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Diversity in investing at the MIT Sloan Investment Conference

MIT Sloan School of Management’s Investment Conference investigated the importance of diversifying the financial services industry, the value companies have derived from diversifying their ranks, and why these kinds of wholesale changes can benefit consumers and businesses.

Jun 8, 2022
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Ideas Made to Matter Financial Markets

Wall Street gurus: How to invest in a volatile market

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Nobel Prize winner Robert Merton and other financial luminaries weigh in on target date funds, value stocks, and finding opportunity in crisis.

Jun 6, 2022
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Press Source: Financial Times

Aggregate ESG confusion

A new paper highlights just how tricky it is to come up with an objective, rigorous ESG investing framework.

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Press Source: The Wall Street Journal

15 ways consumers can deal with–and even benefit from–rising inflation

"Investors should purchase stocks from established companies—such as supermarkets—whose revenues are indexed to the inflation rate."
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Press Source: The Boston Globe

Tech Power Players 50 | Ranked #1 Carmichael Roberts

Carmichael Roberts (MBA '00) is cofounder and managing partner of venture firm Material Impact.
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Ideas Made to Matter Financial Markets

Study: How target date funds impact investment behavior

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The average U.S. investor holds more of their wealth in the stock market than in prior decades — a trend drastically accelerated by target date funds.

May 23, 2022
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Press Source: Financial Times

Former Bank of England officials warn of increasing risk of UK recession

Forbes [is] in favour of the BoE considering "50 basis point" increases to its benchmark rate if the labour market remains tight.
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Alumni Finance

Fixing the Biotech “Valley of Death”

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Lo focuses on the “valley of death,” where promising, and potentially transformative, ideas are left to languish due to a lack of capital to sustain their growth and development

May 13, 2022
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Ideas Made to Matter Sustainability

Morgan Stanley’s sustainability chief is optimistic … and realistic

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Chief sustainability officer Audrey Choi sees a “huge, addressable demand” for climate-conscious investing, but concedes it’s difficult for firms to match intention with action.

May 9, 2022
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Press Source: MIT Technology Review (Opinion Piece)

The recommender revolution

"Much as steam engines energized the Industrial Age, recommendation engines are the movers digitally driving 21st-century advice worldwide."
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