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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'">Eva Economou <<a href="mailto:evako@mit.edu">evako@mit.edu</a>><br>
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>TOMORROW: UEA Sponsored Panel Discussion, April 27, E51-345, 4-5.30pm</b><br>
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica'"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'">April 26, 2017 at 11:40:29 AM EDT</span></div>
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We cordially invite you to a panel discussion entitled "The U.S. and the Global Economy: Views from Washington and Wall Street," which is being sponsored by the Undergraduate Economics Association. Our panelists will be two prominent alums:<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span><span> </span><b>Chris
Bae,</b></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span>Head of Trading and Quantitative Strategies for UBS Hedge Fund Solutions, and<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt">Gerald
D. Cohen</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt">, appointee of President Obama, who served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Macroeconomic Analysis at the U.S. Treasury Department. The panel will be moderated by Prof. Jonathan Gruber.</span>
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When: Thursday, April 27 at 4-5:30PM.<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span><span> </span>(followed by a reception)<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
Where: E51-345<br>
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We hope you will join us for this lively discussion.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size:12pt">Panelists’s bios:</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size:12pt">Chris Bae<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt">is the Head of Trading and Quantitative Strategies for UBS Hedge Fund Solutions (HFS). Chris</span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span>is
primarily responsible for leading the HFS Research Team across Global Macro, Commodities, CTA,<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt">Statistical Arbitrage and Fixed Income Relative Value strategies. Before joining
UBS in 2016, he was a</span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span>Global Macro Portfolio Manager at BlueCrest Capital Management (2016). Prior to that, Chris worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he was Global
Head of FX Trading, Global Head of Fixed<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt">Income Electronic Trading and Global Head of Currency Options Trading (2009-2015). </span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chrisalso
worked at Goldman Sachs in Currency Options and Equity Derivatives Trading divisions. He served as a board<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt">member at both the New York Federal Reserve Foreign Exchange Committee
and the Bank of England's Joint</span><span style="font-size:12pt"><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span>Standing Committee. Chris's career spans more than 18 years in investment industry. He earned his SB in Economics from MIT.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size:12pt">Gerald D. Cohen</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span>currently works as a consultant for Absolute Strategy Research, a UK-based Economics consultancy. Gerald is the former Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Macroeconomic Analysis at the U.S. Department of Treasury under President Obama. He was responsible for monitoring, analyzing, and briefing senior staff on U.S. macroeconomic developments. He also took part in formulating and evaluating
the impact of policy proposals on the U.S. economy, and was part of the team that developed the semiannual Administration 10-year economic and financial forecasts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:12pt">Before joining the Department of Treasury in 2014, Gerald was a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution where his research focused on the intersection between financial markets and economic fundamentals. This research
agenda followed from his almost ten year career managing the Global Macro Group of Ziff Brothers Investments, where Gerald and his team were responsible for analyzing global macroeconomic conditions and developing and implementing long-term investment strategies
based on these analyses. Prior to that, Gerald worked at Merrill Lynch and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He holds a SB in Economics from MIT and a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University. He is a co-author of<span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Political
Cycles and the Macroeconomy</i><span class="x_Apple-converted-space"> </span>with Alberto Alesina and Nouriel Roubini. </span></div>
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