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Center for Marketing & Public Policy Research and The
Vanguard Group® Sponsor “Fostering Financial Learning: The Impact of Financial
Disclosure and Education on Investors”
VILLANOVA, PA, 22 January 2007—On Friday, January 19, the Center
for Marketing and Public Policy Research at the Villanova School of
Business (VSB) and The Vanguard Group®—the nation’s second-largest
mutual fund firm and a leading provider of company-sponsored retirement
plan services—sponsored “Fostering
Financial Learning: The Impact of Financial Disclosure and Education on
Investors.” Hosted by The Vanguard Group®, this collaborative effort
offered an interdisciplinary review of financial disclosure and
education initiatives.
“The purpose of this forum was to offer best practices in financial
literacy and disclosure,” states Professor John Kozup, Director of VSB’s
Center for Marketing and Public Policy Research.
Panel discussions and presentations were offered throughout the day as
experts from the academic, legal, regulatory, and business communities
addressed critical questions in making wise investment decisions.
“Presenters rendered research and advice in the areas of improved
disclosure, fostering of investor decision-making, and advances in
national financial literacy,” says Kozup. “Participants took advantage
of cutting-edge, multidisciplinary research and departed with
recommendations on improving disclosure to investors and improving
financial education programs.”
Key constituencies from the financial disclosure arena were represented,
including Lori Schock, Acting Director for the US Securities and
Exchange Commission, representatives from the Federal Reserve Board,
Federal Trade Commission, NASD, leading business scholars, financial
corporations, and trade groups.
Nationally recognized for its work in the field, the Center for
Marketing and Public Policy Research at the Villanova School of Business
is a respected outlet dedicated to research-based policy solutions for
the problems that impact marketing practitioners, consumers and the
broader society. VSB’s Center for Marketing and Public Policy Research
is now home to the Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, a
preeminent journal in the field.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Andrea Carter,
Coordinator, Marketing & Public Relations
Villanova School of Business
Villanova University
800 Lancaster Avenue
Bartley Hall
610.519.6715
andrea.carter@villanova.edu
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