Finance

The Freeman School’s new 4+1 program allows students to begin work on a master’s degree in business while still an undergraduate, enabling them to earn a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in finance, energy management or business…

A distinguished roster of alumni, faculty and students came together on Nov. 1 for the first Freeman Alternative Investments Conference.

Peter Ricchiuti, William B. Burkenroad Jr. Clinical Professor of Equity Research and senior professor of practice in finance, was interviewed by Fortune for a story about what Wall Street expects from a Trump administration. “The bond…

Oleg Gredil's paper “Benchmarking Private Equity: The Direct Alpha Method,” co-authored with Barry Griffiths and Rudiger Stucke, was accepted for publication in the Journal of Corporate Finance.

Robert Prilmeier, associate professor of finance, was interviewed for a Fortune story about 23andMe's decision to replace three of its board members with CFOs.

Peter Ricchiuti, William B. Burkenroad Jr. Clinical Professor in Equity Research and senior professor of practice, contributed an article to MSN.com about stocks with the potential to rise in the aftermath of Atlantic hurricanes.

Peter Ricchiuti, senior professor of practice and research director of Burkenroad Reports, was interviewed by equities.com for a story about how the Fed's recent interest rate cut will impact sustainable investments.

Russ Robins, the Jessica L. Streiffer and Edward L. Streiffer Chair in International Finance and professor of finance, retired on July 1, bringing to a close his 35-year career as a full-time professor and administrator.

Peter Ricchiuti, William B. Burkenroad Jr. Clinical Professor of Equity Research and senior professor of practice, was interviewed by Yahoo! Finance for a segment on student attitudes about the stock market and investing.

Assistant Professor of Finance Ryan Peters is the developer of Money, Fintech, and Blockchain: Transforming the Financial Landscape, a new Freeman School course that explores the innovative technologies transforming the financial world…

Dave Lesmond, Exxon Professor in Business and associate professor of finance, was featured in a WalletHub "Ask the Experts" Q&A on jumbo money market accounts. People often lose out on interest by not seeking alternatives to local…

Peter Ricchiuti, senior professor of practice and research director of Burkenroad Reports, was interviewed by USA Today for a story about the wisdom of investing in companies following a stock split.

Melissa Lightell, assistant dean of graduate admissions, was interviewed by the education news website Best Colleges for a story about Freeman's new MBA curriculum.

A research paper co-authored Goen Choi, visiting assistant professor of finance, was highlighted in a MarketWatch article. The paper, "Long-Term Shareholder Returns: Evidence from 64,000 Global Stocks," studied long-run shareholder…

Students at two New Orleans area high schools are doing more than just learning financial literacy. With the help of students from the A. B. Freeman School of Business, they’re studying investment strategies and actively building their…

For the 2024 R.W. Freeman Distinguished Lecture, Todd Schwartz (BSM '03), founder of fintech company OppFi, shared the firm's origin story and highlighted its unwavering commitment to assisting millions of Americans. In 2012, at a…

Amanda Heitz, assistant professor of finance, was interviewed for a segment on the WWNO news magazine "Louisiana Considered" about independent banks in New Orleans seeking to change their ownership structure from mutual banks to stock-…

For the 2024 R.W. Freeman Distinguished Lecture, Todd Schwartz, founder of OppFi, will sit down with Myke Yest, senior professor of practice in finance, for a wide-ranging discussion that will chart the company's journey from a Chicago…

Two members of the A. B. Freeman School of Business community were recently honored by Tulane University for exceptional achievements in advancing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.

Peter Ricchiuti, senior professor of practice and research director of Burkenroad Reports, was interviewed by the New Orleans Advocate for a story about how Louisiana public companies matched up with Wall Street in 2023.

Oleg Gredil, associate professor of finance, was interviewed by The Wall Street Journal for a story about public market equivalent (PME) methods for comparing private equity fund returns to public benchmarks.

Russ Robins' paper "A New Look at Expected Stock Returns and Volatility" has been accepted for publication in Critical Finance Review.

Amanda Heitz's paper "The Power of the People: Labor Unions and Corporate Social Responsibility," co-authored with Youan Wang and Zigan Wang, has been accepted for publication in Review of Finance.

Three months after graduation, 93% of the Freeman School's 2023 MBA class had job offers, an 8% increase over last year at that time. While those jobs were distributed across industries, more than half of this year's grads leveraged…

Oleg Gredil’s paper “Do Employees Cheer for Private Equity? The Heterogeneous Effects of Buyouts on Job Quality” has been accepted for publication in Management Science.