BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:794d3709ff06ef695efb8b4a4bae427d2 CATEGORIES:Past Events SUMMARY:7TH ANNUAL ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS SUMMIT LOCATION:Fairmont Olympic Hotel\, 411 University St\, Seattle, WA 98101\, USA DESCRIPTION:
Over the last hand ful of years, hedge funds have failed to meet investor return expectations yet they continue to charge high fees for what is often beta or factor expo sures that are now easily replicable with many off the shelf passively mana ged investment products. Join us and our keynote speaker, Alec Litowitz, Fo under and CEO of Magnetar Capital as we explore this timely and informative topic.
Alec Litowitz, Founder and CEO< /strong>
Alec is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Magnetar Capital, a leading alternative asset management firm with approximately $13 .5 Billion in AUM. He also serves as Chairman of the firm’s Management Comm ittee and is co-head of the Investment Committee.
Alec began his fina ncial services career in corporate finance at JP Morgan in New York focusin g on the Financial Institutions Group. Prior to founding Magnetar in 2005, he was a Principal at Citadel Investment Group and served as Global Head of Equities and a member of the Management and Investment Committees.
H e created and continues to be extensively involved with the Magnetar Capita l UChicago Financial Education Initiative, an innovative high school-based financial education program. Since 2012, the initiative has used technology , teamwork and competition to help high schoolers increase their financial literacy. To date, the program is in more than 700 Chicago area high school classrooms and been delivered to more than 14,000 students.
As an at hlete and avid outdoorsman, Alec enjoys endurance and adventure races inclu ding triathlons and off-road mountain bike competitions. He completed the P erskindol Swiss Epic, a six-day mountain bike stage race with 500 riders in September 2017, the La Ruta de los Conquistadores mountain bike race in 20 14, and the Hawaii Ironman in 2004. His interest in competitive sports led him to Dare2tri, a nationally focused non-profit that provides triathlon an d single-event training to young people and adults with disabilities, where he serves as Board Chair.
Alec graduated from MIT with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Anthropology and went on to receive a JD and MB A from the University of Chicago. While at MIT, Alec became the first All-A merican squash player in the school’s history.