The CSIMA Conference is Columbia Business School's premier student-run investment event, bringing together leading asset managers, institutional investors, and finance professionals for a full day of high-level conversation on markets, investing, and careers in asset management. Co-hosted annually with the Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing, the conference features keynote speakers, practitioner panels, and networking opportunities spanning the full spectrum of investment management — from long/short equity and credit to wealth management and alternatives. Now in its 30th year, it serves as a unique platform for students, alumni, and industry professionals to connect, exchange ideas, and engage with some of the most accomplished investors in the field.
Details for the 30th Annual Conference will be announced later this summer.
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- Matthew Fine — Third Avenue Management
- Michael Green — Simplify Asset Management
- Matthew McLennan — First Eagle Investments
- Dan Rasmussen — Verdad
- Will Thorndike — The Cromwell Harbor Partnership
- Michael Mauboussin — Morgan Stanley
- Jelena Guadagnini '00 — Egerton Capital
- Dennis Jean-Jacques — Ocean Park Investments
- Mark Cooper '04 — MAC Alpha Capital
- Noah Snyder '12 — Snoboll Capital
- Alexandra Engler — Arène Capital
- Joyce Meng — FACT Capital
Gold Sponsors: Tenzing MEMO
Silver Sponsors: Artisan Partners, Finster, First Pacific Advisors (FPA), BNP Paribas
- Liz Campbell — FS Investments
- Ryan Israel — Pershing Square Capital Management
- Carl Kawaja '91 — Capital Group
- Jennifer Wallace '94 — Summit Street Capital Management
Michael Mauboussin (Morgan Stanley), Leila Govi (Egerton Capital), Dev Kantesaria (Valley Forge Capital), Charles Lemonides (ValueWorks), Joyce Meng (FACT Capital), Josh Goldstein (Quadrant), Richard Brekka (Second Alpha Partners), Christopher Davis (Hudson Value Partners), Mahmood Reza '07 (Panthera Global Investors)
- John Griffin — Blue Ridge Capital
- Ian McKinnon — Sandia Holdings
- Jan Hummel — Paradigm Capital
- Sallie Krawcheck '92 — Ellevest
Michael Mauboussin (Morgan Stanley), Kim Y. Lew (Columbia Investment Management), Cristiano Amoruso '12 (Lion Point Capital), Phillip Cook (SouthernSun), Dov Gertzulin (DG Capital), David Glazek '06 (Sunago Capital), Samantha Greenberg (ID.me), Anna Nikolayevsky '98 (Axel Capital), Amy Rice (Oaktree Capital), Heloisa Sicupira '16 (LTS Investments), Eric Wolff (Gumshoe Capital)
- Cliff Asness — AQR Capital Management
- Thomas Gayner — Markel Corporation
- Mason Morfit — ValueAct Capital
- Jeff Mueller '13 — Polen Capital
- David Samra '93 — Artisan Partners
- Lauren Taylor Wolfe — Impactive Capital
- David Abrams — Abrams Capital
- Dawn Fitzpatrick — Soros Fund Management
- Neil Blumenthal — Warby Parker
- Howard Marks — Oaktree Capital
- Mellody Hobson — Ariel Investments
- Bill Miller — Miller Value Partners
- Bruce Greenwald — Columbia Business School
- Anne-Sophie D'Andlau — CIAM
- C.T. Fitzpatrick — Vulcan Value Partners
Michael Mauboussin (Counterpoint Global), Joyce Meng (FACT Capital), Rishi Renjen, Amy Zhang '97, Chris Davis, Dan Rasmussen
- Tweedy Browne Managing Partners — Tweedy Browne
- Michael Mauboussin — BlueMountain Capital Management
- Baruch Lev — NYU Stern School of Business
- Matthew McLennan — First Eagle Investments
Robert Shafir '84, William von Mueffling '95 (Cantillon Capital), Eric Almeraz '02
- Richard Pzena — Pzena Investment Management
- William Thorndike — Housatonic Partners
- Jan Hummel — Paradigm Capital
Andrew Ang, Susan Byrne, Joseph Fleury '14, Dennis Hong, Ted Seides, David Simon '85, Tracey Travis '86, Adam Wyden '10, David Zorub '03
- Seth Klarman — The Baupost Group
- Joel Greenblatt — Gotham Asset Management
- Paul Hilal — Mantle Ridge
- Jody Jonsson — Capital Group
- Jamie Zimmerman — Litespeed Management
- David Abrams — Abrams Capital
- Monish Pabrai — Pabrai Investment Funds
Christopher Begg, Kent Daniel, Ellen Ellison '92, Bruce Greenwald, Scott Hendrickson '07, Ryan Heslop, Jan Hummel, Donald Koch '07, Michael Mauboussin, Samantha McLemore, Dominique Mielle, Thomas Russo, William von Mueffling '95, Andrew Wellington
- Howard Marks — Oaktree Capital
- Keith Meister — Corvex Management
Munir Alam, Ben Axler, Anthony Bozza, Mark Cooper, Rick Gerson, Bruce Greenwald, Svetlana Lee, Stirling Levy, Dan Krueger, Meredith Trivedi, Jennifer Wallace, Jason Zweig
- Daniel Loeb — Third Point Capital
- Michael Mauboussin — Credit Suisse
Anthony Bozza, Alex Duran, Rick Gerson, Bruce Greenwald, Munib Islam, Jeremy Mindich, Anna Nikolayevsky, Rishi Renjen, David Samra, Tano Santos, Lauren Templeton, Whitney Tilson, Jason Zweig
- Kyle Bass — Hayman Capital
- Jesse Cohn — Elliott Management
Mark Cooper (PIMCO), Kent Daniel, Thomas Gayner (Markel), Michael Mauboussin, James Montier (GMO), Scott Ostfeld (JANA Partners), Tom Sandell, Ken Squire, William von Mueffling, Jason Zweig
- Seth Klarman — The Baupost Group
- Bruce Berkowitz — Fairholme Capital Management
- Bill Miller — Legg Mason Capital Management
- David Einhorn — Greenlight Capital
- Howard Marks — Oaktree Capital Management
- Steve Eisman — FrontPoint Financial Services Fund