News, & Upcoming/Past Events

Join us on March 12, 2024, 12 – 1 p.m. (EDT) for this virtual event. Learn about how institutional, political, and legal pressures come into play when a country cannot repay its debts. This talk will offer a deeper understanding of how global financial capitalism functions in the context of debt markets, international finance, international relations, and international law.

Join us on March 19, 2024, 12 – 1 p.m. (EDT) for this virtual event. Investors who neglect to study the past can overlook powerful, cyclical forces that repeatedly reshape markets. Gain a glimpse of how understanding financial history can improve investment decision-making

Join us on March 26, 2024, 12 – 1 p.m. (EDT) for this virtual event. Milton Friedman’s work was instrumental in the turn toward free markets that defined the 1980s. Burns sheds light on his collaborations with women, his complex relationships with Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns and Treasury Secretary George Shultz, and his direct interventions in policymaking at the highest levels.

Join us on April 3, 2024, 12 – 1 p.m. (EDT) for this virtual event. Daniel Schulman’s sweeping narrative traces the interconnected stories of Jewish immigrants including Joseph Seligman, Solomon Loeb, and Marcus Goldman, among others, who fled a Germany that had relegated Jews to an underclass. He chronicles the difficult path of these men who would go on to form some of the largest investment banks in the world.

Join us on April 16, 2024, 5:30 – 7 p.m. (EDT) for this in-person event. McNally Amphitheatre, Fordham University – Lincoln Center Campus, 140 West 62nd Street. Fareed Zakaria, the host of CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” and Ian Bremmer, president and founder of Eurasia Group, will discuss Zakaria’s new book. A major work that masterfully investigates the eras and movements that have shaken norms while shaping the modern world.

Join us on May 6, 2024, 12 – 1 p.m. (EDT) for this virtual event. Former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Raghuram Rajan, and Economics Professor Rohit Lamba will talk about their book in which they address challenges like increased competition in low-skilled manufacturing, increasing protectionism globally, and growing automation. They will provide an insightful roadmap to help India break free from the shackles of the past and look to the possibilities of the future.

Join us on May 30, 2024, 12 – 1 p.m. (EDT) for this virtual event. Michael Gatto’s latest book, “The Credit Investor’s Handbook: Leveraged Loans, High Yield Bonds and Distressed Debt,” is the definitive guide to building a career in the leveraged credit markets—whether public, private, performing or distressed. In this virtual talk, Gatto will share invaluable insights about these dynamic markets that will benefit both newcomers to the field, as well as experienced professionals seeking to refine their investment skills.

Join us on June 18, 2024, 12 – 1 p.m. (EDT) for this virtual event. Distinguished banker, executive, and historian Paolo Zannoni will delve into the complex relationship between states and banks that is at the heart of his new book, which examines the roots of modern banking through seven case studies: the Republic of Pisa,
17th-century Venice, the early years of the Bank of England, imperial Spain, the Kingdom of Naples, the nascent United States during the American Revolution, and Bolshevik Russia from 1917 through 1923.

Join us for a virtual event with Dr. George Athanassakos, founder and managing director of The Ben Graham Centre for Value Investing and the Ben Graham Chair in Value Investing at the Ivey Business School. In his presentation

Financial thought leader and Research Affiliates’ Founder Rob Arnott identifies major market myths—on inflation, value investing and the supposedly passive nature of index funds