Fourth Tribal Financial Management & Leadership Symposium
Fourth Tribal Financial Management & Leadership Symposium
September 28-29, 2017
Morgan Stanley Headquarters, New York, NY
Native Nation Events’ Fourth Tribal Financial Management & Leadership Symposium will be held September 28th and 29th, 2017 at the Morgan Stanley Headquarters in New York, NY. This exclusive two-day event will focus on one of the most important aspects of a tribe’s economic future – financial management. You will learn about the state of the economy, building a financial constitution, both long-term and short-term investments, alternative investment options and much more.
NEW to the event is a critical component of leadership training to support Tribal Leaders and CFOs to effectively guide the financial future of their tribes through enhanced communication, strategy and change management skills. This symposium will not only answer any questions you and your tribe may have about financial management, but give you tools and skills to carry out critical actions that help support the financial success of your tribe.
Who Should Attend:
- Tribal Leaders
- Council Members
- Chief Financial Officers
- Tribal Treasurers
- Finance Officers
- Investment Managers
Venue Information
Morgan Stanley Headquarters
1585 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
212-761-4000
OTHER HOTELS IN THE AREA
Edison Hotel
228 West 47th Street
New York, NY 10036
212-840-5000
Sanctuary Hotel New York
132 West 47th Street
New York, NY 10036
800-388-8988
212-234-7000
DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel New York City – Times Square
1568 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
212-719-1600
New York Marriott Marquis
1535 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
212-398-1900
Fourth Tribal Financial Management & Leadership Symposium
September 28-29, 2017
Morgan Stanley Headquarters, New York, NY
Thursday, September 28
9:00-10:00 AM
Registration & Breakfast in Room 26C
10:00-10:10 AM
Welcome Remarks in Room 26B
Justin O’Connor
President
Native Nation Events
Conference Co-Chair Remarks in Room 26B
Bernard Machlovitch
Executive Director
Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management
Hans Maentz
Senior Vice President
Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management
10:10-10:30 AM
Keynote in Room 26B
Kinship: Tribal Sovereignty and Responsible Stability
- Unmask a savage misunderstanding as we explore how the congressional debates, constitutional rights, and civilized conduct of early Tribal democracy, as experienced by the Founding Fathers, became the foundation upon which our great American Government is built.
- Journey through a Historical Briefing of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana. See how a small community used constant evolution as a guide to a prosperous future.
- Gain a sovereign understanding. Purposely unbound, autonomous, and geologically separate from, but also within, these United States of America, we discuss how sovereignty is the restoration and the right of Native American Tribes.
- Understand how full Tribal sovereignty is achieved only when Tribes obtain economic independence. Freedom has a cost. Entrepreneurial creativity and economic responsibility must seize the leaders and the members of Tribes.
Presenter:
David Sickey
Chairman
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
10:30-11:30 AM
The Difference That Makes All the Difference—E+R=O
- Designing a framework that is easily utilized into the daily workplace.
- Clearly identifying the 5g formula that can serve as a powerful action plan tool.
- Creating a brand and mission statement that flows, is digestible and pertinent to everyday workplace challenges.
- Utilizing the 5g system to impact your own personal growth and create better leaders.
Presenters:
Jim Stroker
Coach
NNE Leadership Solutions Group
Ali Stroker
International Humanitarian & Leadership Ambassador
11:30-11:45 AM
Morning Break in Room 26C
11:45-12:30 PM
General Session in Room 26B
Navigating Financial Wellness for Tribal Nations: Moving Beyond Financial Literacy
- What are the key features to explore and consider when introducing a financial wellness program to your
community? - Hear some specific examples of what works and what does not.
- Hear about the benefits of bringing financial wellness to all generations of your community.
- You will gain an understanding of the various features and how you can tailor these features for the uniqueness
of your nation. - Understand the definition of financial wellness as well as its importance.
Presenters:
Aaron LeClaire
Business Development, Tribal Nations
Advanced Capital Group
Ray Martinez
Co-Founder & President, Financial Education
EVERFI
Dan Schroeder
Principal
Advanced Capital Group
12:30-1:30 PM
Lunch in Room 26C
General Sessions in Room 26B
1:30-2:00 PM
The Core Conundrum
- How can core fixed-income investors meet their yield objectives while maintaining low tracking error to the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index?
