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IFEP Year End Party
December 8, 2011
7:00 pm
IFEPers celebrated the end of the semester at a happy hour at Village Pourhouse.
Brown Bag Lunch with Professor Janow
November 22, 2011
1:00 pm
Concentration director Professor Merit E. Janow met informally with IFEP students over lunch to discuss her own work and the European financial crisis.
IFEP Annual Gala
November 17, 2011
6:30 pm
Students, alumni and faculty came together for a festive gathering at the Lotos Club, sponsored by Chistofferson, Robb & Co.
Photos courtesy of Daniel A. Mikhailov
Five Steps to Globalize a Company:
The Experience of a Corporate Pioneer
November 9, 2011
1:00 pm
Ned Cloonan, former Vice President for Corporate and International Affairs of AIG, shared lessons from his 30 years of experience at AIG with IFEP students over a brown bag lunch. Professor Merit E. Janow moderated.
Visit to the New York Stock Exchange
November 7, 2011
2:00 pm
IFEP students received a briefing on the Stock Exchange and visited the trading floor.
Choosing Your Concentration
November 1, 2011
1:00 pm
Representatives from IFEP, ISP, and EPD explained the differences between the concentrations and answered students' questions.
The Global Financial Crisis and Reform of the International Financial Architecture: A Progress Report
October 31, 2011
1:00 pm
Anthony Elson, an international economic consultant and lecturer, spoke on the international financial architecture over a brown bag lunch.
Internship Panel
October 19, 2011
1:00 pm
IFEP second years described the process by which they secured their summer internships, gave tips for getting the most out of an internship, and answered first year students' questions.
China’s Difficult Economic Adjustment
October 6, 2011
4:00 pm
The Asia Pacific Affairs Council, the APEC Study Center, and IFEP welcomed Michael Pettis, a finance professor at China's Peking University and a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment. Pettis spoke to SIPA students about his forecast for a rebalancing of the Chinese economy in the coming years and the impact it will have on the U.S., Europe, and emerging economies. History shows that "growth miracles" usually end with a debt crisis, and China may be no exception, Pettis said, and recommended that the government reduce the size and influence of state-owned enterprises to allow the transfer of wealth to the private sector.
IFEP Annual Retreat
September 16-17, 2011
This year, the IFEP Retreat took place at Camp Lakota in Wurtsboro, New York. Professor Goldberg joined the IFEPers to open the retreat with an interactive session. IFEPers then participated in a variety of recreational activities, and got to know each other better over marshmallow roasting and a party.
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First Year Happy Hour
August 30, 2011
6:00 pm
The IFEP concentration welcomed new students with drinks and snacks at Havana Central at the West End
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Spring 2011
IFEP Year-End Picnic
May 4, 2011
12:00 pm
IFEPers braved rain and cold weather for a picnic, where they took a break from studying for finals and celebrated the end of the school year.
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The 2011 Distinguished Speakers in International Finance and Economic Policy
"The Global Economy: Challenges and Prospects"
April 28, 2011
5:00 pm
IFEP and the APEC Study Center hosted a panel discussion with Jacob A. Frenkel, Chairman of JPMorgan Chase International and Chairman and CEO of the Group of Thirty, Joseph E. Stiglitz, University Professor at Columbia University and Chair of Columbia University’s Committee on Global Thought, and Min Zhu, Special Advisor to the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. Professor Merit E. Janow moderated. These three experts spoke to a packed room on “The Global Economy: Challenges and Prospects,” and answered questions from students and faculty.
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New York Stock Exchange Tour
April 29, 2011
IFEPers received a briefing about the stock exchange and then went to the trading floor to speak to Designated Market Makers.
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Islamic Finance: Its Increasing Regional and Global Relevance
April 26, 2011
1:00 pm
Navid Goraya, Founder & CEO of White Oak Advisors Inc., a New York based advisory firmspecializing in shariah compatible investments with presence in the UAE, lectured over a brown bag lunch. Mr. Goraya discussed the ways in which Islamic financial institutions must operate to remain shariah compliant, and explained that differing schools of thought on the shariah further complicate the issue. He considered where centers for Islamic Finance are located, and where they will grow in the future. He emphasized that Islamic Finance has an increasingly important place in the West because it opens up a new source of capital.
