News and Events
The Fink Center supports, sponsors and hosts numerous events each year that address the critical issues and emerging trends affecting financial markets and the industry. We invite our students, faculty and the practitioner community to attend, engage and learn from one another.
Events & Conferences
Fink Investing Conference
Each Spring, the Fink Investing Conference hosts 300+ professionals, students, and faculty to discuss insights and emerging trends from top executives and researchers in investment management. It's a full day of networking, debate, and learning.
Fink Credit Pitch Competition
MBA teams from top business schools pitch their best credit investment idea, and defend their strategy, to a panel of expert judges. All teams walk away with valuable investing knowledge, but only one takes home the top prize.
Fink Private Equity Roundtable
The Fink Private Equity Roundtable brings together professionals from top private equity firms and MBA students for an evening of lively discussion and networking. Guests hear from a distinguished panel about the state of private equity today, including emerging trends, challenges, and opportunities.
Past Event Highlights
Howard Marks: Mastering the Market Cycle
Fink & Ressler: A Candid Discussion
Larry Fink (B.A. ’74, ’76) Says Climate Risk Is Investment Risk
Faculty Research in UCLA Anderson Review
When Younger Investors Overreact to News, Others Feel It
Inexperienced investors, lacking historical context, impact markets
How an Excess of Stock Analyst Optimism Lands on Companies Least Deserving of It
Results of financially weak firms are difficult to forecast; in uncertainty, Mark Grinblatt finds, Wall Street’s views are overly generous
How Tech's Disruption Alters Investors' Appetite for Risk
New technology’s upending of the old creates demand for alternative assets to offset risk
Contact Us
UCLA Anderson School of Management
110 Westwood Plaza, Entrepreneurs Hall, Suite C.424
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1481
If you would like to partner with the Fink Center on an event, please reach out to:
Email: fink.center@anderson.ucla.edu
Office: (310) 825-3867
