IMN’s Spring Investment Series

Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach, California

March 1st – 3rd, 2010

This unique triplet of events is comprised of three separate conferences, each tailor made to best serve your educational, networking and investment interests. Attracting over 400 attendees annually, the Series will bring together the thought leaders of the various disciplines and categories represented to share insights and explore challenges that will better position us all for the opportunities ahead.

15th Annual Public Funds Summit

2nd Annual Distressed Investment Summit

8th Annual California Municipal Finance Conference

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Facing a budget crisis of massive proportions, along with a volatile national economy and a new Presidential administration, California ’s major economic players will participate at this year’s event.

Aside from up-to-the-minute budget and economic updates, the agenda will address the latest news about swaps, rating agency battles and water management projects and what is being done to support the state’s massive and complex highway systems.

As in the past, participants will be drawn from some of the highest levels within California ’s government, from the State House to City Hall

Session topics include:

  • RETHINKING CALIFORNIA ’S BUDGET PROCESS

  • BUILD AMERICA BONDS: FEDERAL AND STATE PARTNERSHIPS DESIGNED TO BENEFIT INFRASTRUCTURE AND INVESTORS

  • LOCAL GOVERNMENT ROUNDTABLE: SMALL CITIES , BIG ISSUES

  • KEEPING AFLOAT IN THE MIDST OF CALIFORNIA ‘S WATER CRISIS

  • ENERGIZING THE REGION: BRACING BUDGETS AND FINDING ALTERNATIVES TO KEEP THE ENGINE RUNNING AND THE LIGHTS ON

  • MEETING FUNDING LIABILITIES AND RATINGS STANDARDS IN A VOLATILE ECONOMY

  • CALIFORNIA’S FIGHT AGAINST GLOBAL WARMING

  • THE ROLE OF MUNICIPAL FINANCE IN THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009

  • DERIVATIVES: IS THERE AN AFTERLIFE?

  • PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS: CONVERTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INTO INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY

  • ISSUER’S ROUNDTABLE: DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING FINANCIAL STRATEGIES FOR ADJUSTING TO A NEW NORMAL

  • LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: NEW MUNI STANDARDS

  • CALIFORNIA’S REAL ESTATE MARKET: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

  • DOMESTIC EMERGING MARKETS: DERIVING RETURNS WHILE

  • REBUILDING COMMUNITIES IN A DISTRESSED ENVIRONMENT

Featured Speakers:

Matthew Rutherford, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Federal Finance, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Matthew Rutherford

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Federal Finance, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Henry Cisneros, Former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Executive Chairman, CITYVIEW Henry Cisneros

Former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Executive Chairman, CITYVIEW


Bill Lockyer, Treasurer, STATE OF CALIFORNIA Bill Lockyer

Treasurer, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Matthew Rutherford