TCFA Boston Chapter 2011 New Year's Reception

Dear Friends and members:

You are cordially invited to 2011 TCFA Boston New Year Reception on January 14th at Empire Garden Restaurant in Chinatown. Prior to the dinner, we have two guest speakers who will share their views on recent financial headlines and career development for Chinese finance professionals. Please see below for details.

Topics:

1. European Sovereign Debt Crisis - Richard Cooper, Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics, Harvard University

2. Chinese Financial Professional Career - Louis Liu, Vice President, Portfolio Manger, Wellington Management Company

Language: English

CVs:

1. Richard Cooper - Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics, Harvard University, since 1981. Previously: Chairman, National Intelligence Council, 1995-97; Chairman, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 1990-1992; Under-Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, 1977-81, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Monetary Affairs, 1965-66, U.S. Department of State; Frank Altschul Professor of International Economics, 1966-77, Provost, 1972-74, assistant professor, 1963-65, Yale University; senior staff economist, Council of Economic Advisers, 1961-63.

EDUCATION:

A.B. Oberlin College, 1956; M.Sc (Econ), London School of Economics and

Political Science, 1958; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1962.

HONORS AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:

Phi Beta Kappa, 1955; Marshall Scholarship (U.K.), 1956-58; Brookings

Fellow, 1960-61; Ford Foundation Faculty Fellowship, 1970-71; Fellow, Center

for the Study of Advanced Behavioral Sciences, 1975-76; Fellow, American

Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1974; LL.D., Oberlin College, 1978; University

of Paris II, 2000; Foreign Affairs Award, U.S. State Department, 1981;

National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal, 1996.

2. Louis Xisuo Liu, Ph.D., CFA, ASA, MAAA

Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Wellington Management Company, LLP

As a Portfolio Manager, Louis’ responsibilities include portfolio strategic asset allocation decisions, customized benchmark construction, and working with other portfolio managers in portfolio construction and management for insurance, pension, and other liability driven investment (LDI) mandates. Louis also works on special quantitative, risk management and asset liability management (ALM) projects. Louis is an associate partner of the firm.

Prior to joining Wellington Management, Louis worked for 3 years from 1993 to 1996 at Lincoln Investment Management Inc. focusing on quantitative research, MBS portfolio management, and Global Bond portfolio management. He was an Assistant Research Professor at the Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing from 1985 to 1988.

Louis holds both a PhD and an MA degrees in Statistics from Wayne State University. He has an MS in Operations Research from the Institute of Applied Mathematics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a BS in Mathematics from the University of Science and Technology of China.

Event Coordinators:

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Yours sincerely,

TCFA Boston