We are pleased to announce
that this year’s high-profile speaker is Dr. Edward
Yardeni, President of Yardeni Research. Dr. Yardeni has had a
distinguished career on Wall Street, with the Fed and in US
Academia. Some of you will know him from interviews on financial
TV channels and publications such as the Wall Street Journal and
Barron’s. Thus, we are very pleased that he agreed to come
to Switzerland to speak at our Event.
This year we have made some
changes to the Forecasting Dinner concept, which we hope will
enhance the experience. In Zurich we opted for a different type
of venue that would add a little bit extra in terms of food,
drink and atmosphere. The Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue is
a well-known conference and event centre close to Zurich. It has
hosted many high profile events, and is famous for its
exceptional cuisine and service. We hope that their excellent
food and wine will have a benign impact on our forecasting
results. Furthermore, we have decided to add two new categories
to the forecasting list to reflect the growing importance of the
credit risk and commodities asset classes. We will be
introducing the iTraxx Europe Crossover Index and Gold Price,
and will drop the Nikkei going forward. At the Event we will
provide some background information on both new forecast
variables, which may help you with your expectation for the 2010
closing level.
2009
turned out to be a very interesting financial year and we look
forward to celebrating your forecasting successes from last year -
both hits and misses as there will be a prize for the worst
forecast as well!
Sponsoring
: The Swiss CFA
Society gratefully accepts Swiss Re’s sponsoring for part of
the event costs in Zurich. This has allowed us to offer you a top
class event for a reasonable price.