SMITH BRAIN TRUST — What might a Trump presidency mean for U.S. home values? Much of the analysis and news coverage since the election has been centered on what Donald Trump’s stint in the White House might mean for U.S. trade deals, foreign policy, the tax code and Obamacare.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — It's almost a new year, and across the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, some prognosticating has begun. We asked a group of professors to look ahead at the trends and developments we might see in the next 12 months. Here's what they said. 

The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business hosted its first Enterprise Risk Management Program from Oct. 31 through Nov. 4, 2016, in collaboration with the American Bankers Association.

Companies worried about disruption need science and technology to stay relevant in the 21st century, but speakers at the fifth annual Smith School Business Summit pointed to soft skills as the real competitive advantage. “If you get leadership, management and culture right, everything else takes care of itself,” keynote speaker David Williams told an audience of more than 300 faculty, staff, students and working professionals gathered Oct.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Deutsche Bank is facing a $14 billion fine from U.S. regulators for its alleged role in propping up the housing market in the lead-up to the Great Recession, igniting some fears that the unprecedented sanction poses a new set of risks for the Frankfurt-based bank and the global financial system.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Finance professor Clifford Rossi at the University of Maryland’s Robert H.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Democrats and Republicans are calling to reinstate a version of the Glass-Steagall Act, which from 1933 to 1999 separated investment banking (underwriting, issuing and distributing financial inst

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Told big bank failure would trigger a flood of bankruptcies and economic calamity, U.S. taxpayers collectively paid billions of dollars to bail out large institutions from the 2008 financial crisis.

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — School ends Monday for children in Prince George’s County. Summer vacation already has started for students in other parts of the country, which means that families looking to relocate between academic years need to switch into high gear.

WASHINGTON — The American Bankers Association and the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business have collaborated to present Enterprise Risk Management, a new advanced professional development program designed for senior risk management professionals across the banking industry. Registration is now open for the five-day program, which will be held Oct. 31 – Nov. 4, in Washington, D.C.