Haas Finance Club

Hello Finance Alums! The Haas Finance Club will be hosting an Alumni Event on November 6th in San Francisco and would love to see many of you there.

Below please find the event details and registration link:

Haas Finance Club Alumni Event
Thursday, November 6, 2014
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Sens, 4 Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94111
Light Appetizers and Open Bar
Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/haas-finance-club-alumni-event-tickets-13747415891

Hello Finance Alums! The Haas Finance Club will be hosting an Alumni Event on November 6th in San Francisco and would love to see many of you there.

Below please find the event details and registration link:

Haas Finance Club Alumni Event
Thursday, November 6, 2014
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Sens, 4 Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94111
Light Appetizers and Open Bar
Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/haas-finance-club-alumni-event-tickets-13747415891

Haas Finance Club Alumni Event Please join us for an evening of networking with fellow Haas Alumni. Light appetizers and drinks will be served.

Congratulations to Chad Reed and Zach Knight, Haas MBAs 2015, who recently took 2nd place in the 2014 Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge for their proposal, myCatch, a lending vehicle that would provide loans to organizations on behalf of small-scale sustainable fisheries.

http://www.morganstanley.com/about/press/articles/8940ecc9-3c96-4fbe-bae8-50dc0add5186.html

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Any 2nd years who have taken the following Finance classes (see list below)? The Finance Club (working with the Program Office) is looking for a few 2nd years who are available this Wednesday between 12:45 - 2 p.m. to help with Finance Advising for this upcoming fall. We will present the classes/logistics, but wanted 2nd years to be available to answer questions about their class experiences during the Student-Only time (starting at approx 1:15 pm).

Finance classes:
Corporate Finance (Chang)
Corporate Risk Management and Value using Derivatives
Portfolio Management
Fixed Income
Private Equity

Thank you!

Dafne

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Alibaba tackles weaknesses ahead of IPO - FT.com Alibaba has been on quite a shopping spree lately. Over the past year, the Chinese ecommerce company has spent in excess of $2bn taking a stake in, or purchasing outright, more than 10 smaller companies. These range from map makers to social media

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Citigroup Joins Rivals in Permitting Junior Bankers to Take Saturdays Off Citigroup says that junior bankers are now encouraged to stay out of the office from 10 p.m. on Friday through 10 a.m. on Sunday. It is also telling them to take all of their annual vacation days.

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Yellen sworn in as Fed chief, succeeding Bernanke, who joins Brookings Janet Yellen was sworn in as Fed chairwoman, becoming the first woman to run the central bank in its 100-year history. She succeeds Ben Bernanke, who has joined the Brookings Institution.

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Competitions and games that will help get you a job in finance If you want a job in financial services - particularly in front office investment banking, you ll need to tick all the predictable boxes (excellent academics, relevant work experience, interesting extra-curricular activities).

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FYI

Career Switcher and Advancer Student Panel

Wednesday, October 10

7:30 pm in the Wells Fargo Room (those with classes can attend!)



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Schedule:

7:30 pm – arrive for free pizza and drinks

7:40 pm – panel begins (questions will be taken from the floor)

8:15 pm – post-panel reception (opportunity to mingle with panelists)

“How can I leverage my Haas MBA to grow in your current job?”

“I’m set on switching careers… where do I start?”



Here is your opportunity to get advice from those who have already been through it.

MBA Career Management and the EWMBAA Career Management committee will host panel discussion on "Career Switching and Career Advancing." Join us at 7:30 pm in the Wells Fargo room for free pizza and drinks. The panel will begin promptly at 7:40 pm.



The panel is comprised of Haas MBA students who have either switched careers or advanced in their organizations. The panelists will share helpful tips and techniques and will address pitfalls to avoid. The floor will be open to questions from all attendees.



A post-panel reception will be held from 8:15 – 9 pm in which you can mingle with the panelists and ask additional questions.



Panelists include:

Kurt Zhao – Product Manager, Carl Zeiss Meditec (EWMBA Class of 2014)

Stephanie Lai – Marketing Specialist, Smule (EWMBA Class of 2014)

Nick Ionita – VP Product Management, FreeWheel (EWMBA Class of 2013)

Stuart Poole – Associate, Bee Partners (EWMBA Class of 2013)

Nandita Ghosh – Product Manager, Hewlett-Packard (EWMBA Class of 2012)

Ubaid Dhiyan – Summer Associate, Jefferies & Company (EWMBA Class of 2013)