Events for April 30, 2025

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Multi-Asset Investment Products and Solutions

Yale School of Management 165 Whitney Ave, New Haven

Take advantage of the emergence of factor and goal-based investing. Join Yale School of Management and EDHEC-Risk Institute for a three-day executive education seminar, Multi-Asset Investment Products and Solutions. This seminar provides participants with an in-depth introduction to modern risk allocation techniques and their applications to the design of innovative forms of welfare improving investment products and solutions. Participants will learn how to perform factor investing and risk allocation, apply strategic asset allocation in the presence of liability constraints, and implement liability-driven investment solutions with cash and derivative instruments, among other takeaways. One of three seminars, participants can complete all three to receive the prestigious joint Yale School of Management-EDHEC-Risk Certificate in Risk and Investment Management.

Litigation Finance – An Alternatives Strategy Event

CFA Society New York 1540 Broadway, New York City

This event will explore the growing litigation finance market, and associated investment opportunities. Speakers will include practitioners, i.e. investment managers, who provide litigation funding, LP investors and attorneys. Discussion will cover the origins of the litigation finance market, the size of the opportunity and various market dynamics. What makes a good case, what makes a bad case, and importantly what are the ethical considerations that investors and practitioners need to be aware of. Topics will also explore how investment opportunities become available across antitrust, fraud, contract disputes, IP theft cases and beyond, and provide insight on how are deals structured between key participants: law firms, plaintiffs, defendants and funders.