NASAA Public Policy Conference to Explore New Frontiers of Investor Protection

The North American Securities Administrators Association ("NASAA") is hosting its annual Public Policy Conference on April 16th at the Mayflower Renaissance Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. This year's conference features two panel discussions: "Retail Investors and the Markets: Is the Deck Stacked?" and "Cost-Benefit Analysis: Sifting through Fact and Fiction." Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) is delivering the keynote luncheon address at the conference. Other featured speakers include SEC Chair Elisse Walter and American University Professor James Thurber, an expert on campaigns and elections, presidential-congressional relations, and the author of Obama in Office.

View Press Release in full here (links externally to NASAA website).Related News: NASAA Issues Investor Advisory on Private Placement Offerings (with Parness Comment) (April 2, 2013).