Asset Management Practicum

Speakers & Events

Future Guests (tentative)

  • Matt Zumbach '09, Vice President Senior Investment Officer at Northern Trust: "How to Prepare a Stock Pitch."

Past Guests

Spring 2023 to present

  • Bruno Bertocci, Formerly, Managing Director, UBS Asset Management Sustainable Equity Investors: "Sustainable Equity Investing."
  • Anna Mullen, Partner, Brave Warrior Advisors: "Evaluation of student stock pitches."
  • Chad Waynee, ’08, Financial Advisor, Edward Jones: "Evaluation of student stock pitches."
  • Karan Saberwal, ’16, Senior Vice President, Robert W. Baird & Co: "Evaluation of student stock pitches."
  • Harisha Koneru Haigh, ’02, Managing Director, Privtae Investments & Real Assets, NU Investment Office: "Evaluation of student stock pitches."
  • Bradley Mendel, ’17, Owner, Mendel Money Management: “Evaluation of student stock pitches."
  • Benjamin Appen, Founding Partner, Co-Chair of the Investment Committee, and Chief Executive Officer; Magnitude Capital: “Decline of Alpha.”
  • Terence Tsai, ’18, Analyst and Portfolio Manager, Fidelity International:  "Evaluation of Student Stock Pitches."Scott Wallace, Founder/Chief Investment Officer, Shorepath Capital Management: "Evaluation of Student Stock Pitches."
  • Cyrus Taraporevala, President and Chief Executive Officer (Retired), State Street Global Advisors: “Ten Predictions for the Asset Management Industry in 10 Years.”
  • Daniel Gamba, ‘97, President, Northern Trust Asset Management: “Global trends in Asset Management.”
  • Matt Zumbach, '09, Vice President Senior Investment Officer at Northern Trust: "How to Prepare a Stock Pitch."

Spring 2022 to Winter 2023

  • Brad Couri, Chair of the Advisory board of CFI Partners: "Starting and Running an Asset Management Firm."
  • Joon Park ’08, COO and President, Kodai Asset Management: “Why You Should Care About Factors.”
  • Ward Sexton, Analyst/Principal, William Blair & Company: "How to Be a Good Analyst."
  • Andrew Seamons, Chief Investment Officer, HF Capital: "An Allocator's perspective."
  • Marc Levine, ’90, Founder Chicago Asset Funding LLC: “Evaluation of student stock pitches.”
  • Karan Saberwal, ’16, Research Analyst, Vice President, Robert W. Baird & Co.: “Progressing Your Career in Asset Management."
  • Paul Wells, ’22, Quantitative Analyst at LSV Asset Management: “Perspectives from a Recent Asset Management Practicum Graduate.”
  • Bradley Mandel, ’17, Owner and Managing Director of Mandel Money Management: “Managing Family Wealth.”
  • Paul J. Finnegan, co-CEO, Madison Dearborn Partners: “Evaluation of student stock pitches.”
  • Scott Wallace, Founder/Chief Investment Officer, Shorepath Capital Management: "How to Think about Portfolio Weights."
  • Kimberly Querrey, President & CEO, Gulf Shore Private Capital: “What Really Matters when Selecting Stocks”
  • Andy Corral, Portfolio Manager, Intrinsic Edge Capital Management: “An Alternative Perspective on Stock Selection.”
  • Harisha Koneru Haigh, '02, Managing Director, Private Investments & Real Assets, NU Investment Office: “Evaluation of student stock pitches.”
  • Scott Fearon '83, Founder and President, Crown Capital Management: Beating the Street - finding mispriced longs and shorts using fundamental research.”
  • Ward Sexton, Analyst/Principal, William Blair & Company: “What Makes a Good Analyst?”
  • Alex Khalsa, Analyst, Readystate Asset Management: “Evaluation of student stock pitches.”
  • William Hagenah, ‘68, Chief Investment Officer, Private Family Office: “Insights on Wealth Management” (outside of class).
  • Mark Coe, ’87, Founder, Intrinsic Edge Capital Management: “Insights into Asset Management.” (outside of class).
  • Andy Greenberg, Managing Partner, Saker Management: “Event-Driven Investing.”
  • Joon Park, ’08, COO and President, Kodai Asset Management: “Why You Should Care About Factors.”
  • Andrew das Sarma, Jump Trading: “How a Quantitative Perspective Has Helped Me Invest Fundamentally."
  • Matt Zumbach, '09, Vice President Senior Investment Officer at Northern Trust: "How to Prepare a Stock Pitch."

