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The McDonough School of Business’ (MSB) Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy hosted its second annual stock pitch competition on Feb. 23, which was won by the team pitching a stock buy of cybersecurity company Fortinet.

Fortinet Team Wins Annual Stock Pitch Competition

By Caleigh Keating, Events Desk Editor March 1, 2024

The McDonough School of Business (MSB) hosted its second annual undergraduate stock pitch competition Feb. 23.   At the competition, hosted by the MSB’s Psaros Center for Financial Markets...

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MSB Event: Investment Manager Talks Entrepreneurship, Passion

By Caleigh Keating January 19, 2024

Brian Higgins, the co-founder of King Street Capital, a global investment management company, discussed the intersection of entrepreneurship and finance and shared lessons learned throughout his career...

PARTNER: Ensure Finance Provides Value

By Dylan Partner November 3, 2022

I don’t particularly care for non-fungible tokens (NFTs). I know that isn’t a novel opinion to express in the final months of 2022, after well over a year of media hype, Super Bowl advertisements...

MSB Financial Policy Center Receives $11 Million Donation

MSB Financial Policy Center Receives $11 Million Donation

By Mira Patel April 22, 2022

An $11 million gift from Michael (GSB ’89) and Robin Psaros will energize the newly renamed Psaros Center on Financial Markets and Policy.  The Psaros Center, founded following the 2008 financial...

VIEWPOINT: Fight for Women in Finance

VIEWPOINT: Fight for Women in Finance

By Sachi Tejani March 31, 2022

The most recent Georgetown University McDonough School of Business (MSB) report on diversity, equity and inclusion reveals that only 36.14% of undergraduate students for the 2020-2021 academic year are...

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY INVESTMENT FUND/FACEBOOK | Finance and consulting clubs attract students from all four undergraduate colleges, but in particular those in the McDonough School of Business. These organizations help students develop preprofessional skills, work on team projects and start establishing connections with experienced professionals in the field.

Finance Clubs Build Skills, Forge Appealing Connections

By Jemima Denham April 12, 2019

Georgetown University Alumni and Student Federal Credit Union, the Hilltop Microfinance Initiative, the Georgetown University Student Investment Fund, Hilltop Consultants, the Georgetown Accounting Society...

SAMUEL NELSON/THE HOYA | Finance and consulting have consistently ranked as the top two industries for employing Georgetown graduates within one year of graduation since the class of 2012, while education and health care have generally fallen in the ranks.

Students, Faculty Seek to Diversify Career Opportunities

By Joshua Levy March 21, 2019

Consulting and finance typically dominate the employment outcomes for Georgetown graduates. Yet both students and faculty seek to expand the horizons of students exploring the job market. One year...

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2018 graduates of MBA programs had a 98 percent employment rate three months after graduation, a new record for the program.

MBA Graduates Set Record Salaries and Employment

By Satya Adabala November 9, 2018

Graduates from the Master of Business Administration program set new records in 2018 for salaries and job placements, the McDonough MBA Career Center announced Oct. 31. For the class of 2018, 98...

The Seven Personalities At Recruiting Events

The Seven Personalities At Recruiting Events

By Charlie Fritz and Charlie Fritz March 30, 2017

Believe it or not, recruiting for internships in banking for the summer of 2018 is already starting. Yes, while some of us can barely find jobs (or pretty much anything to do) for this summer, the aspiring...

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During The Regulatory and Policy Enivronment segment, attendees received literature that included information on adaptation in regulation.

Regulators Tackle New Digital Markets

By Sarah Fisher October 14, 2016

Regulators must adapt to new financial technologies, federal experts said during a panel segment of the annual “Financial Markets Quality” conference co-hosted Wednesday by the McDonough School...

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Recruitment is taking place in the fall instead of the spring for the first time this year after investment banks moved up their recruitment season and other firms followed suit.

Students Adjust to Fall Recruitment Shift

By Taylor Harding September 20, 2016

Upperclassman students were met by an earlier recruitment process when they returned to campus this fall, as the annual recruiting cycle for jobs and internships at financial institutions and many...

Let’s Finance Guidelines

By The Editorial Board April 12, 2016

The Finance and Appropriations Committee has an immense responsibility: allocating funds toward activities that benefit Georgetown students. As it stands, the obligation to balance the supplementary funding...

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