15 September 2010
5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Lanesborough HotelHyde Park Corner
SW1X 7TA London
Duff & Phelps will host this insightful review of the difficulties associated with determining cost of capital in today's turbulent market, and learn practical solutions to the challenge of measuring risk.
Two world-renowned experts -
Roger Grabowski of Duff & Phelps and Professor Elroy Dimson of London Business School - will lead a lively discussion, with the opportunity to ask questions of two specialists who quite literally "wrote the book" on cost of capital.
Presenters:
Elroy Dimson, Professor of Finance at London Business School and co-author of the Global Investment Returns Yearbook.
Roger Grabowski, Managing Director at Duff & Phelps and co-author with Shannon Pratt of Cost of Capital: Applications and Examples, and author of Duff & Phelps' Risk Premium Report.
Topics to be discussed include:
- Difficulties in determining cost of capital in the current environment.
- Practical solutions to addressing the question of risk.
- Has the long term view on equity market risk changed as a result of recent market turbulence?
- Global investment returns and assessing returns in emerging markets.
Who should attend?
- Chief Financial Officers responsible for overall firm risk assessment and management.
- Financial Directors and Financial Controllers with financial reporting responsibilities including fair value assessments for impairment reviews, purchase price allocations and fair value accounting.
- Tax Managers with responsibilities for fair value assessments of assets.
- Corporate Treasurers with responsibilities for determining cost of capital.
- Investment Managers responsible for making decisions on investment, hurdle rates and required returns.
If you would like to reserve your place at this seminar, contact
Lisa Gonzalez at +44 (0)20 7715 6764.