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University of Dayton Announces Basketball Legend Bill Walton to Speak at R.I.S.E. Global Investment Forum

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R.I.S.E. (Redefining Investment Strategy Education) offers a line-up of international finance and investment leaders in an interactive format for the largest student investment conference in the world, open to professionals as well as students.

The conference is offered in association with the United Nations Global Compact and features market outlooks, forecasts and expert commentary on the finance industry.

Walton's talk will cap the first day of the forum, which runs March 31 through April 2.

"Bill Walton embodies so much of what we hope to inspire in the students and professionals who attend the conference," said Matthew Shank, dean of the School of Business Administration. "He has a zest for life, a passion for excellence and a commitment to giving back to society."

Speakers include:

    --  Mark S. Sniderman, executive vice president and chief policy officer,
        Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
    --  Robert Weissenstein, chief investment officer, Credit Suisse Private
        Banking Americas.
    --  Kate Moore, global equities strategist, Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
    --  John Hodulik, managing director equity research, UBS.
    --  Monica Bertran, Bloomberg Television.
    --  Nick Sargen, senior vice president and chief investment officer, Fort
        Washington Investment Advisors.
    --  Jorgen Holmquist, director-general of internal markets and services,
        European Commission.
    --  Charles Reinhard, global investment strategist, Morgan Stanley Smith
        Barney.
    --  Richard Yamarone, co-founder and managing partner, Bloomberg Television.
    --  Aaron Brown, chief risk officer, AQR Capital Management.
    --  Hans L. Christensen, CEO/CIO, MJX Asset Management.
    --  Glen Swindle, managing director for energy trading and marketing, Credit
        Suisse.
    --  Kenneth Abbott, managing director and COO of market risk, Morgan
        Stanley.
    --  Michelle McCarthy, moderator, managing director and director of risk
        management, Nuveen Investments.
    --  Paula DiPerna, advisor, NTR Foundation.
    --  Peter DeSimone, director of programs, Social Investment Forum.
    --  Carolyn Green, co-founder and managing partner, EnerGreen Capital
        Management LLC.

The forum has grown so big that part of it is held in a familiar setting for Walton -- a basketball arena.

Walton was a superstar at UCLA as a member of two NCAA championship teams, earning All-America and academic all-America honors.

The top overall pick in the 1974 NBA draft, he went on to win two NBA championships, one with the Portland Trail Blazers in 1977 and another with the Boston Celtics in 1986. He also played for the San Diego and Los Angeles Clippers before retiring in 1990 to launch a broadcasting career.

As a broadcaster, Walton worked with CBS Sports, NBC, ABC, ESPN, Fox, MSNBC, Turner Sports, KCAL and the NBA. He won a 2001 Emmy for best live sports television broadcast and was also an Emmy recipient in 1979 for work on an environmental documentary.

For more on R.I.S.E., visit http://rise.udayton.edu, become a fan on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/udrise) or connect at LinkedIn (http://linkd.in/udrise.)

Link to this release: http://www.udayton.edu/news/articles/2011/02/bill_walton_keynote_RISE.php

SOURCE University of Dayton