2025 Agenda
Thursday, March 27, 2025
9:10 - 9:20am Welcome to Bond Fund Symposium 2025
Peter Crane, President & Publisher, Crane Data
9:20 - 10:10am Ultra-Shorts Bond Funds: Surf's Finally Up
Teresa Ho, Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Securities
Dave Martucci, PM & Head of Mgd Res, J.P. Morgan A.M.
Jerome Schneider, Managing Director, PIMCO
10:10 - 11:00am Bond Market Strategists: Rates & Returns
Jay Barry, Head US Rates Strategy, J.P. Morgan Securities
Ira Jersey, Chief Rates Strategist, Bloomberg Intelligence
11:00 - 11:30am Break sponsored by
11:30 - 12:20pm ETF Index & Near-Cash ETF Trends
Bill Ahmuty, MD Head of SPDR F-I, State Street Global Adv.
James Palmieri, Managing Director, State Street Global Adv.
12:20 - 1:20pm Lunch sponsored by
1:20 - 2:10pm Senior Portfolio Manager Perspectives
Moderator: Peter Crane, President, Crane Data
Richard Mejzak, Managing Director, BlackRock
Dave Rothweiler, Portfolio Manager, UBS Asset Mgmt
Nicholas Tripodes, Senior VP & Sr PM, Federated Hermes
2:10 - 3:00pm Long-Term & Core Bond Fund Issues
Matthew Brill, I-G Portfolio Manager, Invesco
Priya Misra, Portfolio Manager, J.P. Morgan A.M.
Speaker TBD
3:00 - 3:30pm Refreshments sponsored by
3:30 - 4:15pm LGIPs & Bond Fund Ratings
Steven Johnson, Associate Director, Fitch Ratings
Speaker TBD
4:15 - 5:00pm ESG, DE&I, Bond Fund Offerings
Henry Shilling, Founder, Sustainable Res & Analysis
Samuel Ramirez, Jr., President & CEO, Ramirez A.M.
Speaker TBD
5:00 - 7:00pm Cocktails sponsored by
Friday, March 28, 2025
8:00 - 9:00am Breakfast sponsored by
9:00 - 10:00am State of the Bond Fund Marketplace
Shelly Antoniewicz, Deputy Chief Economist, ICI
Peter Crane, President & Publisher, Crane Data
10:00 ‐ 11:00am Regulatory Update: Bond Fund Issues ‘25
Aaron Withrow, Partner, Dechert LLP
Rebecca Rodrigues , Associate, Stradley Ronon
11:00 - 11:30am Break sponsored by
11:30 - 12:30pm Money Funds & Conservative Ultra-Shorts
Peter Crane, President & Publisher, Crane Data
Dan LaRocco, Head of US Liquidity, Northern Trust A.M.
12:30 - 12:45pm Bond Fund Data & Information
Peter Crane, President & Publisher, Cran Data
Michael Masih, Director, S&P Global Ratings