Center for Financial Policy News

January 15, 2015
Quantitative Easing: Deflation-Stopping, but Insufficient to Jumpstart Eurozone Economy says UMD Expert

Hot Topic Alert: January 15, 2015

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November 5, 2014
Guide for Risk Leaders

Cliff Rossi Book Lays Out ‘Roll-Up the Sleeves Approach’ for Pros, Students

He saw the subprime meltdown from the inside of Citi, WaMu and Countrywide. He’s given expert testimony on risk governance on Capitol Hill.

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October 2, 2014
Reforming Fannie and Freddie – Without Congress
Smith Finance Expert Proposes Steps, Rationale to Undo Federal Takeover of Twin Mortgage Giants

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oct.

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September 9, 2014
Smith Business Close-Up: Reforming Fannie and Freddie

Thursday, June 5, 2014, 7:30 p.m. | Sunday, June 8, 2014, 7:30 a.m.

Congress is still working on massive reforms to the country’s housing-finance system, with major reforms proposed for mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. What does this mean for the housing market and home buyers?

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July 31, 2014
Thank Oil and Gas for U.S. Jobs Uptick, UMD Business Experts Say

Media Alert:  July 31, 2014

Attention:  Economic, business or public policy reporters and editors

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Responding to U.S. employment figures, economic strategy experts in the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, say cheaper, plentiful energy is fundamental to the apparent economic upswing.

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June 4, 2014
Conference Explores Accounting and Risk Management

Don’t blame bailouts for excessive risk taking, one researcher said May 29, 2014, during a daylong accounting conference at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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May 20, 2014
SEC joins Smith School of Business at DC event

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Financial regulators and researchers explored new ideas on May 16, 2014, during a daylong conference co-hosted by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Center for Financial Policy at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. 

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May 14, 2014
Students Work with World Bank in Bangladesh
Masters Students Tackle Energy Finance Issues in Bangladesh with the World Bank

In April 2014, a group of eight Master of Finance and MBA students from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business participated in a one-week mission to Bangladesh with the World Bank:

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May 5, 2014
Smith Students Join Buffett, Gates on Fox Business

Finance students at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business shared a virtual platform on May 5, 2014, with two of the most successful individuals in business.

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April 10, 2014
Smith School Business Summit Addresses Innovation

On March 28, 2014, at the North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in Bethesda, Md., students, faculty and business professionals met for the third annual Smith School Business Summit.  This year’s theme looked at innovation as an essential building block for the prosperity an

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