2023 Economic Forecast and CFO Networking Reception

5141 California Avenue,Irvine CA 92617

26 January, 2023

Description

The CFO Executive Summit, in association with the UCI Paul Merage School of Business, is pleased to present our 2023 Economic Forecast and CFO Networking Reception. Join us In-Person at the UCI – University Research Park on January 26th. Once again, we are thrilled to present this interactive program led by Christopher Schwarz, of UCI. His Economic Forecast for 2022 was informative and entertaining and received overwhelmingly positive feedback from the CFOs who attended. Chris is a Professor of Finance at the Paul Merage School of Business as well as the Faculty Director for the Center for Investment and Wealth Management 4:30-5:00 pm Registration 5:00-6:00 pm Economic Forecast- Keynote Presentation by Professor Chris Schwarz 6:00-7:30 pm VIP Reception with drinks and hor d'oeuvres This event will provide you with an overview of where we stand economically as well as what to expect in the coming year. Register now and join us for an enlightening evening! Christopher Schwarz, Professor, Finance Faculty Director, Center for Investment and Wealth Management Christopher Schwarz is a Professor of Finance at the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California Irvine as well as the Faculty Director for the Center for Investment and Wealth Management. His research interests include the management, disclosure, and operational risk of the investment fund industry, the impact of manager incentives and structure on investment fund performance, and the behavior of retail investors and retail market structure. His research has been published in such leading academic journals as the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, and the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. It has been cited by the New York Times, LA Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Bloomberg, and Barron’s as well as appeared on CNBC and included in testimony before the U.S. Congress House Financial Services Committee. Chris also provides a number of economic and financial forecasts in the community as well as to Fortune 500 companies. Prior to arriving at UCI, Christopher received his Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, during which he was also a Visiting Doctoral Fellow at Yale University’s International Center of Finance. He received his B.S. from Babson College in Wellesley, MA. About the Organization The CFO Executive Summit was formed in 2020 with the mission of creating a safe harbor for thought leadership and peer-to-peer knowledge transfer for middle market to large-cap company CFOs in Southern California. We sponsor events throughout the year to educate CFOs on topics they face in the marketplace. To help steer the organization and drive future content, we have assembled an advisory board of CFOs to help determine relevant topics. These organizations include Western Digital, Vizio, Xperience Restaurant Group, Stone Brewing, The Toll Roads, and others. Founding sponsors include UCI Merage, HUB International, Moss Adams, Cushman & Wakefield, Wells Fargo, Hardesty, Stradling, and Gigasavvy.