Professor of Finance and Director of the Advanced Financial Analysis Program Elizabeth Tashjian led a ceremony in the Jack & Jeanne Okland Trading Floor on April 5 to dedicate a special workspace in memory of Finance alum Keefer Babbitt. Babbitt, who passed away in January of 2021, earned his degree in Finance from the David Eccles School of Business in 2015. He was a [...]
This past year has been an enormous one for FinTech in Utah Valley. Galileo, Finicity, Acima, and Divvy all have been acquired for roughly $6 billion. Fintech and tech companies as a whole are increasingly choosing Utah and Salt Lake City specifically as the basecamp to establish their operations. The Utah Center for Financial Services (UCFS) was recently featured in an article about financial [...]
Passive investors are known for being steady. They don't follow every fluctuation in price, or listen to trading floor gossip. That passive approach may be messing up price signals and making business decisions harder, according to research from the Eccles School's Jonathan Brogaard and Matthew Ringgenberg. Discover how in The Atlantic.
The Student Investment Fund at the David Eccles School of Business hit the $1 million mark on Aug. 5, 2020. “I am really excited to reach the $1 million threshold,” said Elizabeth Tashjian, a professor of Finance and faculty advisor of the Student Investment Fund. “Although it is an arbitrary number, it says to our students, our alumni, and employers that the students have [...]
Eccles School alum Burton Flynn started his finance career as a humble business student working in the Student Investment Fund, an undergraduate investment experience in fund management. Now, as a CFA and managing partner at Terra Nova Capital, Evli Group, Flynn has graduated from the $700,000 SIF portfolio and manages the Evli Emerging Frontier Fund. Flynn and his colleague Ivan Nechunaev, appearing in the [...]
Ever wanted to learn more about the world of wealth management? If so, you’re in luck this week as two executives from the San Francisco-based wealth management firm Jordan Park Group will visit the David Eccles School of Business to help give students an insider’s view of the industry. On Wednesday, Jan. 24, Jon Fults, VP Investment Advisory, and Julia Mastudaira, VP Philanthropic [...]
The Master of Science in Finance (MSF) program at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business has maintained a top-20 national ranking. For the past two years, the MSF program has notched the No. 20 spot on The Financial Engineering Times’ list of best Master of Finance Rankings. “We are proud to have maintained a top-20 ranking,” said Mark Parker, associate dean [...]
Finance Professor Elizabeth Tashjian spoke with the Deseret News about bankruptcy filings after Utah company VidAngel filed for Chapter 11. The company censors expletives and other content some viewers find offensive from films and television shows for customers to watch at home. Read the full article in the Deseret News.
Investors to know they have pay fees to invest their money, but it's always better when you get to keep as much of your money as possible. David Eccles School of Business Finance Professor Michael Cooper spoke with The New York Times about his research on the disparity between high-cost and low-cost funds and the impact their fees have on returns. Read the full [...]
The old cliche says you'll find business conducted on the golf links, but Joergen Brath is far more likely to be found on the slopes. The senior will graduate with a bachelor's degree in finance this week — as well as an NCAA championship as a member of the Utah Ski Team and a job offer from Goldman Sachs. Not bad for a kid [...]