As the Covid-19 pandemic brings the U.S. economy to a standstill, a severe drop in consumer demand is putting vast numbers of businesses at risk of bankruptcy, and millions of [...]
Apollo Global Management, a high-growth alternative asset management company, asked a team of students taking MIT Sloan's Proseminar in Corporate Finance/Investment Banking to develop a white paper outlining the opportunities for investment in agricultural real estate. They not only learned more abo...
The MIT Center for Finance and Policy recently announced the winners [...]
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.
Jacob Voorhees, EMBA ’13, shares how the MIT Executive MBA helped him evolve from investment banking executive to mission-driven entrepreneur. In this candid Q&A, he reflects on scaling and selling Capstone Partners, founding Navagant—the first B Corporation-certified investment bank—and redefining ...
This raises another question: how can SMEs afford annualized rates exceeding 70%? The answer lies in short loan tenures and high profit margins. Many supply contracts have short tenures of 1-2 months, meaning the interest accumulated is minimal relative to the loan term. Moreover, as I learned durin...
Held virtually on July 7 – 9, hosted by MIT GCFP. More videos will be made available in the coming weeks. All available videos are linked in the title.
In conjunction with the Sloan Finance and Policy Club, the Center led approximately 20 graduate students on a trek of Washington, D.C. on March 10 to tour a few of the most important agencies at the intersection of government and finance. The objective of the trip was to show [...]
The next-gen cellular network’s high speeds and low latency will usher in AR/VR, the “internet of things,” and more. Here’s what to expect — and when.
Deborah Lucas, the Distinguished Professor of Finance at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, and the Director of the MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy, discussed the 10-year anniversary of the financial crisis during an #MITSloanExperts Twitter chat on October 30.
