The Program for Financial Studies held its inaugural conference, "Finance in a World of Uncertainties," on November 4, 2011. A capacity audience including students, alumni, and practitioners welcomed the important perspective of Erskine Bowles '69, Co-Chair of the 2010 National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, who served as keynote speaker for the event. Participants then attended concurrent panels discussing Asset Management and Corporate Finance.
Jayne O'Donnell, USA TODAY David Isenstadt has spent the past six weeks working 12-hour days, seven days a week, trying to reach all of his insurance clients with canceled policies to switch them to new policies. Now this.President Obama's announcement Thursday that consumers can keep insurance plans that don't meet the Affordable Care Act for a year will only create chaos, insurance brokers, regulators and carriers say.
Jayne O'Donnell, USA TODAY It's important consumers check pharmacy benefits in their health insurance plans.Premiums and deductibles tend to get the most attention when it comes to health insurance. Drug coverage deserves far more than it gets. And that's true whether you're shopping for insurance on one of the new health care exchanges or dealing with open enrollment at your employer.
Jeffrey Organisciak '13 interviews Jeffrey Barclay '83 to learn about Goldman Sachs Asset Management Real Estate Investment Group, and his thoughts on the current real estate market along with his take-a ways from the 2011 Real Estate Symposium and thoughts on how current students and alumni can make the most of Columbia Business School.
Jesse Greene, former vice president of financial management and chief financial risk officer for IBM, and Jack Mitchell, chairman and CEO of retail stores Mitchells/Richards/Marshs and Wilkes Bashford, have joined Columbia Business School as executives in residence.