The World Bank and Trade: Looking Ahead Ten Years
April 25, 2011
5:00 pm
IFEP and the APEC Study Center cosponsored a lecture by John Wilson, the Lead Economist of the Development Economics Research Group of the World Bank. Sara Calvo of SIPA moderated. During his speech, Mr. Wilson highlighted the World Bank’s programs in the field of trade facilitation, lending operations to the least developed and middle-income developing countries. He underlined the continued global imbalances, removing of south-south barriers, cutting trade costs, and increasing private capital flows as the trade issues that need to be addressed while looking ahead to 2011 and beyond.
Brown Bag Lunch on the Case Interview with Professor Thurman
April 20, 2011
1:00 pm
Professor Thurman, who has held senior positions at Booz Allen Hamilton and American Express, lectured informally at a brown bag lunch on the case interview. He provided tips related to interviews, the hiring process, and how to best utilize your first two years as an entry-level associate.
Saving the Global Trading System: an Insider’s Perspective on the World Trade Organization and the TPP
April 19, 2011
2:10 pm
Michael Moore, New Zealand Ambassador to the US and past Director-General of the World Trade Organization, spoke during Professor Levy’s International Trade class. Ambassador Moore presented a short history of the multilateral trade regime in the last 60 years, then discussed the current multilateral trade negotiations under the Doha round and the difficulties faced by the negotiators.
Federal Reserve Bank Panel
April 14, 2011
4:00 p.m.
The IFEP Alumni Committee hosted an informal panel discussion with three of SIPA’s many alumni now working at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Students were able to ask about the structure and work environment of the Federal Reserve, and learn what they should do while at SIPA to best prepare for this path.
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Brown Bag Lunch with Professor Merit E. Janow
April 13, 2011
1:00 p.m.
IFEP students shared an informal lunch with Concentration Director Professor Merit E. Janow. They learned her thoughts on China’s trade and role in world organizations, and her views on what role SIPA students should play after they graduate.
Belated St. Patrick’s Day Party
March 24, 2011
8:30 p.m.
Amsterdam Café
IFEP students gathered over drinks and snacks to share their spring break experiences.
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The Future Financial Center of Asia
March 8, 2011
5:00 p.m.
Columbia Law School’s Society for Chinese Law and SIPA’s International Finance and Economic Policy Concentration cohosted a panel discussion on the Future Financial Center of Asia with Rebecca Blumenstein, International Editor and former China Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, Christopher LaFleur, Vice Chairman of JP Morgan Japan and former U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia, Ramesh Parameswar, Managing Director at Moon Capital, an emerging markets hedge fund, and Owen Nee, an expert on foreign investment transactions in China at Jones Day. Professor Merit E. Janow moderated.
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Economic Club Luncheon
March 7, 2011
12:15 p.m.
Five IFEP students had the opportunity to attend a luncheon at the Hilton Hotel Ballroom with the Economic Club of New York. Retired Senator Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles, co-chairmen of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, discussed their proposal to reduce the national debt.
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Lessons of the Crisis: Evaluating the Success of TARP and Implications for the Future Financial Markets
The Investcorp Lecture on International Finance and Business
February 25, 2011
1:00 p.m.
David Miller, Chief Investment Officer in the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Financial Stability, spoke to a packed room on the Troubled Asset Relief Program. He then stayed for an informal session, during which he answered SIPA students’ questions. Professor Merit E. Janow moderated.
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The Dukes of Moral Hazard: The Trust Banks, their Bailout, and the Volcker Rule
February 18, 2011
1:00 pm
Anthony Dowd, Chief of Staff for the Office of Paul Volcker, spoke from his own experience on the government's response to the financial crisis.
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IFEP/APEA Go Skating In Central Park
January 28, 2011
7:00 pm
Students from the IFEP concentration and the Advanced Policy and Economic Analysis specialization enjoyed the chilly weather with a quintessential New York experience: ice skating in Central Park.
Welcome Back Happy Hour
January 21, 2011
7:30pm
IFEP students reconnected after winter break with a happy hour at Havana Central.
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