Value Investing Book Release Announcement
"Value Investing: From Theory to Practice – A Guide to the Value Investing Process"
Dr. George Athanassakos has written the first ACADEMIC book on value investing titled “Value Investing: From Theory to Practice – A Guide to the Value Investing Process”. The book, that the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fairfax Financial Holding Ltd. Prem Watsa has called the "New Testament" to Ben Graham's "Old Testament", shows an analytical process to find and buy stocks that trade significantly below intrinsic value. Both the Paperback (for students) and the Hardcover (for public, at large) versions are now available for purchase!
Upcoming Events
October (Date TBD), 2024
4th European Value Investing Conference
The Ben Graham Centre for Value Investing (Europe), in collaboration with the Greek Centre for Value Investing, is holding its 4th European Value Investing Conference in Athens, Greece. The mission of the Conference is to promote the tenets of value investing as pioneered by Benjamin Graham, to expose Conference participants to the various value investing methods used by practitioners and to encourage and support academic research and study in the area of value investing.
June 3-7, 2024
Seminar on Value Investing and the Search for Value
Dr. George Athanassakos is offering a highly sought after five day Seminar on Value Investing and the Search for Value to finance executives, finance professionals, portfolio managers, financial analysts and individual investors seeking knowledge of value creation, valuation and value investing theory and practice.
For more information, including how to register, see Seminars.
April 11, 2024
Fairfax Financial Holdings Annual General Meeting
Mr. Prem Watsa, Chairman and CEO, Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., Toronto, ON, Canada has invited Dr. Athanassakos and his Value Investing MBA and HBA students to attend Fairfax's annual general meeting of shareholders.
April 10, 2024
Ben Graham Centre’s 2024 Value Investing Conference
The Ben Graham Centre for Value Investing will hold its annual Value Investing Conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on April 10, 2024. The mission of the Conference is to promote the tenets of value investing as pioneered by Benjamin Graham, to expose Conference participants to the various value investing methods used by practitioners, and to encourage and support academic research and study in the area of value investing.
April 9, 2024
Ben Graham Centre's 2024 International MBA Stock Picking Competition
The Ben Graham Centre for Value Investing will hold its annual International Stock Picking Competition, at the MBA level, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on April 9, 2024. Teams from MBA schools from around the world will compete for $14,000 CAD in cash prizes, as well as, free attendance to the Ben Graham Centre’s 2024 Value Investing Conference and the Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. Annual General Meeting, also held in Toronto.
November 30, 2023
Value Investing Keynote Presentation at "Smart Vienna 2023"
Dr. George Athanassakos will give a keynote speech, titled “Value vs Growth Investing and the Future of Stock Prices”, at the 2023 "Smart Vienna" Conference for professionals in Vienna, Austria.
November 28, 2023
Value Investing Presentation at the CFA Society Austria
Dr. George Athanassakos will give a speech, titled “Value Investing: Who, What and Why?”, at an event sponsored by the CFA Society Austria and Vienna's Kathrein Bank.
Ivey Value Investing Classes Guest Speakers
January 25, 2024
Rui Cardoso, Managing Director, U.S. and International Equities, Beutel, Goodman & Company Ltd., Toronto, ON, Canada (6:20pm - 8:00pm, Ivey Business School, Room 1100)
February 1, 2024
Philip Mesman, Portfolio Manager and Head of Fixed Income, Picton Mahoney Asset Management, Toronto, ON, Canada (6:20pm - 8:00pm, Ivey Business School, Room 1100)
March 7, 2024
Daniel Lewin, President, Lewin Capital Management Ltd., Vancouver, BC, Canada (6:20pm - 8:00pm, Ivey Business School, Room 1100)