Cristian Tiu

Associate Professor, The State University of New York at Buffalo

Cristian I. Tiu is an Associate Professor of Finance in the Department of Finance at the University at Buffalo. Cristian is interested in the determinants of performance for non-standard institutional investors such as university endowment funds and hedge funds. He published in outlets such as the Review of Financial Studies, Mathematical Finance, and the Journal of Portfolio Management. He presented his work at venues such as the American Finance Association and Western Finance Association meetings, and practitioner events such as the Global ARC.

He was an associate editor of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies, a member of the Investment Committee of the University at Buffalo Foundation, an over $1 billion university endowment, and an academic adviser to Quent Capital, a New York hedge fund.

Cristian is an expert in endowment management, including aspects related to governance, compensation, integration with the university, as well as investments, and has consulted for a variety of dedicated organizations such as UTIMCO, Perella Weinberg, and TIAA.

Cristian is a member of the American Finance Association, the Western Finance Association, the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, and a TIAA Institute Fellow.