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 current students) and the Hardcover (for public, at large) versions are now available for purchase!
Upcoming Events
June 23-27, 2025
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.
Seminar registration is now closed. Details about the 2026 Seminar will be available in early August 2025.
For more information, see Seminars.
October 14, 2025
5th European Value Investing Conference
The Ben Graham Centre's 5th European Value Investing Conference, which is run in partnership with Spain’s MAPFRE Insurance Company, will be held in Lisbon, Portugal on October 14, 2025. 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 13, 2026
Ben Graham Centre's 2026 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 13, 2026. 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 2025 Value Investing Conference.
Competition Details Forthcoming
April 14, 2026
Ben Graham Centre's 2026 Value Investing Conference
The Ben Graham Centre for Value Investing will hold its annual Value Investing Conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on April 14, 2026. 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.
Conference Details Forthcoming
April 16, 2026
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.
Seminar on Value Investing and the Search for Value Guest Speakers
June 24, 2025
Andrew Wellington, CIO & Founder, Lyrical Asset Management, New York, NY, USA
June 27, 2025
Jeffrey Stacey, Chairman & CEO, Stacey Muirhead Capital Management, Waterloo, ON, Canada