IDEAS
IMCA offers a number of live audio broadcasts each year. These broadcasts are one-hour teleconference sessions on hot industry topics with renowned speakers from around the world offering the convenience of learning at your desk or at your home. Audio broadcasts then are archived for later purchase. Either type of broadcast (live or archived) is an excellent way to earn continuing education credits.
2008 Live Audio Broadcasts
Once you register to attend a live audio broadcast, you will receive an e-mail confirmation of your registration. During the week prior to the event, you will receive an e-mail with instructions on how to dial in and how to access the presentation materials. NOTE - If you purchase a live audio broadcast and do not attend on the date of the live event, there will be a $30 fee to access the archived version of the broadcast. Please contact the IMCA office at 303.770.3377 should you need to transfer from a live to an archived broadcast.
Click on the title of the broadcast to register online, or if you prefer you can download a hardcopy registration form here.
July 17, 2008—4:15 p.m. EDT
Creating Sustainable Client Portfolios for Retirement
Presented by Jack Gardner, CIMA®, AIFA®, Thornburg Investment Management
CE Credit: One hour
Available for purchase through 7/14/08.
With 77-million baby boomers moving into the retirement/distribution phase, opportunity for financial advisors to grow their practices is unprecedented. The IRA rollover market alone is expected to generate $1.5 trillion in new manageable assets over the next five years. In order to be optimally positioned to take advantage of this capital shift, advisors must be able to clearly articulate a strategy for helping their clients make their savings sustain them for 30–40 years in retirement. This presentation will help advisors understand how to develop a sustainable withdrawal strategy in retirement utilizing a deterministic model and a high-end growing dividend strategy.
Creating Sustainable Client Portfolios for Retirement
Presented by Jack Gardner, CIMA®, AIFA®, Thornburg Investment Management
CE Credit: One hour
Available for purchase through 7/14/08.
With 77-million baby boomers moving into the retirement/distribution phase, opportunity for financial advisors to grow their practices is unprecedented. The IRA rollover market alone is expected to generate $1.5 trillion in new manageable assets over the next five years. In order to be optimally positioned to take advantage of this capital shift, advisors must be able to clearly articulate a strategy for helping their clients make their savings sustain them for 30–40 years in retirement. This presentation will help advisors understand how to develop a sustainable withdrawal strategy in retirement utilizing a deterministic model and a high-end growing dividend strategy.
- Understand the results of a deterministic study into withdrawal rates and strategies
- Review the eight critical steps of developing a sustainable withdrawal strategy
- Understand the benefits of implementing a high and growing dividend strategy for retirement.
Jack Gardner is managing director of Thornburg Investment Management and national sales director for Thornburg Securities Corporation, distributor of the Thornburg family of mutual funds. He has been involved in the investment advisory business for more than 30 years. He is the author of How to Write an Investment Policy Statement and is on the policy board for the Investment Fiduciary Leadership Council.
Archived Audio Broadcasts
(click on the title of the broadcast to register online, or if you prefer you can download a hardcopy registration form here.)
Presented by Steve Lawler
(originally presented on June 19, 2008)
CE Credit: One hour—ethics
Available for purchase through 5/1/09; available for listening through 5/15/09.
The cost of unethical behavior mounts. Rogue traders, government officials, corporate leaders, and religious leaders fill the news with scandals that would be instructive if not so devastating. Yet the real story is not about the grander versions of unethical behavior. It is the day-to-day, moment-to-moment challenges of being an ethical person that each of us faces in our professional and personal life. This presentation looks at current research into ethical behavior to see what we can learn about strengthening our ethical behavior. Steve Lawler is an Officer of the Society for Business Ethics, an organizational psychologist, adjunct faculty at Washington University in St. Louis, and an Episcopal Priest. He led the 2005 IMCA Ethics Think Tank.
