Finance Program

Financial Institutions Seminars 2012

Rodney N. Sullivan, CFA

Head of publications and editor of the Financial Analysts Journal at CFA Institute

"What are markets saying about risk?"

Date: 23.01.2012

Time: 16:00-18:00

Room: Sala Calsamiglia (Roger de Llúria 40.035)

Rodney N. Sullivan is chiefly responsible for a suite of publications including the FAJ, CFA Digest, Conference Proceedings Quarterly, and Research Foundation books and literature reviews. He served as editor on several books for investment professionals and has written articles published in various scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers. Previously, Mr. Sullivan served as director of research for Trigon Healthcare, Inc. (now Anthem Healthcare, Inc.), where he oversaw portfolio strategy and execution that included asset allocation, risk analytics, and equity and fixed-income portfolio management. As a senior portfolio analyst and member of the investment committee at Aris Corporation, Rodney oversaw manager selection and directed quantitative portfolio strategy including dynamic global asset allocation and tax efficient concentrated wealth.

Mr. Sullivan is a member of the Board of Directors at The Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance and a member of the Board of Advisors for Veritat Advisors. Rodney has served as an adjunct faculty member at Virginia Commonwealth University and Randolph Macon College. He is also a member of the Chicago Quantitative Alliance and a past president of the Richmond Association for Business Economics.

Jaume Puig

Fund Manager, CIO and CEO at GVC Gaesco

"Quant Investing in Long Only Funds and in Absolute Return Funds"

Date: 17.02.2012

Time: 10:00-12:00

Room: Sala Calsamiglia (Roger de Llúria 40.035)

Jaume Puig holds a degree in Economics and Actuarial Science from the University of Barcelona. He is a Certified European Financial Analyst (CEFA) and a member of several professional associations including the Association of Economists of Catalonia, Catalan Association of Actuaries, Institute of Financial Analysts, and EFPA. He is a member of the Board of Inverco Catalunya.

Mr. Puig started his career in 1989 at Fibanc and later worked for Banco Vitalicio. In 1995, he joined Gaesco. He is currently Fund Manager, CIO and CEO at GVC Gaesco Management. Throughout his career he has received numerous awards for his own management of investment funds as well as awards for the best investment management firm, issued by various international agencies (Standard & Poors, Lipper, Morningstar, Eurofonds Fundclass and Interactive Data). In 2011 he was named Best Spanish Equity Manager of the last decade on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the newspaper Expansión.

Past speakers include:

• Claudio Albanese, Consultant at Credit-Suisse and Level 3 Finance
• John Crosby, Executive Director, UBS Investment Bank, London
• Juan Carlos García Céspedes, Head of Risk Methodologies, BBVA
• Drago Indjic, Quantitative Investment Manager and Technologist Investment Manager, Blue White Alternative Investments; Project Manager, Hedge Fund Centre (London Business School)
• Lorenzo Isla, Head of Credit Derivatives, BBVA
• Rasa Karapandza, Assistant Professor of Finance, European Business School
• Miguel Mayo, Portfolio Manager for Tudor Capital Europe LLP and co-manager of Tudor EMUK Global Macro Team
• David Mendez Vives, Director at Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International
• David Murano, Director Market & ALM Risk Management, la Caixa
• Tobias Sperr, Vattenfall Europe AG
• Antoni Sureda, Credit Risk Modeler, la Caixa