Investment industry experts to gather at Quinnipiac University's G.A.M.E. IV Forum in New York City

HAMDEN, Conn., March 19, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Internationally renowned finance experts will provide insights into the pressing issues facing investment professionals in our global financial markets and share best practices in investment management at Quinnipiac University's annual Global Asset Management Education (G.A.M.E.) IV Forum, March 20-22, in New York City. 

The first day of the Quinnipiac G.A.M.E. IV Forum, held at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel and co-sponsored by NASDAQ OMX, will feature keynote speaker discussions on the global economy, alternative assets vs. equities, corporate governance, global markets and a Fed and Washington perspective. Eighteen keynote speakers will participate the first day, and another three will share their knowledge on the second day.

"The Quinnipiac G.A.M.E. IV Forum is designed to bring financial market experts together with an international group of college students and their faculty mentors to strengthen the connection between industry practices and what students are learning in the classroom," said Professor David Sauer, managing director and program co-chair. "This year, 113 speakers from 92 companies and organizations are demonstrating their support for the G.A.M.E. IV Forum by participating as keynote speakers, panelists, workshop hosts and competition judges."

The keynote speakers on the first day will include:

• Forum moderator and program co-chair Bob Froehlich, independent director
• Guy Adami, managing director of Drakon Capital and contributor to CNBC's Fast Money
• Abby Joseph Cohen, CFA, senior investment strategist and president of the Global Markets Institute at Goldman Sachs
• Tom Keene, editor-at-large, Bloomberg News
• Benjamin Pace, managing director and chief investment officer, Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management

Professionals are invited to attend the G.A.M.E. IV Forum keynote speaker discussions on March 20 to gain insights on the current challenges and opportunities facing investment professionals and to network with an international group of future industry leaders.

For more information and a schedule of events, visit http://www.quinnipiac.edu/game-forum or call 203-582-5400.

Quinnipiac is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution located 90 minutes north of New York City and two hours from Boston. The university enrolls 6,400 full-time undergraduate and 2,300 graduate students in 58 undergraduate and more than 20 graduate programs of study in its School of Business and Engineering, School of Communications, School of Education, School of Health Sciences, School of Law, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, School of Nursing and College of Arts and Sciences. Quinnipiac consistently ranks among the top regional universities in the North in U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges issue. The 2014 issue of U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges named Quinnipiac as the top up-and-coming school with master's programs in the Northern Region. Quinnipiac also is recognized in Princeton Review's "The Best 377 Colleges." The Chronicle of Higher Education has named Quinnipiac among the "Great Colleges to Work For." For more information, please visit www.quinnipiac.edu. Connect with Quinnipiac on Facebook at www.facebook.com/quinnipiacuniversity and follow Quinnipiac on Twitter @QuinnipiacU.

SOURCE Quinnipiac University