Financial Services Industry Outlook: Challenges and Opportunities in 2008

Table of Contents

1 FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY OUTLOOK, ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

• The Current U.S. Economic Outlook
  • The Current U.S. Economic Outlook
• Economic Fundamentals
  • Economic Fundamentals
• The Federal Reserve' s Response
  • The Federal Reserve' s Response

2 FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY OUTLOOK, INDUSTRY OUTLOOK

• The Weakened Financial Services Industry
  • The Weakened Financial Services Industry
• The Importance of Perspective
  • The Importance of Perspective

3 FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY OUTLOOK, GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES

• Optimizing Growth Opportunities in the Current Economic Climate
  • Optimizing Growth Opportunities in the Current Economic Climate
• Consider Spending Not Cutting Costs
  • Consider Spending not Cutting Costs
• Think Globally
  • Thinking Globally

4 FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY OUTLOOK, CONCLUSION

• Conclusion and Lessons Learned
  • Conclusion and Lessons Learned