ENCAP Investments & LCM Group Alternative Asset Management Center

Invites you to attend the presentation of

Professor Narayan Y. Naik
Director, BNP Paribas Hedge Fund Center
London School of Business 

 "Hedge Fund Industry: Past, Present and Future?"

There will be a reception following the presentation.  Both will take place in the Ernst & Young Gallery.

 Please RSVP by Tuesday, September 15 to Sandra Blackstone at 214-768-8256 or blackstone@cox.smu.edu

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Prof. Narayan Y. Naik
Professor of Finance

Educated at the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay and the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, Prof. Naik subsequently worked as an executive for Special Steels and the Taj Group of Hotels and as a consultant for the World Bank before obtaining a PhD in Business Administration at Duke University, North Carolina in 1991.

Prof. Naik joined London Business School as an Assistant Professor of Finance on completing his PhD, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1997. Over the last decade he has played a key role in the development of the finance group at LBS, most notably in the role of the Director of the PhD programme in Finance, the Director of the School’s Investment Management Programme and the Director of the BNP Paribas Hedge Fund Centre at the London Business School.

Prof. Naik’s research interests include hedge funds, portfolio selection, risk management and market microstructure. Over the last decade he has authored a significant body of work in these areas, which has appeared in the top finance journals, leading practitioner journals and financial press. Prof. Naik has appeared many times on CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg, BBC, ITV and other news channels as expert finance academic. Prof. Naik has consulted widely during his career for the World Bank and private corporations in the UK, USA and Far East. He has also designed and taught tailor-made courses in corporate finance and investment management for leading investment banks.