Finance

Howard Brown is a changemaker.  After graduating from the Fox School, Brown, BBA ’05, enjoyed several years at Goldman Sachs and then TD Bank. He lived in a Manhattan highrise; he held season tickets to the Eagles and the Yankees. Today, he heads an investment company focusing on social infrastructure and economic development.  Those are […]

  A board of directors plays a crucial role in determining the success of any organization and is largely responsible for major strategic decisions. However, females in these top management roles are often underrepresented. Without women on boards, companies are losing out—not only on talented leaders, but also on different perspectives of business. This raises […]

Steve Casper spent the spring of 2018 teaching his students about stocks, bonds, time value of money, cash flow and cost of capital. This does not sound unusual for a finance professor, except that particular semester he was on sabbatical in Cambodia. Most of his students, who came from rural farms on the outskirts of […]

FRANCESCA BRUSA Assistant Professor Finance Dr. Francesca Brusa joins the Fox School as an Assistant Professor of Finance. Her research interests are in the areas of asset pricing and international finance. Her current work focuses on the pricing of currencies across the world, and on the determinants of human capital returns in the United States. […]

Finance Alumnus Kevin Machiz was one of four of panelists asked to present at a seminar about emerging markets investment during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Spring Meetings this year. The panel on emerging markets investment covered a variety of subjects including emerging market performance and trends in asset allocation styles. Each […]

TD Ameritrade Institutional has awarded a $25,000 grant to Temple University’s Fox School of Business to foster development of a new financial planning degree program, as part its third-annual Next Gen Financial Planning Grants. Through its Next Gen Financial Planning Grants, TD Ameritrade Institutional hopes to help the registered investment advisor industry remain vibrant for […]

The Fox School of Business at Temple University will introduce two new undergraduate majors for the 2015-16 academic year: Supply Chain Management and Financial Planning. In all, the Fox School offers students a choice of 15 undergraduate majors. “The additions of Supply Chain Management and Financial Planning as majors further bolster the Fox School’s reputation […]

On Tuesday, February 24, IEI’s Executive Director, Ellen Weber, led a “Pitch Decks” workshop discussing the components and expectations of a pitch deck to prepare those who are competing in the BYOBB business plan competition. The presentation took place in Fox’s IEI Lab from 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Beginning the presentation, Ellen defined a […]

It was standing room only for renowned entrepreneur and Strategic Management Professor, Dwight Carey, as he led the “Cash Flow, Profits & Financials” workshop on February 18 in Fox’s IEI Lab. Professor Carey started his presentation by stating, “Cash is more important than your momma because without cash you are out of business.” Students laughed […]

The Academy of International Business (AIB) held its annual global business conference in Vancouver, British Columbia from June 23-26, and a professor from Temple University’s Fox School of Business did not leave empty handed. Dr. Amir Shoham, Associate Professor of Finance at the Fox School of Business, received the SSE/WAIB Award for Increased Gender Awareness […]

If annual shareholder meetings are held far away from home headquarters, earnings results may not be as up to par as companies want them to be. A new study by Yuanzhi “Lily” Li of the Fox School of Business at Temple University, and David Yermack of New York University, titled Evasive Shareholder Meetings, found that […]