SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- David Samra, lead portfolio manager of Artisan Partners International Value Team, will be one of several judges helping adjudicate future value investors’ stock picks at Columbia Business School’s CSIMA stock-picking challenge on February 8, 2019. Students participating in the challenge are enrolled in Columbia Business School’s Applied Value Investing program—long considered a leading educator of future value investors in the Graham and Dodd tradition.

The stock-picking challenge offers students several benefits: It teaches them to organize and present well-researched ideas to a group of seasoned investors; it helps them learn to respond to questions regarding the work they have done; and it gives them an opportunity to present their research skills in front of potential employers (including not only the judges, but the audience as well). There is also a cash prize for the winner.

As a proud Columbia Business School graduate, Mr. Samra is pleased to represent Artisan Partners at the event. Mr. Samra noted: “This opportunity directly connects my team to an academic program that arguably has the best value-investing program in the country.”

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Artisan Partners is a global investment management firm that provides a broad range of high value-added investment strategies in growing asset classes to sophisticated investors around the world. Since 1994, the firm has been committed to attracting experienced, disciplined investment professionals to manage client assets. Artisan Partners autonomous investment teams oversee a diverse range of investment strategies across multiple asset classes. Strategies are offered through various investment vehicles to accommodate a broad range of client mandates.

Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (APLP) is an investment adviser registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Artisan Partners UK LLP (APUK) is authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and is a registered investment adviser with the SEC. APLP and APUK are collectively, with their parent company and affiliates, referred to as Artisan partners herein. Artisan Partners does not endorse, nor is it affiliated with, Columbia University and the Columbia Student Investment Management Association (CSIMA).

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