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12th Institutional Investor Forum Took Place On October 5 & 6, 2006 in New York City
The most recent Institutional Investor Forum, sponsored by BLB&G, took place in New York City on
October 5 & 6, 2006. The twelfth in the series of educational conferences designed for executive
directors, trustees, and counsel from public pension systems and other institutional investors,
the Forum shared the insights and experiences of the most significant regulators, scholars,
attorneys and figures in the fields of institutional investing, corporate governance and
securities litigation.
Among other topics, this year’s Forum, entitled “Recovering Investor Assets:
How Institutional Investors Can Fight Back Against Securities Fraud,” featured programs designed to:
educate public pension funds and other institutional investors in ways to recover significant losses on their portfolios caused by securities law violations;
minimize the fees and costs paid by institutions for services and products;
inform attendees of the root causes of frauds like
WorldCom,
HealthSouth and
Refco, the inherent conflicts of interest on Wall Street...and much more.
As in years past, this year’s Forum featured presentations by esteemed outside speakers including
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood; and Herb Greenberg, Senior Columnist for Dow Jones’
MarketWatch.
For more information about the Forum and for a detailed
agenda of this year’s Forum, please visit www.iiforum.org
or contact us at blbg@blbglaw.com.
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