- Discover how to cope with new market realities. Traditional yield enhancement techniques may boost total returns in the near term, but benign credit conditions may be masking the potentially harmful, long-term effects of higher credit and interest-rate risk.
- Future investment blueprint – the surest path to underperformance is to remain anchored in the past. Investors must develop new, sustainable, long-term strategies to generate yield without assuming excessive credit or duration risk.
Presenter:
David Santoriello, CFA, CAIA
Director
Guggenheim Investments
2:00-2:45 PM
Understanding the Benefits of Aligning your Investment Programs with your Investment Governance Structure
- This panel will cover the different Government Structures: general counsel, elected officials, committee, staff, advisors, etc.
- What considerations need to be kept in mind from the constitutional, legal, cultural, sovereign as well as economic points of view.
- What kind of reserves are required based on the various types of programs, i.e. insurance, debt.
- What kind of back office operation do you need to have in place to effectively operate your structure.
- As with any Government program put in place, how do you implement safe guards to assure its sustainability?
Presenters:
Teri Richardson, CFA
Senior Investment Analyst and Consultant
Advanced Capital Group
Forrest Tahdooahnippah
Senior Associate
Dorsey & Whitney
2:45-3:00 PM
Afternoon Break in Room 26C
General Sessions in Room 26B
3:00-3:30 PM
Anatomy of a Recession – Preparing for Risk When Markets Are High
- How to distinguish between signal and noise for large market drawdowns.
- Identify key drivers of asset prices over the next year.
- Common pitfalls for the average investor.
- Examine the correlation between large market drawdowns and recessions.
- Explain ClearBridge’s economic outlook and the variables we consider in coming to that conclusion.
Presenter:
Jeffrey Schulze, CFA
Director, Investment Specialist
ClearBridge Investments
3:30-4:15 PM
Rising Rates and the Bond Market & Why Global Bonds
- Fixed income’s performance during past interest rate cycles offers valuable context for investors now.
- History suggests there may be benefits to staying put and “riding out” the cycle, instead of rushing for the exits or pursuing a market-timing strategy.
- Overall, fixed income delivered positive results during the past three Federal Reserve rate tightening cycles.
- Focusing on a single market’s economic and interest rate cycle to generate returns is one dimensional, risky and restricts an investor’s potential return.
- Global bonds offer a larger, more diversified opportunity set of return sources relative to single country portfolios.
- Why now is a unique time to invest in Global Bonds.
Moderator:
Jeffrey Schulze, CFA
Director, Investment Specialist
ClearBridge Investments
Presenters:
Ellen Cammer
Product Specialist
Western Asset Management
Richard Lawrence
Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager
Brandywine Global
4:15-5:00 PM
Private Markets: The Outcome-Oriented Approach
- The over – or underperformance of private assets – now emerging as a major presence in client portfolios – has the potential to impact total portfolio returns as much as that of public investments.
- How has the investible illiquid alternative universe evolved over the past decade?
- How can investors capitalize on and position themselves for more specialized opportunities in credit, private equity, and real assets?
- What are the specific outcomes investors can achieve through private markets, and how can portfolios be built to realize these outcomes?
Presenters:
Jeffrey Berman, CFA
Managing Director
BlackRock
Steve Shapiro
Partner & Executive Committee Member
GoldenTree Asset Management
5:00 PM
Day 1 Concludes
Friday, September 29
8:00-8:45 AM
Registration & Breakfast in Room 26C
General Sessions in Room 26B
8:45-9:30 AM
The Impact of Motivation
- 17% of all employees are satisfied with their job and 45% plan to leave in the next 12 months. What does this do to your business?
- How do leaders motivate your employees, which in turn reduces turnover and increases profitability?
- Understanding that to be a motivator does not mean you need to be the loudest person in the room.
- Not everyone is a born leader, but you can develop the skills to become a great one.
- Good managers are not always good leaders, and understanding the difference is imperative.
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Live by 3 simple rules:
- Never Quit!
- Get After It!
- Never Forget!
Presenter:
Jim Stroker
Coach
NNE Leadership Solutions Group
9:30-10:15 AM
Unemployment Risk Management
- What unemployment management options are available for Tribal entities?
