Momentum is building for understanding the impacts of climate change on your institution. Forward leaning companies are readying themselves for climate change financial disclosures as well as the prospect for regulatory climate change scenario analysis. Translating physical risks into financial risks is key to building meaningful climate change scenarios for decision making and risk management. Our panelists will describe the current landscape for climate change scenario analysis, implementation challenges and implications for the financial services industry and risk managers.
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The disconnect between the stock market and the underlying economy has been hard to overlook. An equity portfolio that fails to reflect the economy will contain un-compensated risks and offer a lower Sharpe ratio than the true market portfolio.
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Students’ Challenge: Helping Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Manage Risk
In their seven-week experiential learning projects, master’s of quantitative finance students are given a task that realistically would take many months to accomplish. That’s intentional, says Maryland Smith’s Clifford Rossi. In academics as in life, the most arduous challenges are often the ones that teach us the most.
SEC Chair Kicks Off Annual Conference on Financial Regulation
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler is looking to the future – one oriented around the intersection of finance and technology, climate change and human capital. Gensler's remarks opened the eighth annual Conference on Financial Market Regulation, which offers a forum for leaders from academia, government, the financial sector, and the Securities and Exchange Commission to discuss regulatory policies and relevant industry topics.
Global Teams Compete in the Finance IB Agility Lab
As part of the #KeepGlobalSmith campaign, the Center for Global Business held the International Business (IB) Agility Lab: Finance from February 24-26, 2021. The IB Agility Labs are short, virtual case competitions that allow undergraduate students to learn from global business leaders, collaborate with international peers, and focus on business resilience.
18 Maryland Smith Professors Named Among Top 2% Worldwide
A study of the world’s top researchers identifies 18 from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business in the top 2% of the most-cited scholars and scientists worldwide.
Senbet Appointed to Ethiopian Economic Advisory Council
Maryland Smith finance professor Lemma W. Senbet was appointed to a newly created Independent Council of Economic Advisors in his native Ethiopia by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Senbet, an expert and leader in economic policy in Africa, is the William E. Mayer Chair Professor of Finance and the founding director of Smith’s Center for Financial Policy.
Why Italy’s Economy Stopped Growing
For the past quarter-century, Italy’s economy has been nearly stagnant – not because of trade shocks, bad government, labor market problems, or lack of technology advancements, but because of a management style that is holding the country back, finds research from Maryland Smith’s Bruno Pellegrino.
Once Wall Street’s Darling, SPACs Fall From Favor
How the Special Purpose Acquisition Companies went from so hot to, recently, so not.
Buffett’s Designated Successor: Less Charisma but Extreme Competence
And 23 other takeaways from the Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholders meeting.