UCLA Anderson Fink Center for Finance

The Fink Center was proud to host our seventh annual Conference on Financial Markets, presented in partnership with the Finance area at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. The program brought together leading academics and practitioners to tackle some of the most pressing questions in finance, with a keynote address by Nobel laureate Lars Peter Hansen. Panelists including Luigi Zingales, Campbell Harvey, Jonathan Berk, and Tyler Muir tackled the field's biggest unanswered questions. This year’s conference also included a bold experiment: a dedicated session on "Human × AI Finance," featuring papers written, reviewed, and selected primarily using AI agents.

We are deeply grateful to everyone who contributed to such an engaging program, and we look forward to continuing these conversations!

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We are excited to share highlights from our third annual Fink Finance Alumni Network gathering in New York!

This year’s event brought together an incredible community of Anderson alumni, students, and industry leaders for an evening of connection and insight. We were proud to host a panel that featured Colin Cropper ('02), Managing Director, Global Industrials at Rothschild & Co, Mila Skulkina (B.A. ’01, ’07), Senior Managing Director, Portfolio Manager at Lord Abbett, and Richard Colasuonno ('07), Managing Director, Head of Institutional Corporate Client Practice at PIMCO, moderated by Professor Lori Santikian, Director of the Fink Center for Finance.

Thank you to all who attended and contributed to the success of this event. We look forward to continuing the momentum in San Francisco for our next gathering!

We are excited to announce the Fink Center's 2025-2026 Kayne Investment Management Fellows! From the generous support of Ric Kayne ('68), a founding member of our board, the Fink Center has hosted the Kayne Investment Management Fellowship program since 2011.

Please take a moment to learn more about this year's fellows and join us in congratulating them for this outstanding achievement!

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We are excited to announce the Fink Center's 2025-2026 Investment Banking Fellowship cohort! We invite you to learn more about each of our fellows and join us in recognizing their exceptional achievements.

For further details about the Fink Fellowship program, please visit the link in our bio.

We are excited to announce the Fink Center's 2025-2026 Brown Private Equity and Alternatives Fellowship cohort! With the generosity of our board member, Jeffry Brown, and his wife, Kristin, the Fink Center has proudly hosted the Jeffry and Kristin Brown Distinguished Private Equity and Alternatives Fellowship since 2015. Please take a moment to learn about each of our fellows and join us in congratulating them for this outstanding achievement!

To learn more about the Fink Fellowship program, please click on the link in our bio.

We are excited to announce the Fink Center's 2025-2026 Quantitative Finance Fellowship cohort! Special thanks to the Master of Financial Engineering at UCLA Anderson program for their partnership!

We invite you to learn more about each of our fellows and join us in recognizing their exceptional achievements. For further details about the Fink Fellowship program, please visit the link in our bio.

"My time at UCLA played a foundational role in shaping how I think about markets and leadership. Engaging with students and young alumni entering an increasingly complex financial world is incredibly rewarding. Their curiosity and drive give me confidence in the future of our industry.” - Larry Fink, (B.A. ’74, MBA ’76), Chairman and CEO of BlackRock.

Enjoy additional reflections and highlights from the second annual Finance Alumni Network gathering, where Larry Fink joined Professor Lori Santikian for a candid conversation that brought together more than 300 UCLA alumni and students — sparking dialogue, forging lasting connections, and inspiring generations of Bruins in attendance.



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Fink Center Namesake Engages UCLA Anderson Finance Alumni BlackRock CEO Larry Fink (B.A. ’74, ’76) influences generations of Bruins

As we mark the third year of the Fink Finance Alumni Network, we were delighted to partner with UCLA Anderson Alumni Relations to bring the Anderson finance community together for an evening of conversation and connection.

The program, Behind the Brands: A CFO Playbook for Success, featured a compelling fireside chat with Katie Anderson ('09), Chief Financial Officer at EoS Fitness and former CFO of Neiman Marcus, Guess, California Pizza Kitchen, and Sprinkles, and Professor Lori Santikian, Director of the Fink Center for Finance.

We appreciate everyone who joined us and look forward to convening in San Francisco in February and in New York in March! Stay tuned for more information about our upcoming events!

Earlier this month, we hosted our 10th Annual Fink Credit Pitch Competition. Top business schools from across the country joined us at UCLA Anderson School of Management to present their most innovative credit investment strategies to a panel of distinguished judges.

Congratulations to the three winning teams for delivering great pitches in an exceptionally competitive year.

We’re grateful to our sponsors, judges, participants, and volunteers whose dedication made this milestone event possible. We look forward to welcoming you all back again soon!