- What are the benefits to outsourcing your unemployment management to a third party administrator?
- What cost advantages can be had by outsourcing?
Presenter:
Darren Bowman
President & CEO
501(c) Services
10:15-10:30 AM
Morning Break in Room 26C
General Sessions in Room 26B
10:30-11:15 AM
Evolve or Evaporate
- How to survive and thrive in an environment that has been tough for hedge funds post 2008.
- Examine the evolution of co-investment businesses and the drivers that help better align investor interests to investment partners business models.
Presenters:
Gregg Hymowitz
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
EnTrustPermal Securities, LLC
Keith Meister
Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer
Corvex Management
11:15-12:00 PM
Long/Short Equity – Global Investing in a Wave of Technological Innovation
- How can you reap the rewards of the incredible wave of technological innovation currently and in our future in the areas of 5G and the Internet of Things, Advances in display technologies (high-def CMOS sensors, OLED, 3D sensing and VR/AR), Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Driving Machine Learning?
- How do investors go about their due diligence to identify both winning and losing technologies and companies?
Presenter:
Alex Tahsili
Senior Partner
Alkeon Capital Management
12:00-12:45 PM
Leadership and Organizational Change – A Federal Government Narrative
- Understanding your impact on the organization: Being the catalyst for change.
- Effectively clarifying your organization’s vision and developing policies and prioritizing plans: Communication strategies for a complex organization.
- How can you tell if you’re an effective leader? Effectuating change through your direct reports.
- This session will also help you improve external skills to help you address and influence internal and external stakeholders, including best practices focusing on professional ethics, personal integrity and career development.
- Case Study: Building and implementing a strong regulatory and compliance regime within the federal framework-lessons learned to benefit your organization.
Presenter:
Vince Logan, Esq.
Senior Advisor, Tribal Wealth Practice
Permanens Capital
Former Special Trustee for American Indians
U.S. Department of the Interior
12:45-1:30 PM
Lunch in Room 26C
General Sessions in Room 26B
1:30-2:00 PM
Leveraging Resources in a Bear Market
- Making sure your organization has a well-rounded portfolio, and steps to diversification.
- How to still create and develop projects with minimal and reduced funding.
- How to leverage resources and building economic self-sufficiency.
Presenter:
Alexandra Terry
Principal
Desert Diamond Development
Leveraging for the Tohono O’odham Ki:Ki Housing Association
2:00-2:45 PM
Understanding how Dividend Growth Investing can Lead to Long Term Outperformance
- Stock Market Overview.
- Understanding the benefits of dividend growth investing.
- Using systematic strategies to reduce costs and unwanted risks.
- Looking at factors that drive excess returns such as quality and growth.
- Understanding the differences between Mutual funds and ETFs.
Presenter:
Eric Ervin
President & CEO
Reality Shares
2:45-3:45 PM
Alternatives
- What is Private Debt/Direct Lending? How can tribes benefit from disinter-mediation of banks?
- Why does Harvard and Yale invest a large portion of their endowment in Private Equity and other Alternatives?
- Where is there value in Alternative universe?
Presenters:
Henry D’Alessandro
Managing Director
Morgan Stanley
Head and Chief Investment Officer
Morgan Stanley Credit Partners
Neha Champaneria Markle
Managing Director
Morgan Stanley
3:45 PM
Day 2 Concludes
A - F
- (the) Pueblo Insurance Agency, Inc
- AB Global Investments
- Ak-Chin Indian Community
- Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association
- All American Poker Network
- Alternative Investment Partners
- Barre Consulting LLC
- Beacon Pointe Advisors
- Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria
- Big Sandy Rancheria Band of Western Mono Indians
- Bishop Paiute Reservation
- Black Rock
- Bradford & Marzec, Inc.
- Bridgeport Colony Development Corp
- Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony – Toiyabe Indian Health Project
- Cahuilla Band of Mission Indians
- Capital One Bank
- Cedarville Rancheria
- Cherokee Nation
- Chilton Private Clients
- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
- Chukchansi, Inc.
