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The Forum for Institutional Investors
BLB&G sponsors
the Forum for Institutional Investors, an educational conference
for the benefit of the institutional investor community. The
1995 passage of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
(the "PSLRA") created several obstacles to holding
corporate management accountable for wrongdoing and at the same
time focused the burden of securities litigation oversight on
the large institutional investor plaintiff.
The Forum was conceived as
a means to inform institutional investors and their
counsel of the ways in which they can best fulfill the
increasing responsibilities to, and best protect the
assets of, their beneficiaries. Since then, it has
evolved into the premiere annual industry conference
covering shareholder rights, corporate governance,
fiduciary responsibility and securities litigation
issues. The Forum features esteemed jurists,
journalists, academics, and members of the pension fund
community as speakers and attendees.
The Forum for Institutional Investors - October 2008
Protecting Shareholder Value: Recovering Assets and Reforming
Corporate Governance Practices
Our most recent Forum, the 13th
in the series, was held in New York City on October
11-12, 2007
at the historic Waldorf=Astoria hotel.
Our next Forum will be held in New York City on October
23-24, 2008 and
is currently in the planning stage. With corporate misconduct, securities fraud and runaway
executive compensation roiling the markets, as well as increased efforts to roll-back
investor protections, our Forum explores vital issues
affecting the institutional investor community
including:
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The impact of regulatory reforms and efforts to roll back investor protections
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How to maximize shareholder value in the transactional context
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The limitations faced by foreign investors when pursuing securities litigation in the U.S.
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The rising
tide of shareholder activism and what it means for
institutional investors and public companies
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The position of the U.S. capital markets in an increasingly
competitive global marketplace
Download 2007 Brochure
Past Highlights (2002-2006)
Past Forums have featured outstanding guest speakers and interactive participation
from attendees, both of whom constitute the most significant regulators, scholars, attorneys and figures in the fields of
institutional investing, corporate governance and securities litigation.
Highlights from past Forums are available online (below) in Adobe Acrobat
format and can be downloaded by clicking on the "highlights" link. If you
do not have Adobe Acrobat on your system and wish to install it, please click
here.
If you are unable to download the document, please contact
us at blbg@blbglaw.com. We
will be happy to send you a printed version.
BLB&G 12th
Forum for Institutional Investors: Highlights - October 2006
Keynote Speakers - Jim Hood, Attorney General, State of Mississippi;
Herb Greenberg, Senior Columnist, Dow Jones MarketWatch
BLB&G 11th Forum for Institutional Investors: Highlights - October 2005
Keynote Speakers - Dwight Professor of Law at Columbia University
Law School
and a former SEC Commissioner and General Counsel
Harvey Goldschmid;
Attorney General of the State
of Ohio Jim Petro
BLB&G 10th Forum for Institutional Investors: Highlights - October 2004
Keynote Speakers - New York State Comptroller Alan
Hevesi;
Pulitzer-prize winning New York Times business reporter Gretchen
Morgenson
BLB&G 9th Forum for Institutional Investors: Highlights - November 2003
Keynote Speaker - Columbia University School of Law Professor
John C. Coffee
BLB&G 8th Forum for Institutional Investors: Highlights - June 2003
Keynote Speakers - Washington University School of Law Dean
Joel Seligman;
Former New York State Comptroller
H. Carl McCall
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