Financial Services

Research on derivatives concludes they can add to a company’s leverage and market value.
Anat Admati, professor, Stanford GSB
How, and why, Stanford's Anat Admati took on the banking system.
The Providence Journal -
01.23.13
Joshua D. Rauh and Robert Novy-Marx say most states have "been making financial plans based on wildly optimistic forecasts."
Project Syndicate -
01.17.13
Anat Admati discusses why the global financial system remains "distorted and dangerous."
Stanford Closer Look Series -
12.13.12
David Larcker and Brian Tayan ask whether union pension plans act solely in the interest of beneficiaries.
House Committee on Financial Services -
12.07.12
Anat Admati offers Congressional testimony on capital standards.
The Washington Post -
11.12.12
Anat Admati assesses what President Obama must do now.
The World Economic Forum -
10.31.12
Darrell Duffie, Dean Witter Distinguished Professor of Finance, discusses regulatory options in the World Economic Forum's 2012 Financial Development Report.
China's flag
Investors in China discuss "me-too technologies" and what's hot in the VC world.
The Clayman Institute for Gender Research -
10.16.12
Professor Myra Strober honored for professional women's advocacy and mentorship.

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A research paper coauthored by finance faculty member Anat Admati has been recognized by the Financial Times and International Centre for Financial Regulation  (ICFR) in their jointly-sponsored third annual essay contest on financial regulation.  
A 2005 Stanford MBA says that mobile technology devices are revolutionizing banking and other services in Africa, similar to the way computers revolutionized industrialized countries.
Nobel Laureate and Stanford Graduate School of Business emeritus faculty member William F. Sharpe has been honored for the fifth time with the Graham and Dodd Award of Excellence. Established in 1960 by the Financial Analysts Journal the award recognizes excellence in financial writing.
Stanford Graduate School of Business Diploma Ceremony
Boston Fed CEO Eric Rosengren says money market mutual funds are vulnerable to the European debt crisis.
Believers in free market capitalism were appalled when the U.S. government spent $82 billion to bail out General Motors and Chrysler. But the money saved an important U.S. industry and averted a national economic catastrophe Steven Rattner, the man who led the rescue operation, told a Stanford Graduate School of Business audience.
Niklas Zennström
Silicon Valley isn't the only area in which technology companies can flourish, says Niklas Zennström, who founded the high-flying internet communication firm Skype  in Luxembourg. Populations and internet use are growing fastest outside of the United States.
The Stanford Graduate School of Business has confirmed finance services industry leader and public servant Herb Allison as alumni speaker at its 2011 graduation ceremony on June 11. As the U.S. Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability and Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury, Allison supervised the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) until stepping down last September. The...
Modernizing the New York Stock Exchange required extensive communication efforts with employees, Duncan Niederauer, the CEO of NYSE Euronext, told a Stanford Graduate School of Business audience. "And when we were pretty sure we'd over-communicated, we communicated a little bit more."

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A letter by Anat R. Admati and Neil M. Barofsky published by the Financial Times, March 8, 2012
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After analyzing repurchase agreements by money-market funds and security lenders, these researchers believe that banks off-balance-sheet collateralization of commercial paper is more likely to have prompted the run on short-term debt financing in the recent financial crisis.
John L. Beshears
When they are wrong about quarterly earnings forecasts, analysts may stubbornly stick to their erroneous views, a tendency that might contribute to market bubbles and busts, according to research coauthored by John Beshears of the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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Originally published by Thomson Reuters-GRC, June 14, 2011.
In the emerging market for peer-to-peer loans, the auction method used can make an important difference to the borrower, says Stanford Graduate School of Business economist Nicolas Lambert.
Forget Suze Orman. Time, Not Money, Is Your Most Precious Resource. Spend It Wisely.
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Researchers have demonstrated that personally experiencing something like the Great Depression has a significant impact on how we invest our money.

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