Spring 2021 to Winter 2022

  • Jennifer O'Hara Martin, ’99, Portfolio Specialist and Vice President, T. Rowe Price: “Evaluation of student stock pitches."
  • Louie DiPalma (’13), Research Analyst, William Blair: “Evaluation of student stock pitches."
  • Randall Rochman, ’81, Founder and CEO (retired), West Family Investments: “Evaluation of student stock pitches."
  • Tod Carpenter, Chairman, President and Chief Executive officer, Donaldson Company: “Evaluation of student stock pitches (DCI)."
  • Brent Fredberg (’99), Director, Investments Group, Brandes Investment Partners: “Evaluation of student stock pitches."
  • RADM Thomas Zelibor (ret.), Chief Executive Officer, Space Foundation: “Evaluation of student stock pitches."
  • Karan Saberwal, ’16, Research Analyst, Vice President, Robert W. Baird & Co: “Evaluation of student stock pitches."
  • James Rich, '08, Senior Portfolio Manager, Aegon Asset Management: "Distressed Investing and ESG Investing."
  • Amy Falls, Chief Investment Officer, Northwestern University: "An allocator’s view of investment managers."
  • Tadd Chessen, Managing Director, Marketable Investments, Northwestern University Investment Office: “Evaluation of student stock pitches."
  • Scott Wallace, Founder/Chief Investment Officer, Shorepath Capital Management: "TBA."
  • Bradley Mendel, ’17, Owner, Mendel Money Management: “Evaluation of student stock pitches."
  • Mark Coe, '87, Founder, Coe Capital Management: “Evaluation of student stock pitches."
  • Chad Waynee, ’08, Financial Advisor, Edward Jones: “Evaluation of student stock pitches."
  • Peter Lewis, Managing Partner, LFL Advisers: “Evaluation of student stock pitches."
  • Ellen Carr (’99), Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, Weaver Barksdale; and Katrina Dudley, Senior Vice President, Investment Strategist and Portfolio Manager, Franklin Templeton: “Undiversified: The Big Gender Short in Investment Management” (outside of class).
  • T. Bondurant French (NU ’76, Kellogg ’77), Founder and Chairman, Adams Street Partners; and Matthew Scanlan (’81) Operating Executive, Golden Gate Capital: “Trends in Private Equity and Institutional Investing” (outside of class).
  • Stacey Riddell, '89, Independent Consultant and Private Investor, and Ben Errez, Chairman, Greenbox POS: What is the value of GBOX?”
  • Bruno Bertocci , Managing Director, UBS Asset Management Sustainable Equity Investors: "Sustainable Equity Investing." 
  • Matthew Zumbach, '09, Vice President Senior Investment Officer at Northern Trust: "How to Prepare a Stock Pitch."

Spring 2020 to Winter 2021

  • Michael Prober '91, Founding Partner, Clovis Capital Management: "Evaluation of student stock pitches."
  • Karan Saberwal, ’16, Research Analyst Vice President, Robert W. Baird & Co.: "Evaluation of student stock pitches." 
  • Jennifer O'Hara Martin, '99, Portfolio Specialist and Vice President, T. Rowe Price: "Evaluation of student stock pitches." 
  • John Goetz, '82, Managing Principal, Co-Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager, Pzena Investment Management: "Evaluation of student stock pitches." 
  • James Rich, '08, Senior Portfolio Manager, Aegon Asset Management: "Distressed Investing and ESG Investing." 
  • Karl Brewer '96, Portfolio Manager, William Blair Small Cap Growth and Small-Mid Cap Growth products and Portfolio Advisor, William Blair Global Small Cap Growth product, Wiliam Blair (retired): "Evaluation of student stock pitches." 
  • Matt Zumbach, '09, Vice President Senior Investment Officer at Northern Trust: "How to Prepare a Stock Pitch." 
  • Ryan Garino NU '98, Partner and Head of Global Credit, Citadel (retired).
  • Scott Fearon '83, Founder and President, Crown Capital Management.
  • Matt Zumbach, '09, Vice President Senior Investment Officer at Northern Trust: "How to Prepare a Stock Pitch."
  • Randel Freeman, Founder and Managing Partner of The Ex-Ante Partnership.
  • Louis A. Simpson, Former Chairman of SQ Advisors LLC.
  • Chris Webber NU '03, Partner, Senior Analyst, and Head of Portfolio Analytics, Hound Partners.
  • Scott Wallace, Founder/Chief Investment Officer, Shorepath Capital Management.

