The Finance Group: Leading Excellence in Finance.
We are dedicated to conducting rigorous and relevant research in finance, educating a broad range of students and executives in their latest financial models and methods, and advising regulators and policymakers on critical issues. We are thought leaders in the field, pushing the boundaries of finance to solve complex problems and fuel progress through a unique global network of people, programs, research, and partnerships.
A bold vision to solve complex problems
Our centers, initiatives, and labs fuel progress on the world's challenges with ingenuity and reach.
MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering
A partnership between academia and industry, designed to support and promote research in financial engineering and computational finance.
MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy
A catalyst for innovative, cross-disciplinary and non-partisan research addressing the unique challenges governments face in their role as financial institutions and regulators of the financial system
Consumer Finance Initiative
Research areas of the Consumer Finance Initiative
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4 human financial services activities that AI can’t do
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Artificial intelligence improves efficiency in risk management and compliance, but humans are still best for customer-facing tasks, a new study finds.
What is systemic investing?
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Systemic investing offers a route to sustainably realizing financial and eco-social value. The key is understanding and embracing the complexity of systems.
This Fintech Sandbox co-founder champions free data for startups
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Sarah Biller builds tech organizations ready for a “permissionless, frictionless, contactless” financial services sector.
4 ways that AI and tech are reshaping finance
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Generative AI and financial data are opening up the digital economy to more consumers and small businesses, but crypto concerns remain.
To withstand credit market shocks, diversify your company’s bonds
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Having access to a wider variety of institutional investors allows companies to better maintain access to capital, research shows.
Finance taps generative AI to streamline accounting, hiring tasks
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In finance, AI can improve efficiency and help executives make strategic decisions, but proper governance is a must.
3 ways to improve the mortgage market
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These approaches could make mortgages more affordable and more equitable for U.S. homebuyers.
The top 10 MIT Sloan articles of 2024
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Once again, AI was everywhere. But research about federal spending leads the list.
Wealthier workers benefit most from retirement savings ‘nudges’
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When employers hold back wages for retirement savings, younger consumers and less-wealthy people cut their spending. Wealthier individuals tap their deposit accounts.
Black bankruptcy filers more likely to be denied debt relief
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Bankruptcy is designed to give distressed Americans a fresh financial start, but new research shows that Black filers are more likely to have their cases dismissed than whites filers.