Home: Events Calendar http://www.baltimorecfasociety.org/Lists/Events Calendar/calendar.aspx RSS feed for the Events Calendar list. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:31:29 GMT Windows SharePoint Services V3 RSS Generator 60 Home: Events Calendar /_layouts/images/homepage.gif http://www.baltimorecfasociety.org/Lists/Events Calendar/calendar.aspx Detecting Financial Shenanigans http://www.baltimorecfasociety.org/Lists/Events Calendar/DispForm.aspx?ID=34 Start Time: 10/5/2010 12:00 PM
End Time: 10/5/2010 1:30 PM
Location Info:

The Center Club

100 Light Street, Baltimore

16th Floor, Harbor Room

 

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Speaker: Dr. Howard Schilit, Founder & CEO of Financial Shenanigans Detection Group, LLC
Event Description:

Dr. Schilit will share his secrets on detecting companies attempting to hide operational problems by using a variety of financial shenanigans.  Such tricks can involve (1) earnings manipulation (2) operating cash flow distortions and (3) company-created metrics -- all of which put a positive spin on a company's deteriorating underlying economic performance. The presentation also focuses on the "breeding ground" for shenanigans and highlights both quantitative and qualitative screens to help detect the bad actors.

Dr. Schilit is an international leader in the detection of early warning signs of accounting fraud and weak corporate governance.  He is the author (with Jeremy Perler) of Financial Shenanigans: How to Detect Accounting Gimmicks & Fraud in Financial Reports (McGraw-Hill) 3rd Edition, April 2010. He has been a leading spokesman before Congress, the SEC, and media outlets about causes and early warning signs of accounting tricks in public filings. Dr. Schilit recently founded the Financial Shenanigans Detection Group, LLC. In 1994, he founded and ran a global forensic accounting research organization, Center for Financial Research & Analysis (CFRA) until 2005. 

He frequently lectures on the subject of financial shenanigans to securities analysts, university students, investors, bankers, lawyers, and insurers. Business Week referred to Dr. Schilit as the "Sherlock Holmes of Accounting," and Smart Money magazine selected him twice as one of the "Power 30" of investing. A former professor of accounting at American University, Dr. Schilit holds a doctorate in accounting from the University of Maryland.  He currently teaches a course on detecting financial shenanigans for MBA students at the University of Maryland.
CE Credits: 1
Registration:

Online registration will end at 4:00 PM on October 1st.

 

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Member Cost: $30
Non-Member Cost: $50
Student Cost: $10
Date: 10/5/2010
Hosted By:
The Baltimore CFA Society
Event Type: Society
City: Baltimore
State/Province: MD
Event Country: US
Event Region: Americas
SER Credit: 0
Currency: USD
Candidate Price: $50
]]> CFABMAdmin Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:15:33 GMT http://www.baltimorecfasociety.org/Lists/Events Calendar/DispForm.aspx?ID=34 How Our Decisions Go Wrong http://www.baltimorecfasociety.org/Lists/Events Calendar/DispForm.aspx?ID=33 Start Time: 9/20/2010 12:00 PM
End Time: 9/20/2010 1:30 PM
Location Info:
The Center Club
100 Light Street, Baltimore
16th Floor, Harbor Room
 
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Speaker: Michael J. Mauboussin, Chief Investment Strategist at Legg Mason
Event Description:

In a groundbreaking new book, Michael Mauboussin examines a paradox of critical importance to decision-makers everywhere: Why is it that the correct process for making good decisions – especially when stakes are high – clashes with how the mind actually works? Follow the author as he explores the disconnect and outlines creative – and often counterintuitive – strategies to override the conflict and help you THINK TWICE. Michael’s presentation, punctuated by colorful stories from business, sports, science and the everyday, promises to be instructive and entertaining. The takeaway: New insights into common “decision traps” that can open the way for you to make smarter choices in every aspect of your life. 

Michael is the author of Think Twice: Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition (Harvard Business Press, 2009) and More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places—Updated and Expanded (New York: Columbia Business School Publishing, 2008). More Than You Know was named one of “The 100 Best Business Books of All Time” by 800-CEO-READ, one of the best business books by BusinessWeek (2006) and best economics book by Strategy+Business (2006). He is also co-author, with Alfred Rappaport, of Expectations Investing: Reading Stock Prices for Better Returns (Harvard Business School Press, 2001).

Michael has been Chief Investment Strategist at Legg Mason Capital Management since 2004 and was a Managing Director and Chief U.S. Investment Strategist at Credit Suisse prior to that. He has also been an adjunct professor of finance at Columbia Business School since 1993 and is on the faculty of the Heilbrunn Center for Graham and Dodd Investing. In 2009, Michael received the Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence. BusinessWeek’s Guide to the Best Business Schools (2001) highlighted Michael as one of the school’s “Outstanding Faculty,” a distinction received by only seven professors.  Michael earned an A.B. from Georgetown University. He is also affiliated with the Santa Fe Institute, a leading center for multi-disciplinary research in complex systems theory.
CE Credits: 1
Registration:

Online registration will end at 4:00 PM on September 17th.

 

Members & Non-Members: Register & Pay

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Student Members, DC & Philly Members: To receive the discounted price, contact Jessica Strom at jstrom@boltonpartners.com for promotional code.
Member Cost: $30
Non-Member Cost: $50
Student Cost: $10
Date: 9/20/2010
Hosted By:
The Baltimore CFA Society
Event Type: Society
Education Topic: Behavioral Finance
City: Baltimore
State/Province: MD
Event Country: US
Event Region: Americas
SER Credit: 0
Currency: USD
Candidate Price: $50
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