Finance

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…

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.

To help local elementary schoolers learn the basics of financial literacy, students in Ashley Nelson’s the Art of Management class partnered with Junior Achievement to deliver a day of service at Esperanza Academy in New…

Peter Ricchiuti, senior professor of practice in finance and research director of Burkenroad Reports, was interviewed by Fortune for a story about post-election expectations for the U.S. economy.

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…

Peter Ricchiuti, senior professor of practice and research director of Burkenroad Reports, was interviewed by International Business Times for a story about how the Fed's recent interest rate cut will impact…

Patrick Harker, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, entitled his talk to students at Tulane University's Freeman School of Business “More Than Just Interest Rates,” and he used the opportunity to dispel…

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.

The A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University is pleased to announce the appointment of five new faculty members for the 2024-25 academic year.

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…

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…

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…

Peter Ricchiuti, senior professor of practice and founder of Burkenroad Reports, was interviewed on the Scripps News show Morning Rush about the gap between Wall Street's record-high performance and sentiment on Main Street…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.