Spring 2019 to Winter 2020

  • Jennifer O'Hara Martin,   '99, Portfolio Specialist and Vice President, T. Rowe Price: "Comfortable Being Uncomfortable."
  • Robin Yoshimura, '94, Managing Director and Portfolio Manager,   First Republic Investment Management : "Volatility-based Equity Strategies ."
  • Matt Zumbach, '09, Vice President and Treasurer, Alight Solutions: “How to Prepare a Stock Pitch."
  • Philip Furse, '00, Portfolio Manager and CIO, Summit Public Equity: "TBA."
  • Scott Fearon '83, Founder and President, Crown Capital Management: "Improving long and short stock selection in a world of diminishing alpha."
  • Bruno Bertocci, Managing Director, UBS Asset Management Sustainable Equity Investors Team, "TBA."
  • Neil Rudolph, Co-founder and Senior Advisor, Symphony Asset Management: "Current Issues in Asset Management."
  • Theodore Samuels, Former President Capital Guardian Trust Company: "The Math of Investing."
  • Mark Wiskup, Founder, Mark Wiskup Communications: "Presenting an Effective Stock Pitch."
  • Philip Ordway, '07, Managing Principal and Portfolio Manager, Anabatic Investment Partners, "TBA."
  • Michael Mokotoff, '09, Managing Director, Head of Research, Strategic Investments Group, GCM Grosvenor: "TBA."
  • Tadd Chessen, Managing Director, Marketable Investments, Northwestern University Investment Office: "TBA."
  • Matt Zumbach, '09, Vice President and Treasurer, Alight Solutions: “How to Prepare a Stock Pitch."
  • Hiro Mizuno '95, Executive Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, Government Pension Investment Fund of Japan: "Integrating ESG principles holistically into portfolio construction" (outside of class).
  • Louis A. Simpson, NU x'58, Chairman, SQ Advisors: "Screening criteria for stock selection."
  • Louis A. Simpson, NU x'58, Chairman, SQ Advisors; Amy Diamond, Managing Director, Private Investments & Real Assets, Northwestern University; Ellen Ellison: Chief Investment Officer, University of Illinois; Susan Manske, Chief Investment Officer, The MacArthur Foundation: "Perspectives on Investing." (Out side of class).
  • John W. Rogers, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Ariel Investments, "Perspectives on Leadership" (outside of class).
  • Spencer Lampert ’83, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, Exelauno Capital Management: "Macro Cycles and Equity Investing."
  • Jeffrey Ubben '87, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ValueAct Capital and Portfolio Manager of the ValueAct Spring Fund: "Student Q&A" (outside of class).
  • Jennifer O'Hara Martin, '99, Portfolio Specialist, T. Rowe Price: "Investing in an age of Rapid Technological Change."

Spring 2018 to Winter 2019

  • Daniel O'Keefe, NU '93, Portfolio Manager, Artisan Partners: "Value Investing: Simple, Not Easy."
  • Andrew Freedberg '00, Portfolio Manager, First Manhattan Co.: "Perspectives from a Long-Only Portfolio Manager."
  • Kathryn Welling, NU '74, Editor, Publisher, and CEO of Welling on Wall Street: "TBA."
  • Ryan Garino NU '98, Formerly, partner and head of Global Credit, Citadel: "Inefficient Markets: Discussion and Some Real-Lfe Examples."
  • Scott Fearon '83, Founder and President, Crown Capital Management: "Understanding Cyclical vs Secular Change and ‘Sun-setting’ Industries."
  • Mara Baumgarten Force '01, Professor of the Practice, and Associate Director of the Master of Finance Program, Tulane University (formerly Head of Private Client Trust for J P Morgan) : "Trust Me."
  • Neil Rudolph, Co-founder and Senior Advisor, Symphony Asset Management: "Current Issues in Asset Management."
  • Louis A. Simpson, NU x'58, Chairman, SQ Advisors; Amy W. Diamond, Managing Director, Private Investments & Real Assets, NU Investment Office; and Harisha Koneru Haigh '02, Managing Director, Private Investments & Real Assets, NU Investment Office: "Private Investments in the Endowment World" (outside of class).
  • Pat Dorsey (NU MA '01), Founder, Dorsey Asset Management: "Competitive Advantage & Capital Allocation."
  • Scott Wallace, Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Shorepath Capital Management: "Examination of an Active Portfolio."
  • Theodore Samuels, Former President Capital Guardian Trust Company: "The Math of Investing."