- Cold Springs Rancheria
- Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation
- Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
- Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians
- Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians
- Crossfire Connection Insurance Associates
- Dolan McEniry Capital Management, LLC
- Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
- Forest County Potawatomi Community
- Fort Bidwell Indian Community Council
- Fort Independence Indian Reservation
- Fredericks Peebles & Morgan LLP
G - M
- Gila River Gaming Enterprises
- Golden Tree Asset Management, LLP
- Guggenheim Investments
- Ho-Chunk Nation
- Ho-Chunk, Inc.
- Hoopa Valley Tribe
- Hopland Band of Pomo Indians
- Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel
- Jicarilla Apache Nation
- JP Morgan Asset Management
- Karuk Tibal Housing Authority
- Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas
- La Posta Band of Mission Indians
- Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
- Lac Vieux Desert Band Of Lake Superior Chippewa
- Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
- Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
- Lower Sioux Community Center
- Lower Sioux Indian Community
- MFS Investment Management
- Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
- Mishewal Wappo Tribe
- Moapa Band of Paiute Indians
- Morgan Stanley
- Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners
- Morgan Stanley Graystone Consulting
- Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
- Morgan Stanley, Native American Investment Group
- Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management
- Morongo Band of Mission Indians
- Moss Adams LLP
N - R
- Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government
- Navajo Nation
- Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise
- Neuberger Berman, LLC
- New Mexico State University-Department of Finance
- Noo-kayet Development Corporation
- North Pier Fiduciary Management
- North Slope Borough
- Northern Ute Indian Tribe
- Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma
- Pauma Band of Mission Indians
- Pechanga Development Corporation
- Perkins Coie LLP
- Pinnacle Bank/Meskwaki Nation
- Pitkas Point Traditional Council
- PNC Bank
- PNC Institutional Investment
- Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians
- Ponca Tribe of Nebraska
- Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe
- Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
- Providence First Trust Company
- Pueblo of San Felipe
- Pueblo of Zia
- Quinault Beach Resort & Casino
- Riley Asset Management
- Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians
- Round Valley Indian Housing Authority
- Russell Investments
- RWM Financial Group Rossiter Wealth Management
S - Z
- Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa/Meskw
- Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
- Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
- San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians
- San Pasqual Economic Development Agency
- Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi Yokut Tribe
- Scythian Solutions
- Sierra Tribal Consortium, Inc.
- Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate
- Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians
- SkyBridge Capital
- Sovereign Finance, LLC
- Spokane Tribe of Indians
- Stockbridge Munsee Community
- Table Mountain Rancheria
- Tachi Hotel and Casino
- TBE Architects (Thalden Boyd Emery)
- The PENTA Building Group
- The Travelers Companies, Inc.
- Three Affiliated Tribes – MHA Nation
- Tohono O’odham Nation
- Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians
- Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc.
- Tribal Business Journal
- Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians
- Union Bank
- Ute Indian Tribe
- Ute Tribal Business Committee
- Valley View Casino
- Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians
- Wedbush Securities, Inc
- Wells Fargo Securities LLC
- White Mountain Apache Tribe
- Wild Horse Pass Development Authority
- Yankton Sioux Tribe
- Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo
Conference Co-Chair
Platinum Sponsor
Gold Sponsors
For Sponsorship Opportunities, contact Dan O’Connor at 201-857-5333 or [email protected]
Register Now To Attend
Native Nation Events offers options available for Elected Tribal Council or Tribal Government/Enterprise Representatives as individuals and groups, as well as non-affiliated Industry Professionals. See below for pricing and availability to attend this event.
For Elected Tribal Council or Tribal Government/Enterprise Representatives
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Early Bird$595
- Elected Tribal Council or Tribal Government/Enterprise Representatives
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Expires Sept 27Standard Rate$695
- Elected Tribal Council or Tribal Government/Enterprise Representatives
Group Rate (4 or more paid from same tribe or entity)
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Early Bird Group Rate$495
- Elected Tribal Council or Tribal Government/Enterprise Representatives
- Minimum Purchase of 4 Required For Discount
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Expires Sept 27Standard Group Rate$595
- Elected Tribal Council or Tribal Government/Enterprise Representatives
- Minimum Purchase of 4 Required For Discount
For Other Industry Professionals
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Early Bird$795
- For Industry Professionals
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Expires Sept 27Standard Rate$995
- For Industry Professionals