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Tiburon CEO Summit XVIII
Tiburon Strategic Advisors offers market research, strategy consulting, & other related services primarily to financial services firms. For the past nine years, Tiburon has also hosted the semi-annual Tiburon CEO Summits alternately in New York & San Francisco; these events provide a unique opportunity for a select cross-industry group of senior financial services industry executives to discuss a broad swath of issues regarding the future of the brokerage, investments, advice, & wealth management businesses. The list of business relationships resulting from prior Tiburon CEO Summits is impressive.
The next Tiburon CEO Summit will be held April 14-15, 2010 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in New York, NY. There are over twenty planned sessions. Along with Tiburon's Managing Principal Chip Roame, guest speakers will include Ed Bernard (Vice Chairman, T. Rowe Price Group), Abby Cohen (President, Global Markets Institute, Goldman Sachs Group), Steve Forbes (CEO, Forbes Media), Jim McCool (Executive Vice President, The Charles Schwab Corporation), Jonathan Steinberg (CEO, Wisdom Tree Investments), David Tittsworth (Executive Director, Investment Adviser Association), & Fred Tomczyk (CEO, TD Ameritrade).
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CEO Summit XVIII
Guest Speaker
Ed Bernard
(Vice Chairman, T. Rowe Price Group)
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Ed Bernard (Vice Chairman, T. Rowe Price Group)
Ed Bernard has served as vice chairman of the board of directors of T. Rowe Price Group since 2007, is a member of the firm's management committee, & chairman of the T. Rowe Price Mutual Funds. He oversees the firm's distribution, client service, technology, operations, & communications activities.
Mr. Bernard has over 20 years of experience in the investment management industry, all of which have been with T. Rowe Price Group. In addition to his responsibilities at T. Rowe Price Group, he serves as chairman of the board of governors of the Investment Company Institute, the national trade association for the mutual fund industry. Prior to joining T. Rowe Price, Mr. Bernard worked for a large direct marketing company.
Mr. Bernard will utilize his experience in distribution, client service, technology, & communications to address how his firm plans to compete in the new economy, including highlighting the importance of maintaining client focus & concentrating on simplified product offerings.
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CEO Summit XVIII
Guest Speaker
Abby Cohen
(President, Global Markets Institute, Goldman Sachs Group)
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Abby Cohen (President, Global Markets Institute, Goldman Sachs Group)
Abby Joseph Cohen is senior investment strategist and president of the Global Markets Institute at Goldman Sachs Group. Ms. Cohen joined Goldman Sachs in 1990, having specialized in quantitative strategy & economics at other major financial firms. She began her career as an economist at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, DC.
Ms. Cohen’s extracurricular activities focus on education and public policy. She is the chair of the board of trustees of the Jewish Theological Seminary. She also serves as a presidential councillor at Cornell University and on the boards of the Weill Cornell Medical College & the Brookings Institution. She previously served as chair of the board of the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute, from which she received the Distinguished Service Award. Ms. Cohen is an advisor to the investment committees of Cornell University and Major League Baseball. She is on the national board of the Smithsonian Institution and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She is a frequent guest lecturer at several universities & graduate schools of business. Ms. Cohen holds degrees in economics from Cornell University and The George Washington University. She has received three honorary doctorates, including one in engineering. She has been recognized as a leader in US portfolio strategy for more than 15 years, and was previously ranked No. 1 by Institutional Investor magazine and Greenwich Associates. Her career is the subject of a Harvard Business School case study and a Business Week cover story. She has been honored by many groups, including the Financial Women’s Association, New York Stock Exchange, the Wall Street Week Hall of Fame and leading financial publications.
Ms. Cohen will utilize her 25 years of experience as a highly regarded economist and strategist to share her views on the future of investing, both how it has been affected by recent financial services industry events and how proposed new regulations might affect it moving forward.
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CEO Summit XVIII
Guest Speaker
Steve Forbes
(CEO, Forbes Media)
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Steve Forbes (CEO, Forbes Media)
Steve Forbes has served as CEO of Forbes Media and Forbes Magazine since 1990. Since he assumed his position, Forbes Media has launched several businesses, including Forbes FYI & Forbes Global, the firm's international publication.
Prior to assuming his current position at Forbes Media, Mr. Forbes served as chairman of the Board of International Broadcasting for Ronald Reagan, overseeing the operations of Radio Free Europe & Radio Liberty, broadcasting behind the Iron Curtain. He has twice campaigned for the Republican nomination for the presidency of the United States, in 1996 and again in 2000.
Mr. Forbes will share his perspectives on operating a multinational media corporation, the new challenges he faces, as well as highlighting some of the foundations of his business that have brought him such success. He will discuss the new regulatory regime from his own perspective as one inside the circle, and will outline key points that industry leaders should be aware of moving forward.