Spring 2017 to Winter 2018

  • James Rich '08, Head of U.S. Restructuring; Portfolio Manager, Credit Opportunities and Emerging Markets Strategies, Aegon Asset Management: "Distressed Investing."
  • David Herro, Partner, Deputy Chairman, Portfolio Manager and Chief Investment Officer - International Equity, Harris Associates: "Value Investing in an Unstable Macro Environment."
  • Howard Getson '87, Founder, Capitalogix: "Investing through Artificial Intelligence."
  • Mark Wiskup, Founder, Mark Wiskup Communications: "Presenting an Effective Stock Pitch."
  • Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway: "Student Q&A" (outside of class, at Berkshire Hathaway).
  • Daniel O'Keefe, NU '93, Portfolio Manager, Artisan Partners: "Value Investing: Simple, Not Easy."
  • Louis A. Simpson, NU x'58, Chairman, SQ Advisors: "Concentrated Investing."
  • Peter Lewis, Managing Partner, LFL Advisers: "Insights into Equity Analysis."
  • Mark Coe, '87, President, Coe Capital Management: "The Investment Process."
  • Stacey Riddell, '89, Independent Consultant and Private Investor; and Bob Newman, '87, Managing Partner, Promus Capital: "How we Invest and Conduct Research."

Spring 2016 to Winter 2017

  • Matt Hulsizer, Co-founder, PEAK6 Investments, "Bad ideas in investing: Lessons on creative ways to lose money."
  • Ian Mashal ’11, Senior Analyst, Bloom Tree Partners: "Long/Short Investing."
  • Pat Dorsey (NU MA '01), Founder, Dorsey Asset Management:“Competitive Advantage & Capital Allocation”
  • Glenn Greenberg, Managing Director, Brave Warrior Advisors: "Insights into Equity Analysis."
  • John Goetz ’82, Managing Principal and Co-Chief Investment Officer and John Picasso, Research Analyst, Pzena Investment Management: "Insights into Equity Analysis."
  • Steven Einhorn, Vice Chairman, Omega Advisors: "Insights into Equity Analysis."
  • Ami Goldfein, Equity Client Portfolio Manager and Derek Rosenthal, Equity Analyst, Och-Ziff Capital Management Group: "Insights into Equity Analysis."
  • Louis A. Simpson, NU x'58, Chairman, SQ Advisors and William McLean, VP and Chief Investment Officer, Northwestern University: "Managing Investments Over Time - How Things Have Changed." (Outside of class).
  • Avi Nash '81, Founder, Avi Nash, LLC. and Vinay Gupta, Vice President of Investment Research and Assistant Portfolio Manager, Indian River Advisors Corporation: “Stock Selection Methodology for Long term Investing.”
  • Bradley Meyers, Managing Director Investments Public Markets, Grosvenor Capital Management and Joseph D. Gutman '81, Head of Business Development, Managing Director, Grosvenor Capital Management: "Viewpoints on Asset Management.."
  • Jeffrey Ubben '87, Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Investment Officer, ValueAct Capital: "Student Q&A" (outside of class).
  • Michael Prober '91, Founding Partner, Clovis Capital Management: "Special Situation Investing."
  • Thomas Kamp '85, President, Chief Investment Officer, and Lead Portfolio Manager, Cornerstone Capital Management: "Successfully Identifying a ‘Perception Gap’."

Spring 2015 to Winter 2016

  • Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway: "Student Q&A." (Outside of class, at Berkshire Hathaway).
  • Louis A. Simpson, NU x'58, Chairman, SQ Advisors: "Lessons of an Independent Director."
  • Stacey Riddell '89, Independent Consultant and Private Investor; Paul Galat, Managing Director, Advisory Research Investment Management; Glenn Primack, Senior Analyst at Achievement Asset Management; Patricia Ackerman, Vice Present, Investor Relations and Treasurer, A.O. Smith Corporation: "Analyzing a Public Company/Stock from A-Z: A.O. Smith Corporation."
  • James Hodge, Chief Investment Officer, Permal Asset Management, and Hidetoshi Takeda, Portfolio Manager, Permal Asset Management: "Hedge Fund History."
  • James Neary, '92, Managing Director, Warburg Pincus: "Insights into Equity Analysis."
  • Abby Joseph Cohen, President, Global Markets Institute, and Senior Investment Strategist, Goldman Sachs: "Insights into Macro Investment Strategies."
  • David J. Kostin, Chief US Equity Strategist, Goldman Sachs: "Insights into Equity Analysis."
  • Avi Nash '81, Founder, Avi Nash, LLC. and Vinay Gupta, Vice President of Investment Research and Assistant Portfolio Manager, Indian River Advisors Corporation: “Stock Selection Methodology for Long term Investing.”
  • Lasse Heje Pedersen, Principal, AQR Capital Management: "Efficiently Inefficient Markets."
  • Jamie Ziegler, Co-founder, JZA Coaching: "Finding your genius in investments" (outside of class)
  • Stacey Riddell '89, Independent Consultant and Private Investor; Paul Galat, Managing Director, Advisory Research Investment Management; Glenn Primack, Senior Analyst at Achievement Asset Management; Maneesh K. Arora, Chief Operating Officer, Exact Sciences: "Analyzing a Public Company/Stock from A-Z: Exact Sciences."
  • John Goetz ’82, Managing Principal and Co-Chief Investment Officer, Pzena Investment Management: "Company Valuation: Superior Energy Services."

