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Master of Science in Finance Students Turn $1 Million into $383 Billion in Peeptrade University Challenge

A team of Georgetown McDonough M.S. in Finance (MSF) students won the “Best Hedge Fund Strategy Award” from the Peeptrade University Challenge for their investment…

April 25, 2018

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McDonough Announces Partnership for Global Fintech Innovation and Education

Georgetown McDonough and the Fintech Consortium have announced a strategic partnership to collaborate on numerous initiatives related to Fintech innovation and.…

April 16, 2018

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Waldock Launches Podcast on Capitalism

A love of finance, politics, and podcasts led Kate Waldock, assistant professor of finance, and Luigi Zingales of the University of Chicago Booth to create Capitalisn’t, a new…

April 4, 2018

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Special Report: Stock Market Plunge

James Angel, associate professor, discusses the Wall Street plunge on fears of a trade.…

April 2, 2018

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D.C. Blockchain Summit Brings Together Experts in Bitcoin, Fintech

The Georgetown Center for Financial Markets and Policy hosted the third annual D.C. Blockchain Summit, led by the Chamber of Digital Commerce, on March 6-8 at the McDonough…

March 29, 2018

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MBA Course Connects Students to Local Venture Capitalists

LEARN MORE ABOUT A GEORGETOWN MBA EventsRequest InfoApply (new window) Arun Gupta, adjunct professor at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, spent the last several weeks…

March 26, 2018

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Buy Side Takes Heart In Access-Fee Pilot

“It was doomed to failure since it was the only one participating,” said James Angel, a professor at the McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University. The access-fee…

March 26, 2018

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#Trending: Fintech

In this episode of #Trending, Professors Reena Aggarwal, Gilles Hilary, and John Jacobs discuss the implications of fintech and blockchain for the business world and beyond. Read…

March 20, 2018

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What Silicon Valley Can Learn From The Theranos Fraud Case

“The SEC is sending a very strong signal: Don’t lie to investors,” said James Angel, professor of business at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and an…

March 19, 2018

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Flashback Friday: NYSE Trading Hours

No, trading hours weren’t always like this, said James Angel, professor finance at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. … “They have definitely…

March 16, 2018