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SUMMARY:PER Live Series: “Why Do (Systematic) Asset Managers Hire Economists?”
DESCRIPTION:\n \n\n\n\n\nPER Live Series is a recurring set of discussions involving finance and business thought leaders. Topics address the important economic issues of our time.\n\n\n\n\nVenue and Time:\n\nThis event will take place via Zoom meeting on Wednesday\, November 11th from 11:00AM to 12:15PM (EST). A Zoom invitation will be sent to registered attendees the morning of the event. Registration details below. \n\nThis event is open to the public\, but designed for Job Market Candidates and other Columbia University graduate students in Economics. \n  \n  \n  \n\nSpeakers: \n\n\nAdam Rej\, Ph.D.\nExecutive Director\, Capital Fund Management (CFM)\nAdam Rej is an Executive Director at Capital Fund Management. He completed his PhD at Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam and he held postdoctoral positions at Imperial College London\, Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton\, and École Normal Supérieure in Paris. He joined CFM in 2014 and focuses on systematic global macro research. \n  \nProfessor David Thesmar\, Ph.D.\nFranco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics\, MIT Sloan School of Management; Research Associate\, National Bureau of Economic Research\nDavid Thesmar is the Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management\, and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research has been published widely in leading academic journals\, and focuses on behavioral economics\, corporate finance and asset management. He is currently a senior research advisor at Capital Fund Management. \n\nPowerpoint Presentation for this Discussion \n\nModerator: \n \nSophia N. Johnson\, Ph.D.\nProgram for Economic Research (PER)\, Columbia University \n\n\n  \n  \n\nRegistration:\n*Registration for this event is now closed. Please watch this event via our livestream\, linked below.*\nA Zoom invitation will be sent to all registered attendees the morning of the event. \nLivestream and Accessibility:\n \nThis event was livestreamed via the Economics Department’s YouTube channel and can be watched with closed captions. The discussion can be viewed via our Livestream Link or read with the Full Transcript.\nReading Recommendations: \n\nProf. David Thesmer provided the below as recommended reading:\n“When Genius Failed” by Roger Lowenstein\n“My Life as a Quant” by Emanuel Derman\n \n\nCode of Conduct:\nBy attending\, all conference participants agree to abide by the event’s Code of Conduct. \nVideo and Photography Policy:\nPortions of this conference will be live-streamed and all sessions will be video/audio taped. By registering\, your attendance at or in participation in this conference constitutes your consent to the use and distribution by Columbia University of the attendee’s image or voice for informational live stream\, publicity\, promotional and/or reporting purposes in print or electronic communications media. Video recording by participants and other attendees during any portion of the conference is not allowed without special prior written permission. Photographs of copyrighted PowerPoint or other slides are for personal use only and are not to be reproduced or distributed. Do not photograph any such images that are labeled as confidential and/or proprietary. \nThis conference is co-sponsored by Columbia University’s Program for Economic Research (PER). Please direct all questions to econ-per@columbia.edu. \n\n\n\n
URL:https://econ.columbia.edu/event/hedge-funds-asset-managers/
LOCATION:Zoom Conference\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:PER,PER Events
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