OU Investment & Finance Society

Dear Members,

We are writing to you with news of some excellent events we are putting on coming up soon, ranging from a CV workshop with J.P. Morgan, to a day in Oxford by Citi, and a Corporate Finance session with Deutsche Bank. As well this, there are some excellent opportunities that we have found out about for you that are going on at the LSE. Read below for more details on them all.

Regards
Sourav Choudhury
OUIFS

Contents

1. J.P. Morgan CV Workshop
2. Citi Day on Campus
3. Deutsche Bank - 'Meet the Dealmakers'
4. LSE Private Equity Talk
5. LSE Alternative Investments Conference
6. LSE Hong Kong Trip
7. Campus for Finance

1. J.P. Morgan CV Workshop

Representatives from HR and the banking divisions of J.P. Morgan will be coming down to help you with your CVs. They will offer general advice on how to tailor your CV best to make your application stand out. Following this, they will be sitting down with small groups of you, to look at your CVs individually, giving individual feedback on what is good about yours and how to improve it. The advice will range from simple formatting and layout, right up to what experiences may look good on there. This is an exceptional opportunity to get an insight and personalised advice from the very people that look at thousands of applications, and may well be sifting through yours in the upcoming years. The event will be at the Old Bank Hotel on the 19th of November, starting a 6.30 prompt. To apply for a place, send an email with a copy of your CV attached to sourav.choudhury@lmh.ox.ac.uk or shanil.ghelani@univ.ox.ac.uk, ensuring that you put "CV workshop" in the subject line.

2. Citi Day on Campus

Citi Day on Campus at Oxford University

Citi Day on Campus is designed to give students from any degree discipline the opportunity to learn more about the daily activities across all of our business areas, as well as our 2009 Summer Internships. Below is a detailed timetable for the Day on Campus.

18 November Four Pillars Hotel, Abingdon Road, Oxford

09.30-11.30 Capital Markets Case Study
11.45-13.15 Global Transaction Services Case Study
13.15-14.15 Women's Networking Lunch
14.30-16.30 Investment Banking M&A Case Study - OR -Technology Case Study
17.00-19.00 Trading Game

19 November Lincoln College, Oakeshott Room

17.00-19.00 Assessment Centre Skills Session

SIGN UP: Please email campus.queries@citi.com stating OXFORD DAY ON CAMPUS in the subject line, and indicate the session(s) you would like to attend in the body of the email. Spaces are limited, so please sign up now!
 

3. Deutsche Bank - 'Meet the Dealmakers'

Deutsche Bank would like to invite you to meet the dealmakers behind some of our largest and most prestigious transactions at an evening of Corporate Finance and Canapés

You want to go far in life and business. You're looking for an employer who will offer you a genuine springboard to an exciting and stimulating career. Global Banking is exactly that.
Within Deutsche Bank Global Banking, you will meet the financial needs of a diverse range of businesses. Our clients are demanding and their requirements complex.

If you want to find out more, we would like to invite you to participate in an exciting case study followed by networking. To be considered you need to be in your penultimate year. Please email your CV to event.signup@db.com and put Oxford GB in the subject line.

Venue: Randolph Hotel
Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Date: 20 November 2008

4. LSE Private Equity Talk

What Went Wrong? The Politics, Policy and Geopolitics of the Financial Crisis
Dr Philippa Malmgren

Date: 24 November 2008
Time: 7.00pm
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre


The LSEsu Private Equity Society proudly presents the highlight of Michaelmas Term, a talk about the Credit Crisis with Dr. Philippa Malmgren, the world's most reknowned expert on the links between policy and financial markets.

Dr. Philippa Malmgren (LSE M.Sc. Ph.D), the former member of the National Economic Council and Financial Market Advisor to President G.W. Bush in the White House where she worked on The President's Working Groups on Financial Markets, Corporate Governance and Terrorism Risks to the Economy. She is giving a lecture in the LSE Hong Kong Theatre on November 24th at 7.00pm, which will be filmed as part of a documentary on the Financial Crisis by a international production company.

