2006 Columbia Investment Management Conference

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Feb 02, 2006
"We are happy to announce a distinguished group of speakers for this year's event.


After the morning keynote address by James Tisch, President & CEO of Loews Corporation, the day will kick off with a panel in which James Chanos, John Gunn, Bill Miller, and George Schultze, CBS '96 discuss their investment philosophies and share some war stories about their best investment ideas.


Our luncheon keynote address will be given by Martin Whitman, the Founder and Co-CIO of Third Avenue Management, LLC, on market efficiencies as related to value investing, distressed investing, and control investing. "

http://www0.gsb.columbia.edu/students/organizations/cima/conference/index.cfm


In the first afternoon session, William Ackman, Patrick McGurn, Thomas A. Russo, and David Winters will tackle current corporate governance issues, specifically the role shareholders can play to improve governance and ensure company management maximizes shareholder value.