Shanghai Investing Summit - Past Events

Past Events

2018 Summit
Investing in the Trump Era
5 May 2018
Shanghai Petrochemical Auditorium, CEIBS Shanghai Campus
The Darden School of Business and China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) hosted the ninth CEIBS Private Wealth Investment Forum on Saturday 5 May 2018 in Shanghai. Through partnership with CEIBS, the conference expanded the Darden School’s annual Shanghai Investing Summit into its fifth consecutive year. Read more about the event in our press release. 
Keynote speakers included:
• Nick Sargen, Senior VP, Chief Economist, and Senior Investment Advisor, Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc; lecturer, University of Virginia Darden School of Business
• Ha Jiming, Senior Fellow, China Finance 40 Forum
• Rui “Oliver” Meng, Professor of Finance and Accounting at CEIBS, Director of CEIBS Shoushan Center for Wealth Managemen
• Liu Yuhui, Professor Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Chief Economist, TF Securities
2017 Summit
Investment from the CEO’s Perspective
8 April 2017
Shanghai Petrochemical Auditorium, CEIBS Shanghai Campus
As the economic impact of unconventional monetary policy and the new administration in the United States ripples around the world, this forum provided an opportunity to learn how investors, economists and executives are thinking about positioning portfolios to best take advantage of new opportunities and to mitigate risk. Understanding the investing landscape, both in China and around the world, and how different markets affect one another remains critical. This forum brought together leading executives and investors to discuss insights on future opportunities.  
Academic sponsors for this event included Darden's Center for Global Initiatives and the Center for Asset Management  and The CEIBS Shoushan Centre for Wealth Management and the CEIBS Business Review.  
Keynote speakers Included:
• Francisco Aristeguieta, CEO, Asia Pacific, Citigroup Asia
• Dick Mayo (Darden MBA ’68), Chairman, Game Creek Capital
• Oliver Rui, Professor of Finance and Accounting at CEIBS, Director of CEIBS Shoushan Center for Wealth Management
• Dennis Yang, Dale S. Coenen Free Enterprise Professor of Business Administration, Darden, and Academic Director, Darden Asia Initiative
• Han Xianwang, Chief Economist, China Universal Asset Management 
• Wang Zhongmin, Vice Chairman, National Social Security Fund Council (CNSSFC)
• Zhu Haibin, Chief China Economist and Head of Greater China Economic Research, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
2016 Summit
China: Finding Opportunities in an Uncertain Global Market
13 May 2016
Pudong Institute of Finance
To better understand what's next for China's investing market, identify and develop new opportunities and build investment organizations, the Darden School and the Pudong Institute of Finance convened industry leaders at the third annual Shanghai Investing Summit on 13 May in Shanghai. The Summit explored the theme, China: Finding Opportunities in an Uncertain Global Market. 
The event was sponsored by Darden's Center for Global Initiatives and the Center for Asset Management and hosted in partnership with the Pudong Institute of Finance. Shanghai United Media Group served as the exclusive media partner for the event. 
Keynote speakers Included:
• Scott Beardsley, Dean and Charles C. Abbott Professor of Business Administration, University of Virginia Darden School of Business
• Kenneth Eades, Professor of Business Administration and Academic Director of the Mayo Center for Asset Management, University of Virginia Darden School of Business
• James Liu, Partner, Jincheng Tongda & Neal
• Liu Haiying, Chief Economist and Co-Founder, Guofu Investment Management, Co., Ltd. 
• Richard Mayo (MBA '68), Chairman, Mayo Capital Partners
• Anthony Tse, CEO, Galaxy Resources
• Scott Douglas Williams, Chairman of InvestUSA Committee (IUSAC) in China; Vice President of The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai (AmCham Shanghai) 
• Dennis Yang, Dale S. Coenen Free Enterprise Professor of Business Administration, University of Virginia Darden School of Business 