Spring 2014 to Winter 2015

  • Stacey Riddell '89; K. “Suri” Suriyakumar, Chairman, President and CEO; Jorge Avalos, CFO; David Stickney, Vice President of Corporate Communications; ARC Document Solutions: "Analyzing a Public Company/Stock from A-Z: ARC Document Solutions."
  • Jeffrey Ubben '87, Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Investment Officer, ValueAct Capital: "The Long Game."
  • Scott Fearon '83, Founder and President, Crown Capital Management: "Dead Companies Walking."
  • Mellody Hobson, President, Ariel Investments: "'World-class' leadership" (outside of class)
  • William McLean, VP and Chief Investment Officer, Northwestern University: “Understanding Client Objectives — Endowment Portfolios.”
  • John Goetz ’82, Managing Principal and Co-Chief Investment Officer, Pzena Investment Management: "Insights into Equity Analysis."
  • Steven Einhorn, Vice Chairman, Omega Advisors: "Insights into Equity Analysis."
  • Peter A. Langerman, Chairman, President and CEO, Mutual Series: "Insights into Equity Analysis."
  • Jack Salzman, Senior Managing Partner and co-founder, Kings Point Capital Management: “Insights into Equity Analysis.”
  • Dennis Slutsky, Co-founder, North Beacon Capital; and Adam Slutsky '12, Portfolio Manager and Co-Founder, North Beacon Capital: “A Stock Pitch Case Study.”
  • Paul Karger, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Twin Focus Capital Partners: "Portfolio Management and Client Presentation."
  • Joseph D. Gutman '81, Head of Business Development, Managing Director, Grosvenor Capital Management and Bradley Meyers, Public Markets Investment Committee Member, Head of Portfolio Management, Managing Director, Grosvenor Capital Management: "Viewpoints on Asset Management."
  • Robert Dishner, James Rogers, Camilo Varelo, Chad Waynee ('08), Balyasny Asset Management: "Insights into Equity Analysis."
  • Bhaskaran Swaminathan, Director of Research, LSV Asset Management: “The Psychology of Investment Success.”

Spring 2013 to Winter 2014

  • John W. Rogers, Jr., Chairman, CEO & Chief Investment Officer, Ariel Investments: "Insights into Equity Analysis."
  • David G. Herro, Partner, Portfolio Manager and Chief Investment Officer, International Equity, Harris Associates: "Insights into Equity Analysis."
  • Michael Balkin, Partner, Co-portfolio Manager, Small Cap Growth Fund, William Blair: "Insights into Equity Analysis."
  • William McLean, VP and Chief Investment Officer, Northwestern University: "Insights into Equity Analysis."
  • Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway: "Student Q&A." (Outside of Class, at Berkshire Hathaway).
  • John L. Ward, Clinical Professor of Family Enterprise, Co-Director of the Center for Family Enterprises, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University: "The Oracle of Omaha Meets the Visionaries of Galilee."
  • Brian Feltzin, Founder, Sheffield Asset Management: "Value Stocks vs. Value Traps."
  • Craig Albert, Portfolio Manager, Sheffield Asset Management: "Value Stocks vs. Value Traps."
  • Randall I. Rochman '81, CEO, West Family Investments: “Does the past have much predictive value in helping one to value stocks in the New Normal?”
  • Timothy J. Dolan, CIO, GP Brinson Investments: “Does the past have much predictive value in helping one to value stocks in the New Normal?”
  • James Covello, Head of Technology, Media, Telecommunications Equity Research, Global Investment Research, Goldman Sachs "Insights into Equity Analysis."
  • Stephen F. Mandel, Jr., Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, Lone Pine Capital: "Insights into Equity Analysis."
  • Steven Einhorn, Vice Chairman, Omega Advisors: "Insights into Equity Analysis."
  • Mark Cooper, Senior VP, PIMCO: "Insights into Equity Analysis."
  • Zain Naqi '89, CEO & Principal, ZAN Partners Ltd, "Global Macro Investing, What is it and Why it Matters" (outside of class).
  • Matthew Simon '04, Portfolio Manager, Citadel Investment Group: "Relative Value Investing."
  • Bhaskaran Swaminathan, Director of Research, LSV Asset Management: “Implementing Quantitative Strategies.”
  • Andrew W. Lo, Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor Professor of Finance, and the Director of the Laboratory for Financial Engineering at the MIT Sloan School of Management; Chairman and Chief Investment Strategist, Alpha Simplex Group: "Adaptive Markets and the Future of Fundamental Analysis."
  • Chistopher Harvey, Investment Analyst, Zuckerman Investment Group: "Analyzing a Public Company/Stock from A-Z: Advance Auto Parts."

