Finance

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Johnson BusinessFeed

A SPAC Built to Bridge the Gap between North America and Asia

Korean Johnson MBA alumni combined their financial expertise to launch a SPAC targeting breakthrough life-science and sustainable technology in Asia.

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Moody’s, Fiserv named inaugural sponsors of Fintech at Cornell initiative

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business is pleased to announce that Moody’s Inc. and Fiserv will serve as the inaugural sponsors of Fintech at Cornell.

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Johnson BusinessFeed

Johnson offers new courses in fintech, digital business, and leadership

Johnson faculty created new courses designed to equip future business leaders with strategic, targeted analytical and leadership skills.

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Enterprise

Earn Into Wealth offers guideposts to wealth building

Kaya Ladejobi, MBA ’13, founded Earn Into Wealth, a financial planning firm for Gen X and Y women, URMs and HENRYs (High Earners Not Rich Yet).

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Investing for good

Mubadala Ventures investor Alaa Halawa focuses on early-growth, deep-tech life science companies that are disrupting traditional industries.

Scott D. Stewart, MBA ’83, PhD ’85, is a clinical professor of finance and accounting at Johnson and faculty co-director of the Parker Center for Investment Research. Book cover: Portfolio Management: Theory and Practice
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Portfolio Management: a definitive guide

Scott Stewart and his co-authors, all quantitative experts, drew on their experience as money managers for Portfolio Management: Theory and Practice.

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Enterprise

M&As are Up, IPOs are Down. What’s the Story?

As public equity markets lose players, private equity grows, and mergers and acquisitions reach historic levels, the economy struggles to adapt.

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Enterprise

Take it from a VP: Learning never ends

Earning an MBA marks the beginning, not the end, of a business education, says Tom Strobel ’96, MBA ’05, vice president of finance at Ecolab.

Profile in Leadership: Cyrus Taraporevala, MBA ’90, president and CEO of State Street Global Advisors
Enterprise

Profile in Leadership: Cyrus Taraporevala, MBA ’90, president and CEO of State Street Global Advisors

A servant leader imbued with a mission: creating value for clients