Friday, October 16, 2015

Marquette AIM Students Pitched Stocks at Cortina Asset Management


Ryan Woo, Dylan Harkness, Dan Riley, and Mark Lakowske

On Friday, October 16, the AIM students traveled to Cortina Asset Management to pitch stocks. This marks the seventh time that AIM students have visited Cortina to present stocks to the investment team.

Cortina is an independent money manager that is majority owned by its employees. The firm was formed in 2004 and specializes in small cap portfolio management for public and private institutions, as well as high net worth individuals.  With offices in Milwaukee and New York, Cortina is a long-only separate account manager with more than 100 years of combined investment staff experience.

Over the years the students in the AIM program have had an opportunity to pitch stocks at Cortina – and Tom Eck, John Potter, Steve Lilly, Brian Bies, Ryan Davies and others within the firm have provided valuable insights to the students.

The AIM students presenting on Friday at Cortina included:

·       Ryan Woo (LeMaitre Vascular [LMAT] Health Care)

·       Mark Lakowske (Calavo Growers [CVGW] Consumer Staples)

·       Daniel Riley (Malibu Boats, Inc.  [MBUU] Consumer Discretionary)

·       Dylan Harkness (BankUnited [BKU] Financial Services)

·       Patrick Schulz (Golor LNG Limited [GLNG] International Energy)

Their AIM equity write-ups can be accessed at: http://business.marquette.edu/centers-and-programs/aimp-student-equity-write-ups. Copies of all student presentations since the inception of the AIM program can be viewed at this web site.