Spring 2012 to Winter 2013

  • Matthew Hulsizer, Co-Founder / Chief Executive Officer of PEAK6 Investments, L.P: "Portfolio Construction."
  • Andrew D. Riedl, Managing Director,Princeton University Investment Company: "Portfolio Management and Manager Selection, an Endowment Perspective."
  • Michael Prober '91, Founding Partner, Clovis Capital Management: "Special Situation Investing."
  • William Shope, IT Hardware Research Leader, Goldman Sachs: "Insights into Equity Analysis."
  • John Goetz ’82, Managing Principal and Co-Chief Investment Officer, Pzena Investment Management: "Insights into Equity Analysis."
  • Peter A. Langerman, Chairman, President and CEO, Mutual Series: "Insights into Equity Analysis."
  • Stephen F. Mandel, Jr., Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, Lone Pine Capital: "Insights into Equity Analysis."
  • Michael Haddad '87, Portfolio Manager, Soros Fund Management: "Global Macro, What is it and Why it Matters."
  • Scott Fearon '83, Founder and President, Crown Capital Management: "Fads, Frauds, and Failures: An Overview of Successful Short Selling."
  • Richard Bookstaber, Senior Policy Adviser, the Financial Stability Oversight Council and the SEC: "Agent-based Models and Market Dynamics."
  • Matthew Simon '04, Portfolio Manager, Citadel Investment Group: "Relative Value Investing."
  • Robert Litterman, Partner and Chairman of the Academic Advisory Board, Kepos Capital: "Pricing Climate Risk."
  • Malcolm Jones ’82, Principal, Trinity Partners; Gwen Cohen ’82, Wealth Advisor, First Vice President, MorganStanley SmithBarney; Steve Ethington ’73, President and CEO, Ethington Associates Ltd.; Mark Fuller ’83, Partner, William Blair & Co;. Christine Mason McCaull ’91, Director, ClickMarkets Inc.; Phil Ordway ’07, Investment Analyst, Chicago Fundamental Investment Partners: “Career Management Starts Day One” (outside of class).

Spring 2011 to Winter 2012

  • Philip L. Hildebrandt '89, CEO, Segall Bryant & Hamill: "If you have good performance, will you have assets to manage?"
  • Jamie Ziegler, Co-Founder and Partner, AUMPartners: "Best Practices in Client Communications."
  • Stacey Riddell '89, Former President, PEAK 6 Asset Management; Sherry M. Smith Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, SUPERVALU INC.; Jeffrey A. Rein, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Walgreens; Ken Levy, Vice President of Investor Relations at SUPERVALU: "Analyzing a Public Company/Stock from A-Z: SUPERVALU."
  • Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway: "Student Q&A." (Outside of Class, at Berkshire Hathaway, November 2011).
  • Michael Haddad '87, Portfolio Manager, Soros Fund Management: "Global Macro, What is it and Why it Matters."
  • Brett Jefferson '96, Founder, President, and Chief Investment Officer, Hildene Capital Management: "The Inefficiencies of Structured Products."
  • Matt Scanlan '81, President, Institutional Management, Renaissance Technologies: "Implications of the Retirement Crisis for Asset Managers."
  • Charles D. Ellis, Founder and Senior Advisor, Greenwich Associates: "Profession at Risk: How Investment Management's Three Major Errors Threaten the Profession From Within" and "Major Lessons from America's Great Professional Firms."
  • Ryan Gaylor '07 and Robert Haugen '07, R. W. Baird: "Equity Market Dynamics: Understanding the Role of the Sell-Side in Institutional Asset Management."
  • Jennifer Martin '99, Vice President, T. Rowe Price: "How to Write a Great Research Report."
  • Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway: "Student Q&A" (outside of class, at Berkshire Hathaway, April 2011).
  • Ann Rutledge, Founding Principal, R&R Consulting: "Anatomy of a Dead President’s Deal."

