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FEATURED EVENT
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13th Annual Biotech and Specialty Pharmaceuticals Conference
December 1, 2009
The major biotech indexes are either matching or outperforming the S&P 500. At the beginning of October, the Nasdaq Biotech Stock Index (NBI) was up nearly 10% YTD and the AMEX Biotech Index (BTK) had gains of almost 40%. The S&P 500 was up approximately 10%.
The CEOs, CFOs, and other executives from some of the industry’s most innovative small- and micro-cap companies will discuss their plans to invent, develop, research, and market important new drugs, diagnostics, and delivery technologies.
Click here for more information and to register.
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Investing in Healthcare Information Technology
by Damien Conover, CFA and Patrick Dunn
Over the past couple of decades, medical groups have increasingly looked to healthcare information technology as a way to improve efficiency and profitability. The growing interest in new healthcare software combined with the Obama administration’s budget of $19 billion for healthcare information technology should spark industry growth. However, the healthcare technology industry remains highly fragmented and in a relatively early phase of its development, which increases the challenge of investing in the favorable secular trends. |
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Career Center sponsored by
Islamic Finance Poised For Recovery
by Jon Jacobs, eFinancialCareers
Global financial recovery is boosting the near-term outlook for Islamic banking and investment, a niche whose rapid growth took a breather last year. That bodes well both for experienced Islamic-finance professionals and conventional bankers who seek to broaden their skills and client base. |
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ASSET4 Helps Investors Navigate “The New Normal” Economy
by Susan Arterian Chang
“The new normal” is a term used frequently by the sustainable investing community to define an emerging economic landscape characterized by greater regulation and investor scrutiny of corporate environmental, governance, and social behavior. This, in turn, is requiring corporations to internalize or address what were once the external costs of doing business. Those costs are showing up with increasing impact in the corporate bottom line. At a recent breakfast seminar hosted at NYSSA headquarters, representatives of ASSET4, a provider of environmental, social and governance (ESG) data and analytics, discussed the services the organization provides to corporations and investors who seek to compete in this “new normal” economy. |
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Keeping Up With Styles
While there is no universally accepted definition of “growth” or “value,” and there is much debate about the merit of adhering to style boxes, style benchmarks serve important benchmarking, risk management, and asset allocation needs by measuring style box movements in a manner congruent with broadly accepted definitions of style factors. Periodic reviews and incremental adjustments at intervals of 5 to 10 years provide a basis for style benchmarks to stay relevant through time. Click here to find a case study on the periodic recalibration of style benchmark factors.
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Entrepreneurial Tip Corner
Ethics is the Cornerstone Principle for All Professionals
by Michael Herz, CPA, MBA
Someone once remarked, after seeing a long putt of mine barely drop into the hole for a birdie, “Gravity, not just a good idea, it’s the LAW”. Yes, this was a corny remark, but it certainly can be related to ethics within the professions. Ethics is not just a good idea; it’s the LAW for CFA® charterholders and the CPA profession, as well as many other professions. |
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Consulting Opportunities for NYSSA Members
 Members of the NYSSA have the opportunity to join the GLG CouncilsSM, the world’s leading expert network, and to participate in paid consultations with Gerson Lehrman Group® (GLG) clients. This no-cost opportunity provides NYSSA members with the ability to earn consulting fees, work with savvy industry professionals, network with industry leaders, and consult at their own convenience. GLG Council MembersSM set their own consulting rates and are free to accept or decline any projects. |
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NYSSA Launches 8th Annual Investment Research Challenge
NYSSA launched its 8th Annual Investment Research Challenge (IRC) at its headquarters on October 23, 2009 with a lunch presentation to review the rules and announce the publicly-traded company for its sixteen teams to report on. |
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Book Review
by William A. Hayes
Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System—and Themselves by Andrew Ross Sorkin. Viking 2009.
Too Big to Fail is a riveting, detailed account of the recent financial crisis from major players involved—the top tier people from the Fed, the Treasury, and the financial firms—by celebrated New York Times reporter, Andrew Ross Sorkin. |
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New Members
Welcome NYSSA's newest members! |
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FRM Continuing Professional Education with
The New York Society of Security Analysts
As a GARP-approved education provider, The New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA) makes continuing education easy, with a curriculum of half- and full-day professional development topics that are relevant to your needs. |
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MEMBER BENEFIT: PODCASTS
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Would you like to hear your favorite presentation again? Did you miss an industry conference presenter? Or were you just unable to attend? If you’re a NYSSA member, you’re in luck! NYSSA offers our members complimentary access to podcasts, PowerPoint presentations, and webcasts from many of our conferences and seminars. Click here for more information.
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