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Please join fellow CFASS members for a lively discussion featuring CalPERS Fixed Income Investment Director and Chief Economist John Rothfield.  John will discuss current economic conditions and trendsand provide perspective on the near-term outlook and current political and economic trends impacting capital markets.

Appetizers, beer and wine will be served.

Bio John Rothfield is CalPERS' chief economist and an Investment Director for the Global Fixed Income, Inflation and Currency Teams. He currently manages both a US Governments and International Fixed Income portfolio and is a senior member of the firm's tactical asset allocation committee. In his role as economist John and his team advise the asset classes, Investment Strategy Group and CalPERS' board on domestic and international macroeconomic trends and how they impact financial markets, asset class returns and market or credit risks.

Prior to joining CalPERS in 2012, John was an Economist and Financial Markets Strategist for a number of US banks including Bank of America (1994-2012) and First Chicago Bank (1989-1994).

His career started in the Australian Treasury in 1980, including an appointment at the IMF in Washington DC and a postgraduate scholarship for study in macro an international economics and finance at UCLA.