Center for Financial Markets and Policy

Office Hours: Reena Aggarwal on Digital Currency in China and its Impact on the Global Economy

Countries across the world are actively exploring the potential of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC), and China is positioning itself as the global leader in this new terrain. As the United Stat

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Alumnus and mentor collaborate to build pre-eminent center on financial markets and policy at Georgetown McDonough

More than a decade after providing seed capital to establish a financial markets and policy center at the McDonough School of Business, Michael G. (B’89) and Robin Psaros (Parents’21) are committing $11 million to build the newly renamed Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy into the preeminent destination for unbiased expertise at the intersection of finance and policy.

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Global Financial Leaders To Convene at Financial Markets Quality Conference, Nov. 16-18

The Center for Financial Markets and Policy at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business is hosting its annual Financial Markets Quality conference virtually Nov. 16-18. The annual conf

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iFit Delays Its Debut As Wobbly Stocks Send A Chill Through The IPO Market

I spoke this week with Reena Aggarwal, who researches markets and IPOs in her work as the director of the Georgetown Center for Financial Markets and Policy. She was quick to point out that this year’s IPO spike isn’t some isolated phenomenon. It’s inseparable from the broader surges in both valuations and deal activity that have occurred during the pandemic across public and private equities.

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Coinbase is Going Public Without an IPO. Here’s How Its Direct Listing will Work

With the confluence of a roaring stock market, a crypto market that’s hitting all-time highs, and Coinbase’s healthy balance sheet itself, “This is a great time to become public,” argues Reena Aggarwal, professor of finance and director of the Georgetown Center for Financial Markets and Policy.

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Are we in a SPAC Investment Bubble Now?

“Investors should always do their homework and not get caught-up in the hype or fad of any particular financial product,” said Reena Aggarwal, director, Center for Financial Markets and Policy.

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Winners and Losers in the GameStop Stock Tug of War

If the price did fall, those funds would make money, said John Jacobs, director at Georgetown’s Center for Financial Markets and Policy. “A group of investors — hedge funds and other investors, traders — that believe GameStop is overvalued because it is a brick-and-mortar chain.”