Spring 2010 to Winter 2011

  • Andrew Freedberg ’00: Senior Managing Director, First Manhattan Co.: "The Investment Research Process: Assessing Management Quality."
  • Michael Prober '91, Founding Partner, Clovis Capital Management: "Special Situation Investing."
  • Stacey Riddell '89: President, PEAK 6 Asset Management; Jeffrey Park, CFO, SXC Health Solutions Corp.: "Analyzing a Public Company/Stock from A-Z: SXC Health Solutions Corp.."
  • Avi Nash '81, Founder, Avi Nash, LLC.: “Incorporating Cycles in Asset Allocation, Valuation, and Stock Selection.”
  • John Goetz ’82, Managing Principal and Co-Chief Investment Officer, Pzena Investment Management: "Value Investing:  The Merits and Risks of an Investment in Masco Corporation."
  • Malcolm Jones ’82, Principal, Trinity Partners and Sperry Capital; Carole Brown ’89, Senior Managing Director, Siebert Brandford Shank & Co.; Steven Ethington ’73, Executive Vice President, DHR International; John Rice ’73, Financial Advisor, Global Private Client Group, Merrill Lynch; and Matthew Simon ’04, Portfolio Manager, Citadel Investment Group: “Career Management Starts Day One.” (Outside of class.)
  • Timothy Peterson ’87: Founder, President, and Chief Investment Officer, Regiment Capital Advisors: "High Yield Credit Markets: Bonds and Leveraged Loans."
  • Aaron Brown: Chief Risk Officer, AQR Capital Management: "The Next Money."
  • C. James Prieur, CEO, CONSECO, "Investing from the Insurance Industry Perspective."

Spring 2009 to Winter 2010

  • Bhaskaran Swaminathan, Director of Research, LSV Asset Management: “Implementing Quantitative Strategies.”
  • Michael Prober '91, Founding Partner, Clovis Capital Management: "Firm Valuation."
  • Philip Furse '00, Portfolio Manager, Alydar Capital: "Firm Valuation."
  • Brian Posner (NU '83), Founder and President, Point Rider Group: "Of Fundamentals and Fundamentalism."
  • Stacey Riddell '89: President, PEAK 6 Asset Management; Ron Packard, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of K12 Online School (LRN); Amy W. Junker, Senior Research Analyst, Education Services, Robert W. Baird & Co.: "Analyzing a Public Company/Stock from A-Z."
  • Myron Scholes, Nobel Laureate and Chairman, Platinum Grove Asset Management: "Risk Management for Hedge Funds."
  • William Wappler '87, Director, SAC Capital Advisors: "What Portfolio Managers Want from Research Analysts" (outside of class).
  • Jeffrey Ubben '87, Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and the Chief Investment Officer, ValueAct Capital: "Climbing the Wall of Worry" (outside of class).
  • Robert Dishner, Principal and Senior Portfolio Manager, Stark Investments: "Neiman Marcus Credit Case Study."
  • M. Jane Buchan, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company and Shawn Wischmeier ('02), Chief Investment Officer, Indiana Public Employees' Retirement Fund: "Hedge Funds: An Inside Look."
  • Michael Mauboussin, Chief Investment Strategist, Legg Mason Capital Management: “Think Twice: Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition."
  • Scott Fearon '83, Founder and President, Crown Capital Management: "Hedge Fund Investing."
  • Todd Pulvino,Co-founder, CNH Partners: “Arbitrage Strategies and the 2008 Crisis” (outside of class).
  • Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway: "Student Q&A" (outside of class, at Berkshire Hathaway).
  • Alice Schroeder, Author: "Style Drift at Berkshire Hathaway."

