Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks discusses the forces shaping banking today, from cryptocurrencies, fintech and the payment system to the response to COVID and the focus on social justice.
This January, Doug Criscitello taught a new, for-credit class on the role of the U.S. government as a financial institution. The course touched on the history of government involvement in the credit marketplace, the economic rationale for credit intervention, and the many ways the U.S. government fu...
A Dialogue with Bernard Horn, President of Polaris Capital Management LLC
Housing finance policy has been built during and for times of crisis. Just look at the long list of government actions related to the financing of housing [...]
As evidenced by recent elections around the world, the need to build trust in government is clear. While public sector financial management (PFM) is typically [...]
Amid the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, the movements in equity markets’ around the world have mirrored the spread of the virus and its virulence. Attempts to limit market crashes, volatility, and financial contagion have taken a number of different forms. This column explores [...]
by Khalid Alsweilem, Mark Kritzman, and Malan Rietveld | Sovereign Wealth Funds
In 2016, MIT’s Golub Center for Finance and Policy (GCFP) focused its annual conference on recent research aimed at shedding new light on the financial crisis. Topics included matters relating to securitization, housing and the mortgage market, government regulation, and systemic risk.
Finance professors at the MIT Sloan School of Management will conduct a series of high-level seminars in London and Shanghai as part of efforts to raise funds for a new center that will examine the intersection between finance and government [...]
China’s Growing Local Government Debt Levels - New MIT Report provides a snapshot of debt levels over time
