At this event, Thomas White and Charlie S. Wilkins, drawing on their long involvement in multifamily finance, will present their prescription for the future of multifamily housing finance reform, and John C. Weicher and Thomas Watts will draw from their own deep wells of experience to comment on the presentation.

Panel discussion on what kinds of financial systems, banking, mortgage securitization, central banking, and related economic effects can we expect in the post-bubble world and if we find something new or just business as usual.

Panelists will address questions regarding Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's recently proposed two-part plan for addressing systemic risk.

Online registration for this event is now closed. Walk-in registrations will be accepted.

The 2005 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) annual report shows that its liabilities are $23 billion greater than its assets. With bad luck, experts believe that this could grow to $100 billion and a taxpayer bail...

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