Ideas Made to Matter Finance

An MIT Sloan economist runs the numbers on ESG

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Financial economist Andrew W. Lo became an ESG believer after developing a mathematical formula that quantifies the financial return on impact investing.

Apr 5, 2023
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Press Source: eFinancialCareers

How STEM dethroned finance degrees

Finance degrees have been losing out to STEM degrees, a research paper [by Prof. Anna Stansbury and co-authors] has found.

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Ideas Made to Matter Finance

New initiative tracks the trends remaking consumer finance

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MIT Sloan’s Consumer Finance Initiative delves into household finance, fintech, crypto, savings and lending markets, and retirement funds.

Mar 28, 2023
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Press Source: CNBC (Opinion Piece)

Op-ed: The Silicon Valley Bank collapse bailout won't save the startup e...

"We are here as two women working in tech and finance to call for a serious examination of the financing needs of today's innovators."

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Press Source: Los Angeles Times (Opinion Piece)

Opinion: Beyond saving Silicon Valley Bank's depositors, here's what nee...

"Regulation and supervision will need to be strengthened in an appropriate manner. Many people said this after 2008, but not enough was done."

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Press Source: The Boston Globe

For Black-owned businesses, landing a big contract can be a risky propos...

There are factors that keep many Black entrepreneurs from fitting the profile of an ideal loan candidate.

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Alumni Finance

Brazil Teams Up with Sloanies to Combat Retirement Crisis

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In late January, Brazil launched the RendA+ treasury bond instrument, a new retirement security adapted from the work of School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance and Nobel Prize in Economics laureate Robert C. Merton, PhD ’70, and Arun Muralidhar, PhD ’92.

Mar 6, 2023
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Press Source: The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance (Opinion Piece)

Retail financial innovation and stock market dynamics: The case of targe...

"We show that the rise of TDFs has changed the flow of investor funds across funds and started affecting the prices and returns of stocks."

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Press Source: The Wall Street Journal

Stock buybacks aren't bad. They aren't good, either.

"We don't see massive misuse as some people allege. This isn't a rigged game where CEOs are lining their pockets."

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