Video from the 2011 Future of Lifecycle Saving & Investing Conference

December 1st, 2009

The Third Future of Lifecycle Saving & Investing Conference at Boston University School of Management, in May 2011, drew some of the top thinkers and practitioners in the consumer financial field.  Topics of the event’s talks, panels, and keynote addresses ranged from consumer finance for financial educators, advisors, and regulators; consumer knowledge about the housing and credit markets; saving and investing among middle- and low-income households; consumer protection; and more.

Boston University School of Management Life Cycle 2011
Boston University School of Management hosts the Life Cycle Savings and Investing panel. Speakers include Bob Merton and Roger Ferguson.

Here, see video from the keynote addresses given during three-day conference, introduced by Zvi Bodie, Boston University’s Norman and Adele Barron Professor of Management and author of the new book Risk Less and Prosper.  Speakers include:

  • Robert C. Merton, School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • William Sharpe, STANCO 25 Professor of Finance, Emeritus, Stanford University Graduate School of Business
  • Roger Ferguson, President and Chief Executive Officer, TIAA-CREF
     

Shorter Clips of Individual Speakers:

Boston University School of Management Life Cycle 2011, Bob Merton
The Boston University School of Management Life Cycle speaker, Bob Merton, discusses the issues of retirement for the baby boomers.

Boston University School of Management Life Cycle 2011.
The 10,000 baby boomers that go into retirement every day, need to be aware of probability when facing pre-retirement issues. The effect of the thousands of retirees every day on the financial industry.

Boston University School of Management Life Cycle 2011 Roger Ferguson.
Boston University School of Management invites Roger Ferguson to speak at the 2011 Life Cycle. Ferguson speaks about financial education through the lens of retirement.

Robert C. Merton on financial education and consumer financial protection:

William Sharpe on post-retirement economics:

Roger Ferguson on the most important trends of today impacting the consumer financial market: