Panelists and Agenda for Tomorrow's Mark-to-Market Roundable

In a press release late yesterday, the SEC announced the agenda and panelists for its October 29 roundtable on mark-to-market accounting.  Tomorrow's roundtable at the SEC's headquarters will begin at 9:00AM EDT with opening remarks by Chairman Cox, followed by two panels:

9:10AM — Panel One:

• Ray Ball, University of Chicago
• Vincent Colman, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
• Scott Evans, TIAA-CREF
• William Isaacs, former Chairman, FDIC
• Richard Murray, SwissRe
• Aubrey Patterson, Bancorp South
• Damon Silvers, AFL-CIO

11:10AM — Panel Two:

• Randy Ferrell, Fauquier Bankshares, Inc.
• Bradley Hunkler, Western Southern Life
• Lisa Lindsley, CtW Investment Group
• Cindy Ma, Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin
• Chuck Maimbourg, Key Bank
• Richard Ramsden, Goldman Sachs
• Russell Wieman, Grant Thornton LLP

Each of the panel discussions is expected to focus on:

• Usefulness of mark-to-market accounting to investors and regulators.
• Effects of mark-to-market accounting on financial reporting by financial institutions
• Potential market behavior effects from mark-to-market accounting.
• Whether aspects of current accounting standards can be improved, and how?

The panel discussions are expected to conclude by 1:00PM. The roundtable is open to the public, and will be webcast via a link from the Commission's website, www.sec.gov.

The full text of the SEC's press release is available at:  http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2008/2008-255.htm