SYMPOSIUM ON EMERGING MARKET INVESTING

The Weiss Center and INVESTMENT POLICY Magazine sponsored a symposium on "Emerging Market Investing" at Wharton in June 1999. This symposium was organized by Malcolm Mitchell, Editor of INVESTMENT POLICY Magazine, and Richard Marston, Director of the Weiss Center. It brought together experts from investment firms, international agencies, and academia to discuss emerging market economies and their equity and bond markets. Held soon after the end of the Asian crisis of 1997-98, the symposium provided a post-mortem on the crisis and offered a reassessment of pre-crisis beliefs regarding the investment prospects of emerging markets.

SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM

Richard Marston, Director, Weiss Center
Malcolm Mitchell, Editor, INVESTMENT POLICY Magazine

Session 1: Emerging Market Economies

Presenters: John Williamson, World Bank
                  Clive Gillmore, Delaware Investment
                     Advisers
                  Paul O'Connell, MIT

Session 2: Emerging Markets Equity and Bond Investments - Part 1

Discussion Leader: William Raver, GTE Investment
                                 Corporation

Session 3: Emerging Markets Equity and Bond
                  Investments - Part 2