• Yin Lei, Partner, Chief Executive, Chongyang International Asset Management Co., Ltd.
2015 Summit
Cross-Border Investing
8 May 2015
Grand Hyatt Shanghai, Pudong, Shanghai, China
In an uncertain global economic and political context, investors are challenged to understand new opportunities and manage risk across national borders. The 2nd Annual Shanghai Investing Summit helped investors understand those challenges and provided the tools to address them wisely. 
In one of Asia's most dynamic cities, the Shanghai Investing Summit — hosted by the University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business and Shanghai Jiao-Tong's Antai College of Economics and Management's top-ranked faculty — drew upon leading thinkers and business minds from around the globe to examine the latest trends and opportunities in cross-border investing and provided actionable investment strategies.
The event was sponsored by Darden's Center for Global Initiatives and the Center for Asset Management and hosted in partnership with Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s Antai College of Economics & Management.
Keynote speakers included: 
• Ruyin Hu, Chief Economist, Shanghai Stock Exchange
• Robert Hugin, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Celgene Corporation
• Ming Zhang, Senior Research Fellow and Director, Department of International Investment, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Science
Panel Sessions:
Scanning the Globe: Valuations and the Investing Environment 
• Facilitator: Xi Chen, Associate Professor, Antai College of Economics & Management
Panelists:
• Qian Xuefeng, Founding Partner and Chairman, New Access Capital
• Bradford Willmore, Executive Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, Sarus Capital Management 
• Roy Dahlquist, Managing Director for Asia, Virginia Economic Development Partnership
Global Opportunities for Returns: The Long and Short of Public Markets 
• Facilitator: Kenneth M. Eades, Professor of Business Administration and Academic Director of the Richard A. Mayo Center for Asset Management, Darden School of Business
Panelists:
• Hanson Wong, Chief Executive Officer of Belos Capital (Asia) Limited
• Richard A. Mayo, Chair and Founder, Mayo Capital Partners LLC 
• J. Peter Chen, Head of Business Development, CPPIB Asia, Inc.
2014 Summit
Global Growth and the Next Breakthrough Economy
9 May 2014
Shanghai Marriott Hotel City Centre
Our hyperconnected, global economy challenges investors to capture opportunity and mitigate risk. In one of the most dynamic cities of Asia and a rising financial center, the University of Virginia Darden School of Business Shanghai Investing Summit drew upon today's leading thinkers and business minds — hosted by Darden's top-ranked faculty — to identify the next best investments in both the large, core emerging markets and in new pockets of performance. The day-long event highlighted new trends and provided actionable investment strategies.
The event was sponsored by Darden's Center for Global Initiatives and the Center for Asset Management.
Keynote speakers included:
• Yifei Li, China Chair, Man Group
• Xinjun Liang, CEO, Fosun Group
Featured Speakers:
• Robert Bruner, Dean, University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Panel Sessions:
Hedge Fund and Alternatives Outlook
• Moderator: John Macfarlane, III, Founding Partner and Chairman, Vinci Zafferano Capital
• Patrik Edsparr, CIO & co-founder, Tor Investment Management
• Hua Fan, Head of Fixed Income and Absolute Return Investment Department, China Investment Corporation
• Fanglu Wang, Senior Managing Director, CITIC Capital
 
Breakthrough Investing Opportunities
• Moderator: Jerry Peng, CEO, Four Seas Capital Management
• Jim Cheng, Principal, New Richmond Ventures; former Secretary of Commerce and Trade, Commonwealth of Virginia
• Qian Jiannong, President of Tourism and Commercial Group; Senior Assistant President of Fosun Group
• Qing Shan Liu, CEO, Manulife TEDA Fund Management Co.
 
Large Institutional Investors' Perspectives on Global Opportunity Panel
• Moderator: Larry Kochard, CEO & CIO, University of Virginia Investment Management Company
• Mark Machlin, President of Asia, CPPIB Asia Inc.