The Outlook for Financials -Subprime: Is Commercial Real Estate the Next Shoe to Drop?

Summary: Ron will review recent trends and discuss current conditions in credit markets, providing an overview on the risks and causes for optimism in the present environment as well as analyzing some possible scenarios for 2008 and beyond. A Q&A session will follow his presentation. Featured Speaker: Ronald Temple Managing Director Mr. Temple is a Co-Director of Research and a Research Analyst on the Global Research Platform. Prior to joining Lazard in 2001, Ron held positions with Deutsche Asset Management and Deutsche Bank Americas in New York, Deutsche Bank Asia/Pacific in Singapore, Deutsche Morgan Grenfell in London, Bank of America NT & SA in San Francisco, and Fleet Financial Group in Boston. He began working in the investment field in 1991. Ron received a MPP from Harvard University and a BA in Economics & Public Policy from Duke University.