FMA Online, Spring, 2004
FMA Online serves the profession by offering an electronic focal point for the community of FMA members, in the form of a destination-oriented portal to general-interest, finance-related information and articles, as well as to existing FMA web content. The principal criteria for publishability include originality, rigor, timeliness, practical relevance and clarity. FMA Online will utilize state-of-the-art technology including video-streaming and fully synchronized multimedia presentations to provide on-line viewing of the annual meeting keynote address, interviews with executives, high-profile tutorials, among others.

Keynote Presentations – 2003 FMA Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado

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2003 FMA Annual Meeting Keynote Address
Dr. Martin Gruber, New York University

Martin Gruber is an expert on portfolio theory and investment analysis. This video presentation features one of his favorite topics, "Tax Effects and Ex-Dividend Day Behavior Thirty-Three Years Later"

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2004 FMA Outstanding Financial Executive
David Whitcomb, Automated Trading Desk

David Whitcomb is the Founder and Chairman of Automated Trading Desk, Inc., the first expert/machine learning system for fully automated limit order trading of securities. ATD and its subsidiary firms trade nearly 3% of total Nasdaq volume and 1.8% of total NYSE volume. Whitcomb shares his insightful experiences and views on the operations of securities markets.

Special Panel Presentation – Business Valuation Issues

This informative session on valuation issues features a distinguished group of practitioners and academicians sharing their view on topics such as:
  • Valuation models and methodologies
  • Business valuation and model risk
  • Valuation in a relative valuation world
  • Expert DCF valuation systems without human intervention
  • The robustness and accuracy of valuation models
The contrasting and controversial points of view of the panelists make this session valuable to both practitioners and academicians.

Special Session on Corporate Governance

After Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, and other mega events, corporate governance is at the forefront on the practical and theoretical fronts.

If you are interested in corporate governance, you won't want to miss this video presentation.

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  "The Windows of Opportunity Theory of Capital Structure"

Several theories attempt to explain capital structure. In this excellent tutorial, Jay Ritter explains alternative explanations of capital structure and presents his work on "the windows of opportunity" theory.

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FMA Online Editorial Board

Executive Editor
Betty Simkins, Oklahoma State University

Editors
John Finnerty, Fordham University
Mark Flannery, University of Florida
Sheridan Titman, University of Texas – Austin

Associate Editors
David Blackwell, Texas A&M University
Gregory Brown, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kraig Conrad, AFP
Marcia Cornett, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
Christopher Culp, Chicago Partners, LLC
David Ellis, NERA
Doug Emery, University of Miami
Keith Howe, DePaul University
Anjo Koeter-Kant, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
James W. Mahar, St. Bonaventure University
Pam Peterson, Florida State University
K. Ramesh, Analysis Group
Ramesh Rao, Oklahoma State University
Charles Smithson, Rutter Associates
Alex Triantis, University of Maryland
Larry Wall, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

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Siena, Italy
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July 11-13, 2005
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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