David K.A. Mordecai, President of Risk Economics, was invited to give the opening keynote address at the two-day New York City conference of the Family Office Association. The conference took place on November 6-7, 2017 at the NYC headquarters of the law firm Nixon Peabody. David Mordecai spoke about topics related to economic analysis of geopolitical uncertainty, industry structure and corporate liabilities, moderated by Scott Beach, chair of the Corporate and Business Law department and chair of the Private Equity and Venture Capital practice group at Day Pitney LLP.
Other keynote addresses were given by the following speakers:
- Marc Lasry, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Avenue Capital Group
- Howard Milstein, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, New York Private Bank & Trust
- Jeremy Grantham, Co-founder and Chief Investment Strategist, Grantham, Mayo, & van Otterloo (GMO)
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