Blog Posts
A Sustainability Conversation about the Green Bond Market
by By Michael Aiyetan, MBA ’16 and Environmental Finance and Impact Investing Fellow A conversation about green bonds underscored the need for defining and setting general standards for the green bond market. The course, ‘Strategies for Sustainability,’ taught byProfessor Glen Dowell which is part of the Sustainable Global EnterpriseImmersion, gave me the opportunity to gain […]
Elevating the Yuan’s Global Status — Eswar Prasad
Ultimately its international value will be determined by the market, but this could help spur further reforms in China. By Eswar Prasad via The Wall Street Journal A burning question in international finance is whether China’s yuan should be inducted into the highly selective group of currencies that constitutes the International Monetary Fund’s reserve currency […]
Testimony at U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission — Eswar Prasad
Public Hearing on China’s 13th Five-Year Plan: Fiscal and Financial Reforms China’s Economy and Financial Markets: Reforms and Risks By Eswar S. Prasad Chairman Shea, Vice Chair Bartholomew, and honorable members of the Commission, thank you for the opportunity to share with you my views on the status of market-oriented economic reforms in China, with […]
CICER won a grant from the 2016 Jeffrey S. Lehman Fund
Cornell Institute for China Economic Research (CICER) won a grant from the 2016 Jeffrey S. Lehman Fund for Scholarly Exchange with China. The institute will host regular seminars on Chinese economy, organize annual conferences (on campus and in China) around specific topics, and provide research opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. The Lehman Fund will […]
Sustainable Global Enterprise – An Experience in Combining Perspectives
by Sheffin Joseph, MRP ‘15 Stepping out of my comfort zone and immersing myself in a different field of study. One of my favorite things about Cornell is the opportunity itprovides students to go outside their department and “immerse” themselves in differentfields of study. One such opportunity is the Sustainable Global EnterpriseImmersion (SGE) at the […]
Why the Capital Markets and Asset Management Immersion is a No-Brainer
by David Michael Estrine, MBA ’17 When beginning the Capital Markets and Asset Management (CMAM) immersion, there were a few common terms on our minds: equities, fixed income, commodities, currencies, and derivatives. We all agreed that it doesn’t take an MBA to know that bankruptcy is something to avoid. That opinion changed during our first […]
“China’s Cities” Chosen for Cornell Institute for the Social Sciences’ Collaborative Project Funding
The “China’s Cities” project was recently chosen for funding by the Institute for the Social Sciences. Each collaborative project is comprised of 4-5 Cornell faculty members, researching a cutting-edge and significant social science issue or topic. Priority is given to “shovel ready” projects that build bridges between researchers across the university. The “China’s Cities” project […]
Key Ways Spring Semester Prepared me for my Consulting Internship
by Mark Geskermann, MBA ’16 Deciding on an immersion is what I imagine choosing a favorite child is like for parents. Alright, I admit that’s a bit exaggerated, but it was still a tough choice. Second semester proved to be critical in preparing me for my summer internship at the Boston Consulting Group. As I […]
Socially Responsible Investing Goes Mainstream
by Thomas Bishop, MBA ’16 and Environmental Finance & Impact Investing Fellow The Sustainable Global Enterprise (SGE) Immersion and its career trek to Washington, DC were instrumental in making a career transition to social impact and finance and landing an internship with Calvert. I had the opportunity to intern with CalvertInvestments, a socially responsible investment […]