Paul Volcker

NEW YORK, Nov. 5, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Wall Street Journal has selected Ketchum Pleon as its agency partner to develop communications strategy and media relations for the Journal's Future of Finance Initiative, a unique international conference that addresses the most urgent priorities for global economic recovery. The second Wall Street Journal Future of Finance Initiative will convene more than 100 leading CEOs, financial executives, top fund managers, officials from G-20 nations and prize-winning economists to debate and ultimately agree on the priorities for international financial regulation and coordination. The conference will be held 7-8 Dec., just outside London, in West Sussex, United Kingdom. "Ketchum Pleon was tapped for this prestigious assignment because of its extensive knowledge of the European media market and its growing strength in financial communications," said Robert H. Christie, vice president of communications, Consumer Media Group, Dow Jones & Company. "Ketchum's expertise will aid our growth in ...

LONDON, Oct. 30, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Wall Street Journal today announced that The Rt Hon David Cameron, leader of the Conservative Party, and The Rt Hon Alistair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer, will take part in the Journal's Future of Finance Initiative, a global conference addressing the most urgent priorities for economic recovery. The summit will be held Dec. 7-8, at the South Lodge Hotel in West Sussex, United Kingdom. The Journal's Future of Finance Initiative will convene more than 100 financial experts to debate and ultimately agree on the priorities for international financial regulation and coordination. Participants include leading CEOs, financial executives, top fund managers, officials from G-20 nations, and prize-winning economists. The United Kingdom meeting, which builds on the results from the first Future of Finance Initiative held last March in Washington, D.C., is designed to ensure that many perspectives are heard at this critical time, as ...

Paul Volcker Among Top International and U.S. Speakers NEW YORK, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul A. Volcker and International Accounting Standards Board Chairman Sir David Tweedie will headline a major conference in New York this week on International Financial Reporting Standards in the U.S. The Oct. 29 - 30 conference features leading international and U.S. experts on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). It will be hosted jointly by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation. The two-day event is designed to help business leaders and financial professionals learn more about the significance of IFRS, its future, and impact on U.S. and international clients and businesses, as well as practical ways to prepare for implementation. "This conference is an opportunity for financial professionals to obtain ...

CHICAGO, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace, will host its second annual Global Financial Leadership Conference (GFLC) from Nov. 2-4, 2009, at the Ritz Carlton Beach Resort in Naples, Fla. The GFLC is an exclusive event that brings together decision makers from the world's leading financial institutions to discuss emerging geopolitical trends, debate critical economic issues and provide insightful perspectives on future developments in the financial marketplace. Keynote speakers include Paul Volcker, chairman of the White House Economic Recovery Advisory Board and former chairman of the Federal Reserve, and Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International, columnist and CNN host of "GPS". "This year's event will prove to be particularly relevant in the wake of one of the worst financial crises most of us have ever experienced," said CME Group Executive Chairman Terry Duffy ...

Melancon Offers Recommendations to President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Barry Melancon, president and CEO of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, testifying before the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board at the White House today, called for comprehensive tax reform and revisions to the alternative minimum tax and estate and gift tax rules. "The dynamic American economy is rebounding slowly and, we believe, is burdened by an unnecessarily cumbersome and somewhat outdated income tax system. In particular, we see significant problems for small businesses arising from the increasing complexity of the tax law," Melancon said. The advisory board is headed by White House outside economic advisor Laura D'Andrea Tyson and former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker. The panel is directed by White House Senior Economic Advisor Austan Goolsbee. The purpose of today's hearing was to take testimony on proposals to simplify the tax system. Congress is ...