October 5-11, 2008

Texas Association of Counties Events Center
1210 San Antonio Street, 4th Floor
Austin 78701
512-478-8753

Agenda

Sunday, October 5
2:00 pm	Registration Open
3:00 - 3:15 pm	Welcome & Introductions
3:15 - 3:30 pm	Program History
3:30 - 3:45 pm	CIO Standards
3:45 - 4:15 pm	Schematic of County Operations
4:15 - 4:30 pm	Break
4:30 - 6:00 pm	Structure of Securities
6:00 - 6:30 pm	Networking

Monday, October 6
8:30 - 10:30 am	Math of Finance/Yield to Maturity
10:30 - 10:45 am	Break
10:45 - 11:45 am	Public Funds Investment Act
11:45 - 12:45 pm	Lunch
12:45 - 2:30 pm	Eligible Securities
2:30 - 3:00 pm	Break
3:00 - 3:45 pm	Discussion of Risk
3:45 - 5:15 pm	Investment Policy & Depository Contracts

Tuesday, October 7
8:30 - 9:30 am	Cash-Flow Forecasting
9:30 - 10:00 am	Hierarchy of Issuers
10:00 - 10:30 am	Break
10:30 - 11:30 am	Broker/Client Relationships/Evaluating a Broker
11:30 - 12:00 pm	Investment Strategies
12:00 - 1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 pm	The Economy and The Federal Reserve
2:00 - 3:00 pm	Mid-Week Quiz Distributed

Wednesday, October 8
8:30 - 8:45 am	Mid-Week Quiz Review
8:45 - 9:15 am	Internal Operational Controls
9:15 - 10:15 am	Basic Investment Accounting
10:15 - 10:30 am	Break
10:30 - 11:30 am	Reporting
11:30 - 12:30 pm	Lunch
12:30 - 1:30 pm	Fiduciary Relationships
1:45 - 4:00 pm	Rate of Return Exercise

Thursday, October 9
8:30 - 9:00 am	Record Keeping & Trade Verification
9:00 - 10:30 am	Settlement, Clearance & Safekeeping
10:30 - 10:45 am	Break
10:45 - 11:00 am	Valuing Collateral
11:00 - 12:00 pm	Security Selection
12:00 - 1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 pm	Mortgage-Backed Securities
2:00 - 2:15 pm	Break
2:15 - 4:15 pm	Review

Friday, October 10
8:30 - 12:00 pm	The Big Game: Putting it All Together
12:00 - 1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 - 3:00 pm	Review Game & Wrap Up

Saturday, October 11
7:30 - 8:30 am	Breakfast before the exam
9:00 - 12:00 pm	Exam

Agenda subject to change

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