The Cambridge/Boston academic, policy and practitioner communities are fortunate to include many people with deep expertise and interest in financial policy. Yet opportunities to gather for in-depth conversations about [...]

MIT GCFP 6th Annual Conference: Retirement Finance: Policies for a Better Path Forward

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 [...]

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

A recent topic of debate in the U.S. budget community centers on how the federal government should estimate the cost of providing loans to various borrowers such as students and homebuyers. Currently costs are assessed assuming that the government’s cost of capital is equal to the Treasury rate. Pro...

Richard Berner of New York University’s Stern School of Management and Gary Gensler of MIT’s Sloan School of Management discuss fintech regulation in a “fireside chat.” Lunch will be provided.

In the latest installment of the GCFP Distinguished Speaker Series, Jack Brennan, Chairman of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Board of Governors, discussed the [...]