TCFA Career Development Seminar Series 

The New Finance Frontier: Credit Products and Markets

Lead Organizer
The Chinese Finance Association (TCFA), USA


Sponsors
Fore Research & Management
Analytics Recruiting
The Hagan-Ricci Group


Fordham University Lincoln Center Campus
New York City

October 31, 2004


Co-Organizers
The Chinese American Bankers Association (CABA)
Fordham University Chinese Students Association



Welcoming Remarks:


Dr. Dajiang Guo
President, TCFA
9:25 - 9:30 am

Panel 1:    RMBS, ABS, CMBS and Structured Credit Asset Class

(Chaired by Ming JIANG)

9:30 - 9:50 am


Overview of RMBS, ABS, CMBS, and Structured Credit
Jian Hu
Vice President, Moody's Investor Service

9:50 - 10:10 am


Leveraged Loan Investment and Trading
Mei Gao
Managing Director & PM, Fore Research & Management

10:10 - 10:30 am


High Yield Portfolio Management
Chad Liu
Vice President & PM, Morgan Stanley

10:30 - 10:50 am


Cashflow CDO
Yvonne Fu
Senior Vice President, Moody's Investor Service

10:50 - 11:10 am

Coffee break

Panel 2:    Corporate, Emerging Market and Credit Modeling

(Chaired by Jian HU)

11:10 - 11:30


Credit Modeling in Academic and Industry
Ren-Raw Chen
Professor, Department of Finance, Rutgers University

11:30 - 11:50


Corporate Credit and Trading Strategies
Shuguang Mao
Vice President, Citigroup

11:50 - 12:10


Emerging Market Credit and Trading Strategies
Leland Wei
Director, Morgan Stanley

12:10 - 12:30


ABS CDO
Scott Surek
Director, Citigroup

Career Panel A:

What jobs Do Wall Street Firms Need?

  Peter Arian, Vice President, Analytics

Luncheon Keynote Speaking
Ping JIANG, Managing Director, Lehman Brothers

Panel 3:    Credit Derivatives, Synthetic CDO

(Chaired by James Wang)

2:00 - 2:30 pm


Overview of Credit Derivatives products and valuation
David Li
Director, Barclays Capital Market

2:30 - 2:50


Investing in CDS Index and Tranches
Helen Remeza
Vice President, Credit Suisse First Boston

2:50 - 3:10


Investing in Synthetic CDO
Ming Jiang
Director, Radian Asset Assurance

3:10 - 3:20

Coffee break

Panel 4:    Traders' Pespective

(Chaired by David LI)

3:20 - 3:40 pm


Integrated Credit Trading
Bing Wang
Director, Deutsche Bank

3:40 - 4:00 pm


Convertible Arbitrage and Credit Trading
Steve Qian
Managing Director, Fortress Asset Management

4:00 - 4:20 pm


Correlation Trading
Tony Tang
Senior Vice President, RBS Greenwich Capital Markets

4:20 - 4:40


Synthetic ABS Credit Derivatives Trading
Michael Feng
Citigroup

Special Career Panel B:    How to Land a Successful Wall Street Job?

Concluding Remarks:


Ms. Wei Li
Chairperson, TCFA Board

Conference Information

Time:

9:00am to 5:30pm, October 31, 2004

Venue:

Law School Auditorium
Fordham Law School
140 W 62nd Street
New York, NY 10023

Dress Code:

Business Casual

Parking:

Parking is available at Lincoln Center Garage on West 62nd Street. The cost is around $20-30. Street Parking Rule is suspended on Sunday in Manhattan. So you may easily find a meter parking spot on the streets close to the site and get free parking for the whole day.

Fee:

1) Early Bird: $35 member / $50 non-member.
     Early bird deadline is Oct 25, 2004 midnight.
2) Onsite: $60
3) New Membership Promotion combined with the Conference fee: $60
     (Please go to the website to fill the Application form, use Paypal or send the check/form to address below, Early Bird deadline applies.)

All conference charge includes a lunch box from the Grand Sichuan Restaurant in New York City.

Payment Method:

1) Paypal: TCFAUSA@yahoo.com, please use cash balance.
2) Check: Send check to the following address. Make Check payable to "TCFA"
               The Chinese Finance Association
               P.O. Box 2018
               Church Street Station
               New York, New York 10008

Contact Information:

1) Ticket: Mr. Ben ZHANG    ben_zhang2000@yahoo.com
2) Conference: Mr. Bing WEN    b_wen@yahoo.com
3) Membership: Mr. Justin JIANG    justinjiangzhm@yahoo.com
4) Program: Mr. Ming JIANG    ming.jiang@radian.biz

Volunteers encouraged:

Please contact: Mr. Bing WEN    b_wen@yahoo.com