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September 26, 2013
Russ Wermers to Lead Center for Financial Policy

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Professor of Finance Russ Wermers has been appointed as Director of the Center for Financial Policy (CFP) at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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September 19, 2013
UMD Business Expert Breaks Down Twitter IPO

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September 10, 2013
Smith Undergrad Program Ranked #18 By U.S. News

College Park, Md. – September 10, 2013 – The undergraduate business program at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business jumped to No. 18 in the nation in the latest edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges,” published today.

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September 5, 2013
Cliff Rossi Appointed Professor of the Practice

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business has announced the appointment of Cliff Rossi as Professor of the Practice in finance. 

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August 29, 2013
Smith Business Close-Up: Hedge funds: For average investors?

Air dates: Thursday, August 29, 2013, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, September 1, 2013, 7:30 a.m.

Hedge funds have been characterized as an investment vehicle exclusively for the wealthy. What makes these elusive funds so lucrative and can an average investor get in on them?

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August 13, 2013
UMD Business Experts Discuss Newspaper Industry Shifts
Media Alert: Aug. 13, 2013
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August 5, 2013
SEC-Seasoned Experts Return to Smith

As a Securities and Exchange Commission deputy chief economist, Kathleen Weiss Hanley has garnered praise for delivering “critical thought leadership” and spurring “rigorous economic modeling.”

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July 31, 2013
Facebook Stock Rebound: UMD-Smith Expert Comments
MEDIA ALERT: July 31, 2013Attention: Finance Reporters

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - David Kass, Tyser Teaching Fellow in finance at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, comments on Facebook’s price per share rebounding to near its $38 IPO level (from May 2012) after trading as low as $17.55 last September.

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June 27, 2013
Smith Finance Fellows Visit Federal Reserve, FDIC

Robert H. Smith School of Business finance faculty member Elinda F. Kiss recently took student groups to visit the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Federal Reserve buildings in Washington, D.C.

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June 14, 2013
Smith Students Attend Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting

University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business finance faculty members David Kass and Elinda F. Kiss and eight Smith undergraduates recently traveled to Omaha, Neb., to attend the annual shareholder meeting for Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate holding company chaired by Warren Buffett.

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