INVESTMENT POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

AGENDA

February 24, 2010
Trophy Room
2nd Floor, City Hall
1841 Argyle Street
Halifax, NS

1. CALL TO ORDER 12:00 - 2:00 pm

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - November 27, 2009

3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND APPROVAL OF ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS

4. BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES
4.1 Amended Investment Policy (To be Distributed)

5. NEW BUSINESS
5.1 Treasurer’s Report - Quarter Ending December 31, 2009
5.2 Draft Investment Policy Advisory Committee Report to Council for Quarter Ending December 31, 2009

6. INFORMATION ITEMS / OPTIONAL READING
6.1 “Is It All Just A Ponzi Scheme?” - Eric Sprott & David Franklin
6.2 Bloomberg Commentary - “Fed Should Read Its Own Memo on Rising-Rate Risk” - Caroline Baum
6.3 Bloomberg Commentary - “Secret Banking Cabal Emerges From AIG Shadows” - David Reilly
6.4 Bloomberg Commentary - “Quants’ Risk-Free Ideas Sink Markets, Cause Ruin” - Susan Antilla
6.5 Bloomberg Commentary - “PIGS in Rescue Lipstick Are Uglier Than Default” - Mark Gilbert
6.6 Bloomberg Commentary - “Lehman Justice Isn’t Blind, It’s Unconscious” - Jonathan Weil

7. NEXT MEETING DATE - To Be Determined

8. ADJOURNMENT