Newswise — The Fourth Annual Cutler Center Babson Investment Management Association (BIMA) Conference, “The Global Outlook and Investment Strategies,” will be held March 25, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at Babson College.

Keynote speakers:

•Andrew Lo, Chairman and Chief Investment Strategist at AlphaSimplex, and Harris & Harris Group Professor of Finance at MIT, who will offer the morning keynote address; and

•Ben Inker, Head of Asset Allocation, GMO, LLC, who will present the afternoon keynote.

Morning Panel: Global Equity Outlook and Strategies

Panelists:

•Richard Skaggs, Senior Equity Strategist, Loomis Sayles & Company

•Garrett Goggin, ’92, M’10, Associate Editor, Gold Stock Analyst

•Catherine Friend White, M’86, Founder, Senior Portfolio Manager, FinArc, LLC

•Charles Mangum, former Dividend Growth Portfolio Manager, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Executive-in-Residence, Babson College Fund.

•Steven Feinstein, Moderator, Babson Finance Professor

Afternoon Panel: Global Fixed Income Outlook and Strategies

Panelists:

•Todd Finkelstein, Director, Senior Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, Conning Asset Management

•Jerry Jacobs, CIO, Argent Wealth Management, former Municipal Bond Fund Manager, Senior Investment Strategist, and Partner, Putnam Investments

•Ken Anadu, M’10, Fixed Income Analyst, Pension Reserve Investment Management

•Ryan Davies, Moderator, Babson Finance Professor

View the full schedule http://bimababson.com/conference/.

Register http://bima2011.eventbrite.com/.

Babson College in Wellesley, Mass., is recognized internationally as a leader in entrepreneurial management education. Babson grants BS degrees through its innovative undergraduate program, and grants MBA and custom MS and MBA degrees through the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College. Babson Executive Education offers executive development programs to experienced managers worldwide. For information, visit www.babson.edu.

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