The financial markets touch all of our lives. If you didn’t believe that in years past, you surely do now after the tumultuous events of the late 2000s. The workings and integrity of those markets are vital to our increasingly global and interconnected economies. If you’ve chosen a career that involves working in the securities industry, you have a front-row seat in a dynamic and sometimes unpredictable field. George (Tres) Arnett and I met many years ago at Yale University where we both studied economics. And we have both spent our careers connected to the financial services industry. The Tres I remember from those days was intelligent, articulate, interesting, purposeful,.
