Wednesday, November 26, 2008

November 21 Mark-to-Market Webcast Archive

The SEC has posted a recording of its second Mark-to-Market roundtables, held on November 21.  The roundtable consisted on of a single panel discussing  potential improvements to the current accounting model and implications of possible changes.

The panelists were:
  • James Gilleran, former Director, OTS
  • Jay Hanson, McGladrey & Pullen, LLP
  • Richard Jones, Dechert LLP
  • Wayne Landsman, University of North Carolina
  • David Larsen, Duff and Phelps LLC
  • Dane Mott, JP Morgan Chase
  • Donald Nicolaisen, former Chief Accountant of the SEC
  • Samuel Ranzilla, KPMG LLP
  • David Runkle, Trilogy Global Advisors
  • Kevin Spataro, The Allstate Corporation
  • Mark Thresher, Nationwide Financial
  • Bob Traficanti, Citigroup
The webcast archive is available at:  http://www.connectlive.com/events/secroundtable112108/

The event's agenda and biographies of the panelists are available at:  http://www.sec.gov/spotlight/fairvalue/marktomarket/agenda112108.htm