The Center for Financial Policy leverages the Smith School’s world-renowned faculty, leading research, and proximity to Washington, D.C. to promote a collaborative exchange of ideas on the key issues that affect financial markets.
The center’s annual conferences with the Securities and Exchange Commission and Federal Reserve anchor its schedule of premier events.
Lessons from Citi’s Revlon Error
A recent $500 million “clerical error” at Citigroup exposes an inherent weakness in big banks that provides lessons to be learned.
10 COVID-Era Trends That Are Here To Stay
The pandemic has changed so much about the way we live and work. And some of those changes are here to stay.
Bitcoin: Viable Currency, or Tulip-Style Bubble?
Is Bitcoin a viable currency for trade? Or is merely it an overheated asset, poised to cool way down?
Understanding Climate Risks: A Blueprint for Financial Regulators
How regulators can better understand the risks facing the financial and mortgage industry.
The COVID-19 crisis highlighted weaknesses in the financial data that banks, regulators, and the public depend on to evaluate financial risks. But efforts to modernize financial data face resistance and collective-action problems. Chief data officers at financial institutions and their regulators need to meet their internal data challenges while cooperating on improving standards and adopting new technologies.
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How much is the lack of diversity in corporate America costing investors and shareholders?
Countless academic studies show that diverse management teams outperform their homogenous counterparts. Yet, minorities and women only make up a fraction of senior leadership in the Fortune 500 and the investment management community.
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Please join Tania Babina, Assistant Professor of Finance at Columbia University, and Russ Wermers, Dean’s Chair in Finance, Robert H. Smith School of Business & Director, Center for Financial Policy as they discuss the positive effects of artificial intelligence (AI) on firms.
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In lieu of our traditional annual Mortgage Risk Summit, please join us for the second of three digital events. Our second event focuses on the economic outlook for 2021 featuring:
- Michael Fratantoni, Chief Economist and SVP of Research and Industry Technology – Mortgage Bankers Association
- Doug Duncan, SVP, Chief Economist – Fannie Mae
- Sam Khater, VP, Chief Economist – Freddie Mac
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