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Growth, Interrupted The Emergence of Hybrid Vehicles Our conference is designed to bring together
leaders from academia and asset management to
to reserve your room at the Waldorf=Astoria:
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We see hybrid-power vehicles as an innovative,
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For each topic, a renowned academic will lay out Please contact your bernstein salesperson
Hybrid models will eventually become the new the controversy, followed by commentary from an or Lolita Frazier at 212.756.4154 or
automotive standard institutional money manager and concluding with an Lolita.Frazier @bernstein.com by February 15
interactive discussion period with the audience. if you would like to attend. Attendance is by
The hybrid trend will have profound investment
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implications for many industries and companies
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Geert Bekaert – Dr. Bekaert is the Leon G. Cooperman Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia Asia Investment Forum The Investment Professional Institute
Capital Markets Outlook
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Growth stocks lost steam in 2006, as fear business school and a Research Associate of the national bureau of economic Research
overwhelmed fundamentals
Wayne Ferson – Dr. Ferson is the John L. Collins S.J. Chair in Finance at Boston College’s Carroll School
Rapid earnings growth and attractive valuations of Management and a Research Associate of the national bureau of economic Research
make a strong case for growth stocks’ resilience
Be patient: slowing economic growth signals
Campbell R. Harvey – Dr. Harvey is the J. Paul Sticht Professor of International Business at Duke 暫定活動時間表
Equity market volatility has risen from unusual lows. University’s Fuqua School of Business and the current Journal of Finance editor
clearer skies ahead
Weakness in the housing market will lead to lower 4月26日星期四
Josef Lakonishok – Dr. Lakonishok is the William G. Karnes Professor of Finance at University of Illinois at
inflation and lower interest rates.
Urbana-champaign as well as ceO, ciO and Founding Partner of lsv Asset Management
Including emerging markets and other volatile 全天 到達 Park Hyatt Saigon
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DC Plans Enter a New Era
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Transforming the Way Plan Sponsors Think
About Their Defined Contribution Plans
AllianceBernstein DC Plan Research
The Emergence of
Great Conversations is a simple and effective approach to selling and After a 25-year-long virtual “arms race” of plan features driven by technological
servicing DC plans that: innovation, provider competition and service experimentation, sponsors realize
AllianceBernstein built its reputation on research. The extensive research that their plans have become too complex and are not necessarily focused on what’s
Allows you to leverage proprietary AllianceBernstein research and expertise.
Hybrid Vehicles
supports the Great Conversations Approach was conducted among sponsors and best for the participants.
Energy: Is the Age of Petroleum Over? Enables you to build sponsor trust long before introducing products. participants of smaller, traditionally advisor-serviced defined contribution plans.
The results suggested that sponsors want providers to “keep it simple” and The Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA), considered “the most sweeping reform
> Oil’s Shifting Supply/Demand Equation Stimulates great conversations to build plans that meet sponsor needs and help
of America’s pension laws in over 30 years,”† is pushing retirement plan design
participants reachEnding Oil’s Stranglehold on
their retirement goals. participants want sponsors to “just do it for me.”
> The Transformative Potential of Hybrid Vehicles into a new era. PPA is making it possible to revitalize plans with the features
Gives you more time to prospect for new clientsEconomy existing clients
Transportation and the and service
> Will Ethanol Go Mainstream? sponsors and participants want and need, including:
because AllianceBernstein has done all the back stage work for you.
In short, Great Conversations helps you build great relationships by positioning Automatic enrollment
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> Leisure Doesn’t Always Come Easy you as an invaluable resource who sees DC plan design from the sponsor’s Research Conclusions Automatic deferral increases
unique perspective. Simple and effective communications programs, and
• Hybrid vehicles will significantly reduce
Capital Markets transportation-related oil demand. Better default investment options.
> US Current Account Deficit:
How Great a Threat to the Dollar? • Hybrid power will make cars faster, cleaner and Thanks to PPA provisions and a growing awareness of defined contribution
safer, as well as more fuel efficient. (DC) plan inefficiencies, sponsors are actively considering these and other plan
enhancements, creating unique opportunities for consultative financial advisors.
• The next step for hybrid vehicles will be plug-ins.
† President George W. Bush, August 17, 2006