| Oct 27, 2021 | admin
The chief endowment officers at foundations, family offices, pension funds, and sovereign wealth funds are the leaders in the world of finance. They marshal trillions of dollars on behalf of their institutions and influence how capital flows throughout the world. …
| Oct 21, 2021 | admin
Bob O’Shea is the quintessential Fordham student. A scrappy kid from New Jersey, his grandmother worked as a maid at the Waldorf Astoria in midtown Manhattan, his father was a New York City cop, and he himself was accepted to …
| Apr 20, 2021 | admin
Has there ever been a time when Abraham Lincoln has gone silent? Our immortal conscience on civil rights and individual freedom is speaking to us yet again in the time of COVID-19 and public unrest. Yet Lincoln has managed to …
| Mar 30, 2021 | admin
Of all of the disruptive possible uses of blockchain and cryptocurrencies, decentralized finance (or DeFi) and non-fungible tokens (or NFT) might be the one most likely to bring this technology to a wide audience—and challenge the established finance industry in …
| Mar 16, 2021 | admin
At its core, economics is about making decisions. In the history of economic thought, great intellectual prowess has been exerted toward devising exquisite theories of optimal decision-making in situations of constraint, risk, and scarcity. Yet not all of our choices …
| Mar 02, 2021 | admin
Join us for a discussion with Kevin R. Mirabile, author of Exotic Alternative Investments: Standalone Characteristics, Unique Risks and Portfolio Effects (Anthem Press, 2021). In the book, Mirabile evaluates exotic alternative investment opportunities, such as life settlements, litigation funding, farmlands, …
| Nov 16, 2020 | admin
Join us for the latest event in the Centennial Speaker Series, featuring JC de Swaan, author of Seeking Virtue in Finance: Contributing to Society in a Conflicted Industry. Since the global financial crisis, a surge of interest in the use …
| Nov 12, 2020 | admin
Join us for the latest event in the Centennial Speaker Series, featuring Lawrence A. Cunningham, author of Quality Shareholders: How the Best Managers Attract and Keep Them, and Astrid Doerner, a financial correspondent. Anyone can buy stock in a public …
| Jul 30, 2020 | admin
The Centennial Speaker Series presents a moderated conversation with Dan Simon, author of The Money Hackers: How a Group of Misfits Took on Wall Street and Changed Finance Forever. Dan will discuss “Innovation in Crisis” in a conversation with Museum …
| Jul 28, 2020 | admin
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen some inspired corporate responses, such as Unilever donating €100 million of food and sanitizer, and guaranteeing the jobs of all 150,000 workers including contractors. But what if you’re a small business without millions to donate? …
