Events for Wednesday, June 11 - Sunday, June 1

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5th Annual Real Estate Outlook: Opportunity Zones

CFA Society New York 1540 Broadway, New York City, NY, United States

As investment cap rates are hovering around record lows in the urban cores, especially in the cities along the coasts, the timing of the Opportunity Zone program—designed to encourage investments in often overlooked areas and “flyover cities”—could not have been more appropriate. Since its passage in late 2017, the program has received significant attention from investors, developers, money managers, city officials and urban planners nationwide.

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Alternative Investments, NYSSA Investment Strategy Roundtable®

Introduction to Data Science and Python for Finance

CFA Society New York 1540 Broadway, New York City, NY, United States

The amount of data available to organizations and individuals is unprecedented. Financial services sectors, including securities & investment services and banking, have the most digital data stored per firm on average. As a result

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What’s In the News? Using Textual Data To Forecast Financial Returns

Voya 230 Park Ave, New York, NY, United States

From SQA—Prof. Mamaysky will discuss two new papers which apply natural language processing (NLP) techniques to textual data to forecast financial returns. Specifically, he and his co-authors developed a classification methodology for the context and content of textual data. In a paper with Charles Calomiris, he combined unusualness (entropy) of work flow with sentiment and frequency in central bank communications to forecast currency returns. In a brand new paper with Paul Glasserman, he applies NLP techniques to news articles to forecast stock returns in the US.

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Other Industry Events

ASFIP Asset Owner Series Roundtable

103 West 103 West Paces Ferry Rd, Atlanta, GA, United States

Join ASFIP for a roundtable event that is designed to be of interest to all investment professionals, especially those in the Institutional Investment community.

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Asset Owner Series, Other Industry Events

Cannabis Investments: Myths, Regulation, and Opportunities

CFA Society New York 1540 Broadway, New York City, NY, United States

With this event, we bust common myths surrounding the cannabis industry for potential investors, and shed light on possible investment paths. Within an investment context, what is the potential in this space? The panel will seek to shed light on the current trends in the industry, along with the valuation and the legal framework within the regulatory environment.

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Alternative Investments, Young Leaders

Mario Gabelli and Leon Cooperman at Fordham

Fordham University’s McNally Amphitheater 140 West 62nd Street, New York, NY, United States

Overview The Gabelli Center for Global Security Analysis presents an evening with Mario Gabelli, chairman and CEO of Gamco Investors Inc., and Leon Cooperman, chairman and CEO of Omega Advisors. Mario Gabelli will engage in a dynamic conversation with his colleague and friend of over 50 years, Lee Cooperman. Following graduation, Lee and [...]

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Other Industry Events, Value Investing

Value Investing Workshop: The Mario Gabelli School of Value Investing

CFA Society New York 1540 Broadway, New York City, NY, United States

Please join us for the third lecture as part of the CFANY Value Investing Group Education Workshop, exploring some of value investing’s most important influencers of the past and present. In this lecture/workshop, Jose Garza will be exploring the teachings of Mario Gabelli.

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Value Investing

5th Annual Alpha Women: Shaping the Future of Finance

Sidley Austin 787 7th Avenue, New York, NY, United States

In its 5th year, the event 'Alpha Women: Shaping the Future of Finance' evening will feature Investment Management industry leaders discussing their own career paths and experiences in ‘beating the odds’, recognizing challenges from breaking into the industry through to effectively navigating towards senior level positions.

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Active Quant vs Smart Beta Quant – How different are they?

CFA Society New York 1540 Broadway, New York City, NY, United States

In recent years a variety of firms have started marketing 100% systematic versions of quant strategies which the industry has termed “smart beta”. How different are these funds from one another and what are the relative benefits/drawbacks of each?  Hear from leading portfolio managers from both sides of the fence to explore this area. 

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Institutional Asset Management

Operational Due Diligence Trends and Best Practices

CFA Society New York 1540 Broadway, New York City, NY, United States

The need to safeguard against operational risk is ongoing and requires constant manager oversight. Operational due diligence is an in-depth process in which investors assess both the fund’s internal risk levels and risk profiles of outsourced service providers. Operational Due Diligence is a way to expose and nullify potential risks before irreparable harm occurs.

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Alternative Investments, Business Management

29th Annual High Yield Bond Conference

CFA Society New York 1540 Broadway, New York City, NY, United States

Master Class focuses on the basic building blocks of high yield investment; CFA Society New York’s longest-running conference brings attendees up to the minute on the market outlook and key innovations.

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