examining alternative investment strategies for retail funds on Friday morning, May 9th.
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Paul Quinsee, Managing Director, JPMorgan Chase, participated in an insightful session examining alternative investment strategies for retail funds on Friday morning, May 9th.
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Jim Riepe, Senior Advisor & Retired Vice Chairman, T. Rowe Price Group, moderated a session exploring the key role that the financial services industry plays in fostering Americans’ retirement savings.
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Former White House Chef Walter Scheib provided a cooking demonstration and signed books at the buffet breakfast in the Exhibit Hall on Thursday, May 8th. Mr. Scheib cooked for President Bill Clinton during both his terms in office and for President George W. Bush during his first term.
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ICI President and CEO Paul Schott Stevens welcomed members on Wednesday, May 7th and urged policy makers to build on the 401(k) plan’s success as the “dominant private-sector device for retirement savings.”
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Jonathan Thomas, President & CEO, American Century Investments, participated on a GMM leadership panel focusing on the changing world of investing.
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Arthur Zeikel, Retired Chairman, Merrill Lynch Asset Management, participated on a GMM leadership panel focusing on the changing world of investing.
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