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CEO Summit XVIII
Guest Speaker
Jim McCool
(Executive Vice President, The Charles Schwab Corporation)
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Jim McCool (Executive Vice President, The Charles Schwab Corporation)
Jim McCool has served as executive vice president of The Charles Schwab Corporation since 2006. Mr. McCool currently oversees Schwab's Institutional Services business with combined assets under management of $850 billion, serving independent investment advisors, corporate clients, & their employees. Schwab Institutional Services provides custodial, operational, practice management, & trading support for more than 6,000 independent investment advisory firms that serve 1.9 million individual clients with $590 billion assets under management Schwab Institutional also provides corporate retirement and brokerage services, either directly to companies or through third party administrators. These services include employer-sponsored retirement plans, stock plans, & corporate brokerage services, in addition to recordkeeping, trustee, & custodial services. Mr. McCool also oversees Schwab’s investment-only sales and mutual fund clearing businesses.
A 25-year veteran of the financial services industry, Mr. McCool began his career in the retirement plan servicing industry in 1984 and helped establish The Hampton Company, which became a wholly owned subsidiary of The Charles Schwab Corporation in 1995.
Mr. McCool will address developments in two of Schwab’s fastest growing businesses, independent financial advisors & retirement plans. He will focus specifically on the changing landscape for advisors and new challenges in the 401K industry, discussing the shifts in products & client focus.
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CEO Summit XVIII
Guest Speaker
Jonathan Steinberg
(CEO, Wisdom Tree Investments)
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Jonathan Steinberg (CEO, Wisdom Tree Investments)
Jonathan Steinberg has served as CEO of WisdomTree Investments since 2004. He is responsible for the overall management of the firm, including overseeing the company’s strategic growth initiatives. WisdomTree is an innovative ETF sponsor and asset manager with equity and currency income ETFs covering the domestic, developed, & emerging markets.
Prior to establishing WisdomTree, Mr. Steinberg founded and served as CEO of Individual Investor Group. From 1998 to 2004, he held the role of editor-in-chief of Individual Investor and Ticker magazines. Prior to those endeavors, Mr. Steinberg was a mergers & acquisitions analyst at The Bear Stearns Companies.
Mr. Steinberg will address his experience in the exchange-traded fund business and its significance as one of the fastest-growing segments of the asset management industry. As a leader in the industry, he will offer insights into his firm's model and will also offer insights into his firm's strategic initiatives going forward.
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CEO Summit XVIII
Guest Speaker
David Tittsworth
(Executive Director, Investment Adviser Association)
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David Tittsworth (Executive Director, Investment Adviser Association)
David Tittsworth has served as executive director of the Investment Adviser Association since 1996. He is responsible for the management of the non-profit organization dedicated to serving & representing the interests of SEC-registered investment advisory firms. Based in Washington, DC, his firm engages in numerous advocacy, compliance, & educational services on behalf of its membership.
Prior to assuming his current position, Mr. Tittsworth served as counsel of the house committee on energy & commerce. Prior to that he was a partner at government relations firm Chambers, Conlon, & Hartwell. Mr. Tittsworth has served in Washington, DC, almost continuously, since 1987, including stints on the house budget committee and as senior counsel to the house subcomittee on transportation, trade, & hazardous materials.
Mr. Tittsworth will address US regulatory reform and what it means for investment advisers. Specifically, his comments will outline the six pillars of regulatory reform, the meaning of the fiduciary term, the SEC as a body, the concept of self-regulating organizations, & next steps currently being considered by regulators.
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CEO Summit XVIII
Guest Speaker
Fred Tomczyk
(CEO, TD Ameritrade)
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Fred Tomczyk (CEO, TD Ameritrade)
Fred Tomczyk has served as president and CEO of TD Ameritrade since 2008 and previously served as the company’s chief operating officer. His involvement with the company goes back more than five years as he helped to shape the Ameritrade & TD Waterhouse merger and later served on the board of directors. Today, Mr. Tomczyk oversees the management of the firm and progress made toward its strategic objectives: to maintain a leadership position in the trading business and to continue growing as an asset gatherer.
Prior to assuming his current position, Mr. Tomczyk served as vice chairman of corporate operations for TD Bank Financial Group. Prior to that role, Mr. Tomczyk's positions at TD Bank Financial Group included executive vice president of core banking & wealth management, as well as executive vice president of retail distribution, where he led the branch networks of TD Bank and Canada Trust through the merger to become TD Canada Trust. Prior to joining Canada Trust, Mr. Tomczyk served as CEO of London Life.
Mr. Tomczyk will discuss the challenges that he faces in pursuing his strategic objectives and managing TD Ameritrade for long-term growth, despite difficult economic & market environments. He will also review his learnings from mergers & acquisitions and discuss the future of such for his firm, given its relatively strong standing within the industry.
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