AIC Conversations

Due to COIVD-19 restrictions, our flagship physical conference will not be held in the 2020/21 academic year. Alternatively, high-quality discussions and insights from founders and executives of leading alternative investment firms will be posted virtually in our webinar series named "AIC Conversations". 

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Daniel S. Loeb

We are delighted to announce that Daniel S. Loeb, the Founder, CEO and CIO of $17 billion AUM NYC based hedge fund Third Point Investment Management will be our first guest speaker for the 2020/2021 academic year.

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Mr Loeb will be speaking with our society virtually on the 22nd of October 2020. We will pre-record and release the interview on our Facebook and Youtube channels; the final product will also be embedded on here.

Edgar Bronfman Jr

We are delighted to announce that Edgar Bronfman Jr, Founder and Managing Partner at Accretive LLC (a technology private equity and venture investing firm), Co-founder and General Partner of Waverley Capital (a media venture capital firm) and former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Warner Music (one of the world’s largest music companies) will be our second guest speaker for the 2020/2021 university year.

Mr Bronfman will be speaking with our society virtually on the 28th October 2020. We will pre-record and release the interview on our Facebook and Youtube channels; the final product will also be embedded on here.

Sam Zell

We are delighted to announce that Sam Zell, the Founder and Chairman of $36 billion AUM Chicago-based investment fund Equity Group Investments will be our third guest speaker for the 2020/2021 university year.

Mr. Zell will be speaking with our society virtually on the 11th of November 2020. We will pre-record and release the interview and the final product will be embedded here.

James Christopher Flowers

We are delighted to announce that James Christopher, the CEO and Managing Director of J.C. Flowers & Co., will be our fourth guest speaker for the 2020/2021 university year. J.C. Flowers & Co. is a private investment firm dedicated to investing globally in the financial services industry.

Mr. Flowers will be speaking with our society virtually on the 19th of November 2020. We will pre-record and release the interview and the final product will be embedded here.

Urs Wietlisbach

We are delighted to announce that Urs Wietlisbach, the Co-Founder of Partners Group, will be our fifth guest speaker for the 2020/2021 university year. Partners Group is a global private markets investment management firm with more than $96 billion in AUM.

Urs Wietlisbach will be speaking with our society virtually on the 26th of November 2020. We will pre-record and release the interview and the final product will be embedded here.