WashU Expert: What’s next for the Fed and the economy?
Financial markets worldwide have become increasingly volatile in 2016. Olin Business School financial economics expert Jennifer Dlugosz looks into some reasons why and examines what’s next.
Kimberly Gayle Walker named WUSTL’s chief investment officer
Kim G. WalkerKimberly Gayle Walker has been named chief investment officer at Washington University in St. Louis, effective Nov. 1, 2006. Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton announced the appointment. Walker comes to the university from her position as president and chief investment officer of Qwest Asset Management Company, part of Qwest Communications International Inc., where she oversees $14 billion in retirement and other assets and leads a staff of 23.
Business experts to visit Olin School of Business for conference on corporate governance
Business experts from all over the world will come to the Olin School of Business at Washington University to participate in a three-day conference on corporate governance Nov. 11 to 13.
“Key Issues in Corporate Governance,” co-sponsored by the Olin School, the Center for Research in Economics and Strategy (CRES), and the Journal of Financial Intermediation, will be held at the Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center. The conference will feature two days of academic presentations and a third day devoted to panel discussions among senior corporate executives, policymakers and academics. Topics include financial markets and corporate governance regulation in the United States and similar issues in the European Union.