Mesirow Financial's 2012 Investment Outlook

Finding a Balance:
Insight to help you understand today's markets and identify opportunities

The business outlooks below feature insights and perspectives on the economy and key investment classes for 2012. To read one of the outlooks provided by our business leaders, you may click on the business name in the column on the left, select a video presentation from eight of our key businesses below, or download a PDF of our complete Outlook Booklet, which includes our outlooks for each of our business areas.

Our Perspectives
The Economy Diane Swonk
Chief Economist		 ■ Themes on the Economy
■ Video Highlights (17:24)
International Economy Adolfo Laurenti
Deputy Chief Economist		 ■ International Outlook
■ Video Highlights (11:25)
U.S. Value Equity Susan Schmidt
Managing Director		 ■ Business Outlook
■ Video Highlights (7:42)
Fixed Income Steven Luetger
Senior Managing Director		 ■ Business Outlook
■ Video Highlights (3:41)
Private Equity Marc Sacks
Senior Managing Director		 ■ Business Outlook
■ Video Highlights (11:26)
Hedge Funds Thomas Macina
Senior Managing Director		 ■ Business Outlook
■ Video Highlights (11:27)
Currency and Commodities Gary Klopfenstein
Senior Managing Director		 ■ Business Outlook
■ Video Highlights (8:46)
International and National Real Estate Joshua Daitch
Senior Managing Director		 ■ Business Outlook
■ Video Highlights (12:32)

The information contained herein is for informational purposes only. It does not constitute an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy an interest in any product offered by Mesirow Financial. Any offer can only be made to certain persons (such as Qualified or "accredited" investors, or Qualified Eligible Persons, as appropriate) whose eligibility to invest has been determined and only in jurisdictions where such offer is permissible and only through the appropriate offering materials for the product, which contain important information concerning risk factors and other material aspects of the investment.