
State of the Markets: What Now?
Tuesday, June 24th
6pm
Grant Thornton 757 3rd Ave 9th floor, New York, NY 10017
Gain expert perspectives on current market trends, challenges, and opportunities in today’s economic landscape as you hear from YU Alumni and industry insiders from Blackstone Credit and Insurance, TD Cowen and Capital Group.
Connect, network, and engage with fellow alumni and industry professionals.
6:00 - 6:45 Light dinner and networking
6:45 - 7:30 Panel discussion
7:30 Dessert and networking
Open to all alumni and friends of YU.

Moshe Orenbuch
Manager Director, TD Cowen
Moshe Orenbuch is responsible for equity research coverage in the Specialty Finance sector including fintech related lending businesses. He has over 35 years of experience covering Specialty Finance and Banks. Moshe joined TD Cowen in September 2023 from Credit Suisse, which he joined in October of 2000 when Credit Suisse acquired Donaldson Lufkin and Jenrette. Prior to DLJ, Moshe was a Senior Research Analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein and Co, LLC where he covered credit card issuers and regional banks He authored two editions of "The Future of the Credit Card Industry" while at Bernstein. In every year since 1993 Moshe has been a ranked analyst on Institutional Investor's All-America Research Team, including a #1 ranking from 2018-2022. Moshe holds a BS in accounting from Yeshiva University, Summa Cum Laude.

Debbie Shteingart
Fixed Income Global Portfolio Strategist, Capital Group
Debbie Shteingart is a fixed income global portfolio strategist at Capital Group. She has 13 years of investment industry experience and joined Capital Group in 2024. Prior to joining Capital, Debbie worked as a municipal bond portfolio manager/trader and a multi-sector portfolio analyst both at PGIM Fixed Income. She holds a bachelor's degree in finance from Baruch College. Debbie is based in New York.

Alexander Zarzhevsky
Managing Director, BXCI
Alexander Zarzhevsky is a Managing Director in Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. He is also a senior member of U.S. Liquid Credit research team involved with loan portfolio analysis and primary and secondary leveraged loan investments.
Mr. Zarzhevsky joined Blackstone in 2005 from RBC, where he was a Senior Associate with primary responsibility for research and analysis of investments within the collateralized debt portfolios. Previously, Mr. Zarzhevsky worked at Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd, where he was an Assistant Vice President within its leveraged finance group. At Mizuho, Mr. Zarzhevsky recommended investments across a wide range of industries on behalf of the bank’s three CDO funds, in addition to underwriting exposures for the bank.
Mr. Zarzhevsky received a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Yeshiva University’s Sy Syms School of Business and is a CFA® Charterholder.
Moderator: Andreas D. Christopoulos
Academic Director, Mitzner MS in Real Estate Program & Vice Chairman, Department of Finance, Sy Syms School of Business
Dr. Andreas Christopoulos is the Academic Director of undergraduate and graduate Real Estate programming at Yeshiva University’s Sy Syms School of Business. He joined Sy Syms as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance and Real Estate in 2017 and was promoted to the tenure track in 2020. He engages in teaching, scholarly research activities and managing the Mitzner MSRE program. Dr. Christopoulos joined Yeshiva after having positions at Rice University, University of Texas at Austin and the University of Scranton. He earned his Ph.D. in Quantitative Finance from Rutgers University in 2014 under the direction of Robert Jarrow, Douglas Jones, S. Abraham Ravid and Andrejz Ruszczńyski. He has an MBA from Cornell University and a BA from Vassar College.