Spring 2008-Winter 2009

  • Louis A. Simpson, NU '58, President and CEO, Capital Operations, GEICO Corporation: "Random Thoughts about Investing."
  • Michael Sacks '88, CEO, Grosvenor Capital Management: "Alternative Investments in Marketable Securities."
  • Stacey Riddell '89: President, PEAK 6 Asset Management; Stanley M. Bergman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Henry Schein, Inc.; and Steven Paladino, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Henry Schein, Inc: "Analyzing a Public Company/Stock from A-Z."
  • John Capelli, Managing Director Investments, Northwestern University: “Understanding Client Objectives — Endowment Portfolios.”
  • Philip Furse '00, Portfolio Manager, Alydar Capital: “Valuation.”
  • Sam Zell, Chairman, Equity Group Investments, LLC: “The State of Financial Markets.”
  • Brian Posner (NU '83), Founder and President, Point Rider Group and Jeffrey Ubben '87, Managing Director, ValueAct Capital: “Investing in Times of Crisis.” (Outside of class.)
  • Jack Treynor, President, Treynor Capital Management: "The Power to Spend."
  • Steven Milunovich '83, Partner, Brunswick Group, LLP: “Secrets of a Wall Street Analyst.”
  • Malcolm Jones ’82, Principal, Trinity Partners and Sperry Capital; Mark Fuller ’83, Principal, William Blair; Jane Marcus ’87, Partner-in-Charge, Asset Management Practice, Heidrick and Struggles; James McDonald, Director, Equity Research, Northern Trust Global Investments; Paula Pretlow ’78, Senior Vice President, Capital Guardian Trust.; “Career Management Starts Day One.” (Outside of class.)
  • Stacey Riddell '89; Jamie Parisi, CFO, CME Group; John Pietrowicz, Managing Director, Corporate Finance & Treasury, CME Group; and John Peschier, Managing Director, Investor Relations, CME Group: “Analyzing a Public Company/Stock from A-Z: The CME Group.”
  • Jerome Kenney '67, Vice Chairman and Member, Executive Client Coverage Group, Merrill Lynch: “The Strategic Landscape of the Asset Management Industry.”

Spring 2007 to Winter 2008

  • Robin Yoshimura '94, Sr. VP, Lehman Brothers: “Understanding Client Objectives — Taxable Investors.”
  • James Ware, Founder, and Jamie Ziegler, Principal, Focus Consulting Group, Inc: “High-Performing Investment Teams.”
  • Joel Tillinghast '83, Portfolio Manager, Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund, Fidelity Mgmt & Research Company: “Analyzing Low Priced Stocks.”
  • Donald Paiva '93, Investment Strategist, Chevron Corporation: “Understanding Client Objectives - Pension Funds.”
  • Avi Nash '81, Founder, Avi Nash, LLC.: “Topics in Security Analysis - Issues in Valuing Cyclical Firms.”
  • Stacey Riddell '89; David Demshur, Chairman, CEO, and President, Core Laboratories; Richard Bergmark, Executive Vice President, Core Laboratories: “Analyzing a Public Company/Stock from A-Z: Core Laboratories.”
  • Bhaskaran Swaminathan, Director of Research, LSV Asset Management: “Implementing Quantitative Strategies.”
  • Bettina Whyte '75, Chair of Advisory Board, Bridge Associates, LLC: "Opportunities in Distressed Investing" (outside of class).
  • Jeffrey Ubben '87, Managing Director, ValueAct Capital: “Creating Alpha through Active Investing.”
  • David Kabiller '87, Founding Principal and Head of Business Development, AQR Capital Management: “The Evolution of the Hedge Fund Industry.”
  • William McLean, VP and Chief Investment Officer, Northwestern University: “Understanding Client Objectives — Endowment Portfolios.”
  • Harisha Koneru Haigh, '02, Managing Director, Private Investments & Real Assets, NU Investment Office: “Evaluation of student stock pitches.”
  • Scott Fearon '83, Founder and President, Crown Capital Management: Beating the Street - finding mispriced longs and shorts using fundamental research.”
  • Ward Sexton, Analyst/Principal, William Blair & Company: “What Makes a Good Analyst?”
  • Alex Khalsa, Analyst, Readystate Asset Management: “Evaluation of student stock pitches.”
  • William Hagenah, ‘68, Chief Investment Officer, Private Family Office: “Insights on Wealth Management” (outside of class).
  • Mark Coe, ’87, Founder, Intrinsic Edge Capital Management: “Insights into Asset Management.” (outside of class).
  • Andy Greenberg, Managing Partner, Saker Management: “Event-Driven Investing.”
  • Joon Park, ’08, COO and President, Kodai Asset Management: “Why You Should Care About Factors.”
  • Andrew das Sarma, Jump Trading: “How a Quantitative Perspective Has Helped Me Invest Fundamentally."
  • Matt Zumbach, '09, Vice President Senior Investment Officer at Northern Trust: "How to Prepare a Stock Pitch."

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Tamar Selch
Associate Director, Finance Department
Global Hub Room 4393
tamar.selch@kellogg.northwestern.edu
847.491.4604

 

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