The cost of unethical behavior mounts. Rogue traders, government officials, corporate leaders, and religious leaders fill the news with scandals that would be instructive if not so devastating. Yet the real story is not about the grander versions of unethical behavior. It is the day-to-day, moment-to-moment challenges of being an ethical person that each of us faces in our professional and personal life. This presentation looks at current research into ethical behavior to see what we can learn about strengthening our ethical behavior. Steve Lawler is an Officer of the Society for Business Ethics, an organizational psychologist, adjunct faculty at Washington University in St. Louis, and an Episcopal Priest. He led the 2005 IMCA Ethics Think Tank.
Opportunities to Provide Investment Consulting Services to Small and Mid-Size Private Foundations and Endowments
Presented by Robert L. Finder, Jr., J.D., CIMA®, CIS®
(originally presented on April 17, 2008)
Presented by Robert L. Finder, Jr., J.D., CIMA®, CIS®
(originally presented on April 17, 2008)
CE Credit: One hour
Available for purchase through 3/1/09; available for listening through 3/15/09.
This program examines the best ways to identify opportunities in the institutional marketplace; briefly covers some of the technical rules applicable to institutions; and provides insight on common issues faced by institutions and best practices for dealing with them.
This program examines the best ways to identify opportunities in the institutional marketplace; briefly covers some of the technical rules applicable to institutions; and provides insight on common issues faced by institutions and best practices for dealing with them.
Government Update
Presented by Ann Combs, J.D., Vanguard Institutional Strategic Consulting
Presented by Ann Combs, J.D., Vanguard Institutional Strategic Consulting
(originally presented on March 6, 2008)
CE Credit: One hour
Available for purchase through 2/1/09; available for listening through 2/15/09.
Join Ann Combs, head of Vanguard Institutional Strategic Consulting, and former assistant secretary of the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), U.S. Department of Labor, for a review of current and future legislation as well as a discussion of the potential effects of the upcoming election on the investment industry. Drawing on her Washington experience, Ms. Combs will help you prepare for possible concerns and potential opportunities.
Join Ann Combs, head of Vanguard Institutional Strategic Consulting, and former assistant secretary of the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), U.S. Department of Labor, for a review of current and future legislation as well as a discussion of the potential effects of the upcoming election on the investment industry. Drawing on her Washington experience, Ms. Combs will help you prepare for possible concerns and potential opportunities.
Presented by Scott Egner and Michael Pescatore, Placemark Investments
(originally presented on January 17, 2008)
CE Credit: One hour
Available for purchase through 12/1/08; available for listening through 12/15/08.
The presentation takes a closer look at the evolution of the Unified Managed Account and how the UMA has changed the way financial advisors do business. Changing the way advisors do fee-based models, UMAs have quickly been adopted by advisors looking to offer greater levels of customization for their clients’ accounts. The presentation focuses on some of the major benefits and features of today’s UMA and also looks at the not-so-distant future to examine the potential of the Unified Managed Household.
The presentation takes a closer look at the evolution of the Unified Managed Account and how the UMA has changed the way financial advisors do business. Changing the way advisors do fee-based models, UMAs have quickly been adopted by advisors looking to offer greater levels of customization for their clients’ accounts. The presentation focuses on some of the major benefits and features of today’s UMA and also looks at the not-so-distant future to examine the potential of the Unified Managed Household.
Presented by Christopher Geczy, Ph.D., The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
(originally presented on November 15, 2007)
CE Credit: One hour
Available for purchase through 10/1/08; available for listening through 10/15/08.
Join Christopher Geczy, assistant professor at The Wharton School, for a timely review of the alternative investments industry. Dr. Geczy will discuss the hedge fund industry, how the momentum of the investment industry interacts with developments in hedge fund and other alternative spaces, and trends in the institutionalization and retailization of hedge funds. He also will review the newest research in the use of hedge fund strategies for investor portfolios.
Presented by Meir Statman, Ph.D., Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University
(originally presented on October 18, 2007)
CE Credit: One hour
Available for purchase through 9/1/08; available for listening through 9/15/08.
Award-winning professor Meir Statman leads this audio conference on one of today’s hottest topics: behavioral finance. This session will compare mean-variance portfolio theory to behavioral portfolio theory and provide you with tools to implement behavioral portfolio theory.