Dr. Malmgren is the President of the Canonbury Group (www.canonburygroup.com), which helps fund managers and investors around the world better understand how politics, policy and geopolitics may influence prices in financial markets and the global economy. She is the Founder and Publisher of the quarterly Policy & Markets (www.policyandmarkets.com), which is syndicated with Reuters, and the monthly Policy & Markets Reports.

Dr. Malmgren has worked both in markets and in public policy roles. She served as the Deputy Head of Global Investment Strategy at UBS and as the Chief Currency Strategist for Bankers Trust Company. She is now on the International Advisory Board of The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London and a senior advisor to a number of banks and funds around the world. She has lectured at Tsinghua University in Beijing and at various universities including Duke Fuqua Global Executive MBA program, IMD and the MIT Sloan Fellows Program, Oxford, the LSE and West Point. She has been a frequent guest on financial television including CNN, CNBC and Bloomberg and a regular speaker at investor and business conferences. This event is aimed at everybody who has an interest in better understanding the current financial crisis.

Following the lecture, Dr. Malmgren will be hosting a reception with drinks and nibbles in the LSE Senior Common Room (5th floor Old Building) at 8:30pm together with various LSE alumni and representatives from firms such as Goldman Sachs, Lazard, UBS and the Blackstone Group.
 

5. LSE Alternative Investments Conference

You are invited to the LSEsu Alternative Investments Conference, the world’s largest student conference on private equity and hedge funds, bringing together over 50 speakers and more than 350 delegates from across the world.

The Conference will take place on 19 and 20 January 2009 at the London School of Economics (LSE). In previous years, we have been proud to host senior speakers from leading firms including The Blackstone Group, KKR, TPG Capital, Apollo Management, Man Group, Lansdowne Partners, Goldman Sachs and Abraaj Capital.

This year, confirmed speakers include the heads of Deutsche Bank (Josef Ackermann), Goldman Sachs PIA Europe (Hughes Lepic), Blackstone Europe (David Blitzer), CQS (Michael Hintze), GLG MMI (Paul Harvey), Winton Capital (David Harding) and Brevan Howard (Nagi Kawkabani). Other confirmed speakers include the heads of Goldman Sachs Real Estate Europe, Macquarie Infrastructure Funds Europe, JPMorgan Leveraged Finance Europe and Bain & Co. Private Equity Europe.

The forum is designed to provide an opportunity for students, academics and professionals interested in Private Equity and Hedge Funds to meet and discuss emerging topics in these dynamic fields. The conference will once again feature an extraordinary line-up of keynote speeches, panel discussions, and by popular demand an expanded schedule of workshops focusing on specific Hedge Fund strategies and recent Private Equity deals.

Please find more information about the conference and registration at www.lseaic.co.uk. We look forward to your response and would like to welcome you and your group here at the AIC in London. Please feel free to be in touch with me via aleksander.kloda@lseaic.co.uk should you have any questions.
 

6. LSE Hong Kong Trip

Asia Exposure 2008: Hong Kong

The LSE SU Business Society is organising a careers focused trip to Hong Kong. Join us in this unique opportunity to meet top firms in Hong Kong – the financial centre of East Asia!

30 places are up for grabs, and due to strong demand, we strongly encourage early applications. The tentative schedule is attached below, which is subject to changes at the organizer's discretion.

Dates: 15 – 20 December 2008

Cost: £150 (Inclusive of transportation within Hong Kong and a trip to Ocean Park)

Day

15 Dec
Macquarie Group
MD Presentation
Analyst Panel

British Petroleum
Presentation Topics:
- "The Supply Chain of Oil"
- "Oil and The Global Economy"

Citigroup
Wealth Management Exercise
Trader Attachment


16 Dec
Goldman Sachs
M & A Case Study
Networking Breakfast

Deutsche Bank
Tour of Trading floor
Trading Game

Bain & Company
Crack-The-Case Workshop
"A Day In The Life of a Consultant"


