Events

Academic Insights for Practice & Lindner Investment Challenge Finals

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Join the Johnson Investment Institute on Monday, April 20 from 12:45-4 p.m. in Lindner Hall 1220-1225 for Academic Insights for Practice & Lindner Investment Challenge Finals.

This event is intended for current students as well as finance industry professionals and practitioners. Admission is free and lunch will be provided.

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Kent Daniel, Jean-Marie Eveillard/First Eagle Investment Management Professor of Business, Columbia Business School.

The event begins with Lindner Investment Challenge finalists presenting their investment thesis to six judges:

  • Marc Crigger, Alternative Investments Market Leader, BlackRock
  • Kent Daniel, Jean-Marie Eveillard/First Eagle Investment Management Professor of Business, Columbia Business School
  • Sam Ekis, Investment Director, UC Investment Office
  • Charles Rinehart, Chief Investment Officer, Principal, Johnson Investment Counsel
  • Soniya Shah, Assistant Portfolio Manager, Ameritas Investment Partners
  • Steven Soloria, EVP & Chief Investment Officer, Cincinnati Insurance Companies

Challenge participants spent three months trading U.S. equities and exchange-traded funds with the goal of outperforming the S&P 500 while managing risk and controlling transaction costs. $18,000 ($10,000 to first place) in scholarship funding is available to the top three teams.

Following the Challenge Finals, Professor Daniel, the former CIO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, will deliver an Academic Insights for Practice talk entitled, “The $300 Million/Day Problem: Inefficiencies in the Securities Lending Market.”

Register to attend Academic Insights for Practice & Lindner Investment Challenge Finals today. 

Academic Insights for Practice: How Should Investors' Long-Term Returns Be Measured?

When: Friday, Oct. 31, 7:45-9:30 a.m. Breakfast begins at 7:45, lecture begins at 8:30.

Where: Lindner Hall 1210

RSVP: Registration required.

Who should attend

  • Investment professionals and portfolio managers
  • Financial advisors and wealth managers
  • Retirement planners and actuaries
  • Endowment and foundation officers
  • Finance faculty and doctoral students
  • Quantitative analysts and researchers

Speaker: Hendrik Bessembinder, PhD, Francis and Virginia Labriola Chair in Competitive Business, Professor of Finance at Arizona State University

Summary: Most investors participate in markets across multiple months or years, yet the measurement of their long-term outcomes is far from straightforward. Professor Bessembinder challenges conventional approaches and presents groundbreaking research that reshapes how to understand investment performance.

Johnson Investment Institute: Student Opportunities & Programs Kickoff

Interested in a career in investing or investment banking? Don’t miss a chance to connect with Lindner and industry leaders at the Johnson Investment Institute: Student Opportunities & Programs Kickoff.

When: Thursday, October 2, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Where: Lindner Hall Room 1210

Hear from:

  • Marianne Lewis, Dean, Lindner College of Business
  • Tim Johnson, Founder, Johnson Investment Counsel
  • Phil Collins, Executive Advisor, Johnson Investment Institute & Former UC Board of Trustees Chair
  • Mehmet Saglam, Academic Director, Johnson Investment Institute & Lindner Associate Professor of Finance

Be the first to hear about new opportunities that could shape your future in finance! Free pizza will be served at the end of the event.

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