Finance

William Donius (BSM '81)Business executive and author William A. Donius (BSM ’81) visits Tulane this week for a special lecture and workshop sponsored by the Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Donius is the…

New research from a professor at Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business offers the first hard data on the economic cost of political uncertainty.

Beginning in January, users of S&P Capital IQ will be able to access Burkenroad Reports, the Freeman School's acclaimed equity research program.S&P Global Market Intelligence, a leading provider of research, data and…

Zeigham Khokher’s paper “The Information Content of a Nonlinear Macro-Finance Model for Commodity Prices,” co-authored with Timothy Simin of Pennsylvania State University and Saqib Khan of the University of Regina, has been…

Venkat Subramaniam's paper "Impact of Financial Leverage on the Incidence and Severity of Product Failures: Evidence from Product Recalls" has been accepted for publication in The Review of Financial Studies. The…

Elliot Davis, coordinator of research with AACSB International, highlighted the Freeman School's Burkenroad Reports program in a recent blog posting about experiential learning in finance programs. Davis praised the program…

On Thursday (May 12), the Freeman School's David Lesmond, associate professor of finance, spoke with Garland Robinette, host of WWL-AM's Think Tank, about hedge fund manager salaries. There are 11,000 hedge funds and I would…

Robert Prilmeier’s paper “Why Do Loans Contain Covenants? Evidence from Lending Relationships” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Financial Economics. In addition, his paper “Why Does Fast Loan Growth…

An MBA team representing Tulane University's A. B. Freeman School of Business earned second-place honors in the 20th annual Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Finance Case Competition.MBA teams from Washington University in St.…

Nishad Kapadia's article "Davids, Goliaths, and Business Cycles," co-authored with Jefferson Duarte, associate professor of finance at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business, has been accepted for publication in…

Candace Jens' paper “Political uncertainty and investment: casual evidence from U.S. gubernatorial elections” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Financial Economics. Jens is an assistant professor of finance…

If you’ve ever seen the reality show “Shark Tank,” you know the format: Budding entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to a panel of investors with thousands of dollars in funding resting in the balance. Alberta Wright, above, a…

Lingling Wang's paper “Executive Compensation Incentives Contingent on Long-term Accounting Performance,” co-authored with Zhi Li, has been accepted for publication in the Review of Financial Studies. Wang is an assistant…

When Peter Ricchiuti speaks at conventions and corporate meetings, event organizers bill him as “the financial professor you wish you’d had in college.” Peter Ricchiuti took alumni and parents on a whirlwind and…

Jaideep Shenoy’s paper “Trade Credit Decisions of U.S. Public Firms: The Joint Effects of Supplier and Customer Financial Characteristics” has been accepted for publication in Journal of Financial Intermediation. The paper…

Robert Hansen’s paper “Can analysts pick stocks for the long-run?” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Financial Economics. The paper, co-authored with Oya Altınkılıç and Liyu Ye, examines stock return…

Big data is one of the business world’s biggest buzzwords, offering organizations the promise of revolutionizing the way they generate value for customers and shareholders. Now, a new MBA concentration gives students the…

From BizEd Magazine, May/June 2015: In laying out a framework to help business schools develop innovative programs, author J.D. Schramm highlights the Freeman School’s Burkenroad Reports program. What did the Freeman School…

Two students at the A. B. Freeman School of Business have been named Tulane University’s 2015 Scholar-Athletes of the Year. Brandon Schmidt, left, and Jackie Wegner received Tulane's 2015 Scholar-Athlete of the Year Awards…

MBA teams Washington University in St. Louis, the University of North Carolina and Tulane University took home the top prizes at the A. B. Freeman School of Business’ 19th annual Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Finance Case…

A team of Freeman School Master of Finance students traveled to Baton Rouge on Saturday (March 28) and came away with first-place honors in the 2015 ACG Cup, the Association for Corporate Growth’s annual M&A case-study…

One of the top priorities identified in the Freeman School’s 2013 strategic plan was the need to investigate the potential revitalization of the school’s dormant PhD programs. This summer, Freeman takes a big step toward…

Howard Marks, chairman of Oaktree Capital Management and one of the nation’s leading experts on distressed debt, brought his renowned investment insight to the Freeman School on Feb. 19 as special guest lecturer in the Aaron…

“Aaron was one of the greatest, smartest investors I ever met,” says Peter Ricchiuti. “He was the consummate value investor, always looking for things that were out of favor. I learned so much from him.” Instructor Myke…

Tulane University’s Burkenroad Reports won top honors this week for best teaching delivery in the prestigious Wharton-QS Stars Awards, an international competition recognizing innovative approaches in higher education that…