17 Dec
The Carlyle Group
"Introduction To The Carlyle Group"
Director Presentation

IBM
Business Case Studies
Tour of Operations

Blackstone
Industry Overview
Investment Origination Case Study


18 Dec
Cheung Kong Ltd
"The Hong Kong Real Estate Market"

GlaxoSmithKline
"The Future of The Pharmaceutical Industry"

McKinsey
Consultant Panel
Networking Tea


19 Dec
Hong Kong Exchange
Tour of Stock Exchange
Networking Lunch

Ernst and Young
Audit and Assurance
Tax Legislation in HK

HSBC
Global Markets and Banking Presentation


20 Dec
Trip to Ocean Park
Ocean Park
Closing Dinner & Night Event at Tsim Sha Tsui


APPLY NOW! Send your CV and a 200-300 word Cover Letter to su.soc.business@lse.ac.uk detailing the following:

Reason(s) for pursuing a career in Hong Kong and/or Asia?
Your career interests and motivations

Deadline for submission is 17 November 2008. Early application is encouraged as selection is made on a rolling basis.

To avoid cancellations, full payment will be required upon successful application.

For further information, visit the Facebook group "LSESU Business Society", or email su.soc.business@lse.ac.uk.

 

7. Campus for Finance

We would like to invite you to apply for the "Campus for Finance – New Year's Conference 2009" with the topic "Behavioral Finance – How to Account for Irrationality?" on January 15 & 16, 2009 at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management in Vallendar, Germany.

At the 9th edition of the New Year's Conference, renowned senior executives and outstanding academics from all over the world will provide you with exciting insights into the finance industry and its current developments. Additionally, challenging workshops of our sponsors and an intensive exchange with international students, academics and corporate participants will await you.

Keynote speakers at the upcoming conference include:

Prof. Robert J. Aumann (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; Nobel Laureate 2005)
Hans-Paul Bürkner (President and CEO of The Boston Consulting Group)
Eckhard Cordes (Chairman of the Management Board of Franz Haniel & Cie.)
Klaus Diederichs (Head of Investment Banking EMEA J.P.Morgan)
Thomas Eichelmann (CFO of Deutsche Börse Group)
Stephan Gemkow (CFO of Deutsche Lufhansa)
Joachim Goldberg (MD and founding Partner of Cognitrend; Behavioral Finance Expert)
Prof. Harrison Hong (Princeton University, USA)
Walter B. Kielholz (Chairman of the Board of Directors, Credit Suisse Group)
Peter Kollmann (Head of Investment Banking Germany Merrill Lynch)
Prof. Brian Knutson (Stanford University, USA)
Wolfgang Klein (CEO of Deutsche Postbank)
Friedrich Merz (Member of German Parliament; Partner of Mayer Brown LLP)
Jochen Sanio (President of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin))
Marcus Schenck (CFO of E.ON)
Eric Strutz (CFO of Commerzbank)
Prof. Avanidhar Subrahmanyam (UCLA Anderson School of Management, USA)
Herbert Walter (CEO of Dresdner Bank)
Axel Wieandt (CEO of Hypo Real Estate Group)
Prof. Martin Weber (University of Mannheim, Germany)
Peter Wuffli (Former Group CEO of UBS, Chairman of "elea - Foundation for Ethics in Globalization")

We are grateful that once again several sponsors are supporting the New Year's Conference and will offer workshops to our participants: AXA, The Boston Consulting Group, Credit Suisse, CNC Consulting, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Börse Group, Goldman Sachs, HSBC Trinkaus, J.P.Morgan, KPMG, Merrill Lynch, Oliver Wyman, Rothschild.

Visit our homepage for further information and submit your application for the world's biggest and most impactful finance conference entirely organized by students:
http://www.campus-for-finance.com
(Application deadline: November 30, 2008)

Due to the sponsorship of our corporate partners, we are able to offer travel subsidies to participating students. For participants from the United Kingdom, we offer 100€ travel subsidies.

If you have any questions concerning the event or your application, please feel free to write me an e-mail or just join the Facebook group called "Campus for Finance – New Year's Conference 2009".

We are looking forward to welcoming you in January 2009 at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management for the "Campus for Finance – New Year's Conference".