State of Play VI - Economic Update: HYBRID EVENT

Join the Southern California NIRI Chapters—NIRI Orange County, NIRI Los Angeles, and NIRI San Diego (joining as a new co-host for this event) for an engaging, thought-provoking session with Professor Christopher Schwarz, returning for his sixth year to present his latest economic outlook. Professor Schwarz will examine key market trends shaping 2025 and discuss how evolving economic forces may impact business strategies and decision-making in the year ahead.

This program offers a valuable opportunity to hear from a respected authority in a conversational, intimate setting. Professionals at every level will gain practical insights to help navigate the evolving economic landscape. We hope you’ll join us. (This program will be held in-person and virtually.)

Prof. Schwarz has kindly donated his services for this event and in return has requested support of The Pacific Life LIFEvest Financial Literacy Program which is run through UC Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business’s Halbrook Center. Now in its 20th year, LIFEvest is a one-week, residential college bound program that uses financial literacy to prepare and motivate students to be the first in their families to attend college. Since its start, the program has benefited over 1,000 teens. Over 80% of students who attend the program are accepted and attend college.

NIRI OC will make a donation in support of this program. For those participants who have matching gift programs and/or financial literacy giving targets at their organizations and would like to donate themselves, this can be done though: (scroll down to Selected Designations and select Center for Investment and Wealth Management) You can read more about the program here:

Christopher Schwarz is a Professor of Finance at UC Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business as well as the Faculty Director for the Center for Investment and Wealth Management. During his time at UCI, he has been published in all leading academic and practitioner finance journals. His research has also been cited by the New York Times, LA Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Financial Times and provided a number of economic forecasts in the community. Prior to arriving at UCI, Christopher received his Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, during which he was also a Visiting Doctoral Fellow at Yale University’s International Center of Finance. He received his B.S. from Babson College in Wellesley, MA.

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