AIMR Hosts 9th Annual Conference
Steven Chuang
Issue date: 11/17/09 Section: News
Just one year and two months ago, Lehman and AIG were collapsing, Bank of America hastily took over Merrill Lynch, and MBA students recruiting for financial services jobs were left in a state of shock and uncertainty.
Things have gotten better since then with equity and credit markets partially recovered and hiring on Wall Street resumed. This environment provided an ideal backdrop to reflect upon the past year and think about opportunities and risks in the markets going forward.
The Association of Investment Management and Research held its 9th annual conference on Friday, November 13th at the Kaufman Management Center. Over 110 current and part-time students, alumni, professors and distinguished guests attended the conference. This year's theme was "Reflections on the Crisis: One Year Later," and participants were treated to two keynote speeches, as well as panels on emerging/developed markets, private wealth management, and opportunities going forward.
The all-day event was planned by AIMR Conference Co-Chairs Kelly Henry and Richard Tseng, with help from the MBA1 conference committee, consisting of Anthony Trimarchi, Henry Chen and Siddharth Choraria.
AIMR co-president Alan Fleming led off the conference with a welcome and a thank you to UBS, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, Fidelity Investments, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley for the financial support to make the conference possible. Assistant Dean Pamela Mittman then introduced the morning keynote speaker, Meredith Whitney, CEO Of Meredith Whitney Advisory Group, LLC.
Whitney, who became a well-recognized name from her timely warnings on the banking sector in 2008, took the audience through her journey as an equity analyst, the challenges that she has faced, the calls that she made, as well as her passion for the profession.
To begin, Whitney made a point some of us can sympathize with: after she graduated from Brown, she had "no clue" of what she wanted to do, and managed to find her way into a research job at Oppenheimer. She was fired a year later, and found a research position working for Steve Eisman. She advised the audience that finding a boss like Eisman, who believed in her and believed in people, is a key element of finding success and satisfaction.
Things have gotten better since then with equity and credit markets partially recovered and hiring on Wall Street resumed. This environment provided an ideal backdrop to reflect upon the past year and think about opportunities and risks in the markets going forward.
The Association of Investment Management and Research held its 9th annual conference on Friday, November 13th at the Kaufman Management Center. Over 110 current and part-time students, alumni, professors and distinguished guests attended the conference. This year's theme was "Reflections on the Crisis: One Year Later," and participants were treated to two keynote speeches, as well as panels on emerging/developed markets, private wealth management, and opportunities going forward.
The all-day event was planned by AIMR Conference Co-Chairs Kelly Henry and Richard Tseng, with help from the MBA1 conference committee, consisting of Anthony Trimarchi, Henry Chen and Siddharth Choraria.
AIMR co-president Alan Fleming led off the conference with a welcome and a thank you to UBS, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, Fidelity Investments, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley for the financial support to make the conference possible. Assistant Dean Pamela Mittman then introduced the morning keynote speaker, Meredith Whitney, CEO Of Meredith Whitney Advisory Group, LLC.
Whitney, who became a well-recognized name from her timely warnings on the banking sector in 2008, took the audience through her journey as an equity analyst, the challenges that she has faced, the calls that she made, as well as her passion for the profession.
To begin, Whitney made a point some of us can sympathize with: after she graduated from Brown, she had "no clue" of what she wanted to do, and managed to find her way into a research job at Oppenheimer. She was fired a year later, and found a research position working for Steve Eisman. She advised the audience that finding a boss like Eisman, who believed in her and believed in people, is a key element of finding success and satisfaction.
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posted 11/28/09 @ 4:11 AM EST
It is a very interesting article!
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posted 12/06/09 @ 3:25 PM EST
It was a very useful conference. It is great that he Association of Investment Management and Research holds such conferences each year.
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