Posts Tagged with “finance”

Will financial reform end big-bank bailouts?

May 11th, 2010

Lawmakers are pledging to end bailouts in the financial reform bill that the Senate is considering now. But many experts, including Bryant finance Professor Peter Nigro, tell the Christian Science Monitor that bank bailouts can and will occur again.

Finance professor offers his perspective on Move Your Money initiative

April 12th, 2010

In a Providence Business News article headlined "Move Your Money urges switch to community banks," Professor of Finance Peter Nigro calls the Move Your Money initiative "a great marketing ploy," but notes that the differences between community banks and the larger ones "aren't as great as one would think."

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Commercial-property crisis looming?

November 16th, 2009

"We're going to see at least 100 more bank failures, and a lot of them are going to be brought down by their commercial real estate portfolios," Finance Professor Peter Nigro tells the Providence Business News.

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‘Interesting forum’ at Bryant

November 10th, 2009

WJAR's "Business Report" mentions the new educational partnership among Bryant, the Providence Society of Financial Analysts, and the CFA Institute.

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Bryant collaborates with CFA Institute, Providence Society of Financial Analysts on investment education program

November 10th, 2009

First field test of the new program for journalism and business students will take place at Bryant Nov. 19.

SMITHFIELD, R.I. (Nov. 10, 2009) - Three leaders in investment education - Bryant University, the CFA Institute and the Providence Society of Financial Analysts - have developed a program to provide journalism and business students practical insight into how professional investors approach fundamental equity research and analysis.

The program will undergo its first field test at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, at Bryant University. There, professional equity analysts will take Bryant business and communications students step by step through the processes they follow to analyze a publicly traded company, in this case, Colgate-Palmolive. Students also will have an opportunity to interact with investment professionals and learn more about careers in the investment industry.

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Bryant professor says bank earnings announcements are preliminary

April 17th, 2009

Peter Nigro, professor of finance and Sarkisian chair in financial services, tells The Christian Science Monitor that  although Citibank and others announced better-than-expected performance for the first quarter of 2009, there are still uncertainties about future performance.

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Housing crisis won’t end quickly

March 2nd, 2009

Peter Nigro, professor of finance, tells the Providence Business News that the federal rescue plan and the suspension of foreclosures by some lenders will do little to end the housing industry crisis.

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Dallas Federal Reserve chief Richard Fisher compares recession to Godzilla

February 25th, 2009

"We are duty bound to apply every tool we can to clean up the mess that has soiled the face of our financial system and get back on the track of sustainable economic growth," Richard Fisher, chairman of the Dallas Federal Reserve, said in his keynote speech  at the Archway Investment Fund Financial Services Forum.

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Fed’s Fisher: Will take every step to fight deflation

February 24th, 2009

U.S. central bankers will pay special attention to ensure the economy is not strangled by a persistent decline in prices, or deflation, Richard Fisher, chairman of the Federal Reserve of Dallas, said in his keynote speech during the Archway Investment Fund Financial Services Forum.

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Bryant students concerned about fiscal responsibility sponsor talk by David Walker, showing of ‘I.O.U.S.A.’

February 19th, 2009

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SMITHFIELD, R.I.  - David M. Walker, the former U.S. comptroller general who for a decade sounded the alarm regarding the government's huge deficit and the out-of-control debt that burdens Americans, will bring the documentary I.O.U.S.A. to Bryant University on Monday, March 2, at 3:30 p.m. in Janikes Theatre, 1150 Douglas Pike.

Walker, who will offer comments after the screening of the film, left his federal government position last spring to become president and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation. Chief among his duties at the foundation is the funding of and advocating for projects that will enhance public awareness of fiscal imbalance, government deficits, the rapidly growing debt and its consequences for the United States and its citizens.

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