20TH TCU INVESTMENT STRATEGIES CONFERENCE
SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2024
THE QUEST FOR ALPHA:
Opportunities in Marketable Alternative Strategies
Morning Session
Dee J. Kelly Alumni & Visitors Center
2820 Stadium Drive
7:15 – 8:00
Check-In and Breakfast Bar
8:00 – 8:05
Welcome
DR. MAURICIO RODRIGUEZ
Co-Host
Director
LKCM Center for Financial Studies at the Neeley School of Business
8:05 – 8:15
Introduction
JASON SAFRAN
Co-Host
Chief Investment Officer
TCU Investment Management
8:15 – 9:00
Tech Bubble 2.0, or No?
GINA MARTIN ADAMS
Global Director of Portfolio Strategy and Chief Equity Strategist
Bloomberg Intelligence
9:00 – 9:50
Panel: Equity Strategies
MASROOR SIDDIQUI
CIO and Founder
Naya Capital Management
and
KATIE STOCKTON
Founder and Managing Partner
Fairlead Strategies, LLC
and
DR. ROD WONG
Managing Partner and CIO
RTW Investments
Moderated By
ADAM SINGLETON
Senior Portfolio Manager
TCU Investment Management
9:50 – 10:10
Break
10:10 – 11:00
MORNING KEYNOTE
A Conversation With Cliff Asness
DR. CLIFF ASNESS
Founder, Managing Principal and Chief Investment Officer
AQR Capital Management, LLC
Interviewed By
THOMAS ALBRIGHT
Portfolio Manager
TCU Investment Management
11:00 – 11:50
Panel: High Conviction Credit Strategies in Liquid Markets
Moderated By
DAVID RICHTER
Managing Director, Absolute Return Strategies Investment Committee Chair
and Co-Head of Absolute Return Strategies Research
GCM Grosvenor
Panelists
JOSH FRIEDMAN
Co-Founder, Co-Chairman
and Co-Chief Executive Officer
Canyon Partners, LLC
and
DYLAN ROSS
Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, Asset-Backed Finance
TCW
Luncheon & Keynote Conversation
Brown-Lupton University Union
2901 Stadium Drive
12:15
Welcome
DANIEL W. PULLIN
TCU President
12:40
Luncheon Keynote Conversation
Introduction
DR. MAURICIO RODRIGUEZ
12:45 – 1:45
DMITRY BALYASNY
Co-founder,
Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner
Balyasny Asset Management, L.P. (BAM)
With
JASON SAFRAN
Chief Investment Officer
TCU Investment Management
1:45
Closing Remarks
DR. MAURICIO RODRIGUEZ