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.

A man in glasses wears a gray shirt and tie.

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.