M&T SUMMIT

Keynote Speaker Cliff Asness ’88

Cliff is a Founder, Managing Principal and Chief Investment Officer at AQR Capital Management. He is an active researcher and has authored articles on a variety of financial topics for many publications, including The Journal of Portfolio Management, Financial Analysts Journal, The Journal of Finance and The Journal of Financial Economics. He has received five Bernstein Fabozzi/Jacobs Levy Awards from The Journal of Portfolio Management, in 2002, 2004, 2005, 2014 and 2015. Financial Analysts Journal has twice awarded him the Graham and Dodd Award for the year’s best paper, as well as a Graham and Dodd Excellence Award, the award for the best perspectives piece, and the Graham and Dodd Readers’ Choice Award. He has won the second prize of the Fama/DFA Prize for Capital Markets and Asset Pricing in the 2020 Journal of Financial Economics. In 2006, CFA Institute presented Cliff with the James R. Vertin Award, which is periodically given to individuals who have produced a body of research notable for its relevance and enduring value to investment professionals.

Prior to co-founding AQR Capital Management, he was a Managing Director and Director of Quantitative Research for the Asset Management Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. He is on the editorial board of The Journal of Portfolio Management, the governing board of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Finance at NYU, the board of directors of the Q-Group, the board of the International Rescue Committee, the board of trustees of The National WWII Museum and the board of trustees at the New-York Historical Society.

Cliff received a B.S. in economics from the Wharton School and a B.S. in engineering from the Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating summa cum laude in both. He received an M.B.A. with high honors and a Ph.D. in finance from the University of Chicago, where he was Eugene Fama’s student and teaching assistant for two years (so he still feels guilty when trying to beat the market).

2022 M&T Summit Program

7:30 am – 8:30 am Registration & Breakfast

8:30 am – 9:00 am Welcome & Introductory Remarks

9:00 am – 10:00 am Keynote Address

Fireside chat with Cliff Asness’88, Managing and Founding Principal AQR
Led by Vijay Kumar, Nemirovsky Family Dean & Professor, Penn Engineering

10:00 am – 10:30 am  Coffee Break

10:30 am – 11:45 am Founders Panel

Daniel Getelman’13, Co-Founder & CTO at Remix (acq by Via), Maneesha Ghiya’00, Managing Partner & Founder of FemHealth Ventures, and Angela Lai’94, Co-Founder & CEO BetterOmics

11:45 am – 12:45 pm Lunch

12:45 pm – 3:00 pm Integration Lab Presentation

Judges

Tim Babich’99, CEO at Nexxus Holdings, Founder & Director at RUNX1 Research Program, Chris Wong‘08, Founder & CEO at Flight Health, Allie Rogers’87, Director Aimee Pearl Holdings, Lauren Sholder’04, Business Development at NYDIG

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Coffee Break

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Second Career Panel

Herald Chen’93, President and CFO at AppLovin, Gady Nemirovsky’85, Managing Partner at Inspiration Ventures, Ryan Sheftel’95, CEO Radkl & Partner of GTS, and Monika Shrestha’97, Portfolio Manager at Lazard Asset Management
Moderated by Gad Allon, Jeffry A. Keswin Professor and Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Student Speed Networking

4:30 pm – 4:45 pm Coffee Break

4:45 pm – 5:00 pm Closing Remarks and Awards

Erika H. James, Dean of the Wharton School

5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Alumni Cocktail Reception

The Study at University City
The Drafting Room
20 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia