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.

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.

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.

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

The climate crisis poses a systemic threat to financial markets and the real economy, with significant disruptive consequences on asset valuations and economic stability. Join us as we discuss the implications for markets, regulators, across industries and indeed for fiduciaries and asset managers.

Presentation by Veena Ramani Senior Program Director, Capital Market Systems, Ceres

Followed by a panel discussion with:

These new and innovative virtual case competitions allow Maryland Smith undergraduate majors and minors to solve a real global business issue with a focus on business resilience. During these 4-5 day IB agility labs, students will benefit from exposure to an international company, work on teams with business students around the world, and gain hands-on case experience to build their resumes. Each IB agility lab will focus on one functional area of business and will include an optional virtual cultural activity.

These new and innovative virtual case competitions allow Maryland Smith undergraduate majors and minors to solve a real global business issue with a focus on business resilience. During these 4-5 day IB agility labs, students will benefit from exposure to an international company, work on teams with business students around the world, and gain hands-on case experience to build their resumes. Each IB agility lab will focus on one functional area of business and will include an optional virtual cultural activity.

Climate change is primarily a risk-management issue for investors. The interaction of uncertainty around climate impacts and our utility in extreme states argues for rapid coordinated global action. The transition away from carbon-intensive economic activities will take decades, but market expectations could change quickly. Positioning portfolios ahead of this transition is a timely strategy with potential for both risk and return payoffs.

Speakers:

Global supply chains are a central organizing mechanism of the economy. Their effective management involves making trade-offs between network efficiency and resilience, as well as broader environmental, social, and governance impacts. This paper focuses on understanding global supply chains’ exposure and vulnerability to increasing climate extremes by analysing revenue-at-risk and response capacity to increasing climate extremes at 10,250 sites across the United States and China.

These new and innovative virtual case competitions allow Maryland Smith undergraduate majors and minors to solve a real global business issue with a focus on business resilience. During these 4-5 day IB agility labs, students will benefit from exposure to an international company, work on teams with business students around the world, and gain hands-on case experience to build their resumes. Each IB agility lab will focus on one functional area of business and will include an optional virtual cultural activity.