The Train Interviews. Guest: Ms. Janet Yellen
Early 2000s. Janet Yellen, Professor of Economics at UC Berkeley. Former Vice Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and Chair of the White House Council of Economics Advisers under President Bill Clinton. Nominee for Fed Chairman. Interviewed by Kenneth Train on her experience as an economist and in the Federal Reserve.
read moreSound Business: Dolby and the Cinema Experience. Guest: Mr. Ioan Allen
April 26, 2013. Ioan Allen, Vice President of Dolby Laboratories. From the roar of TIE fighters and hum of lightsabers in Star Wars to the jingling and creaking of bridles and saddles in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, sound is something we almost take for granted in a movie with a great story. Films have long had sound: even silent films featured some kind of live, musical accompaniment. After the first “talkies” and the huge commercial success of The Jazz Singer, however, nothing changed in the sound of films for decades—until Dolby...
read moreThe Recovery Theorem and Thoughts about the Field of Finance. Guest: Dr. Stephen Ross
April 23, 2013. Dr. Stephen Ross, Franco Modigliani Professor of Economics at MIT. Creator of the arbitrage pricing theory, agency theory, and co-creator of the binomial option pricing model. Dr. Ross discusses his new theory of recovery which he believes can obtain the market’s implied prediction of future stock prices. He also answers questions about the future of finance and what he thinks of the last 50 years of finance. Q&A Begins at: 56’09”.
read moreUsing Data to Make the World a Better Place. Guest: Mr. Jeremy Howard
April 16, 2013. Jeremy Howard, President and Chief Scientist of Kaggle. Jeremy Howard introduces the field of data science – a science that focuses on building the tools and techniques for data-driven decision making. His latest startup, Kaggle, is a community of 80,000 data scientists that have successfully solved some of the world’s toughest problems. Jeremy talks both about the creation and development of Kaggle, as well as his journey over the last 20 years to get to this point, which included creating the first global management...
read moreThe 2012 Nobel Prizes Explained. Guests: Suparna Chakraborty, James Sikes, Seth Foreman, James Hanvey, John Cobley, and Stephen Roddy. Host: Ludwig Chincarini.
October 24, 2012. University of San Francisco professors explain the scientific contributions of the 2012 Nobel prize recipients. Suparna Chakraborty, James Sikes, Seth Foreman, James Hanvey, John Cobley, and Stephen Roddy. Host: Ludwig Chincarini.
read moreWill Quants Inherent the Earth? (and other interesting stories about asset management). Guest: Dr. Ken Kroner.
May 4, 2010.Dr. Ken Kroner, Managing Director and Head of Global Market Strategies, Blackrock discusses quantitative asset management. Q&A Begins at: 1:10:45
read moreWar Stories from the Internet Trenches. Guest: Mr. William Schrader.
April 29, 2010. Mr. William Schrader, CEO of Carina Technology and Former Founder and CEO of PSI Net discusses early stages of the internet, concepts of running a business, and how he made and lost one billion dollars in a decade. Q&A Begins at: 0:49:51
read more3rd Annual Claremont Finance Conference: Banking and Regulation Panel and Wealth Management Panel. Guests: Mr. Height, Ms. Sweet, Mr. Barrymore, Mr. Bright, Mr. Ward, and Mr. Shin.
October 2, 2009. Experts Mr. Ryan Height, Ms. Julie Sweet, Mr. John Barrymore, Mr. Eric Bright, Mr. Patrick Shin, Mr. David Ward, Professor Ludwig Chincarini, and Professor Gary Evans discuss problems of past regulations and ideas for the future reform of banking. Wealth Management session begins at: 1:11:19.
read moreThe World Banking Crisis. The Failure of Past Regulation and Suggestions for Future Reform. Guest: Sir Andrew Crockett
April 14, 2009. Sir Andrew Crockett, President of JP Morgan International and former CEO of the Bank for International Settlements discusses the current financial crisis. Q&A Begins at: 1:02:30
read moreFinding Value in the Rubble: Distressed Investing During the Financial Crisis. Guest: Mr. Mark Patterson.
December 4, 2008. Mark Patterson, Co-Founder and Chairman of Matlin Patterson Global Advisers, LLC. discusses the world of distressed debt investing in general, the financial crisis, and interesting anecdotes about a career in Wall Street. Q&A Begins at: 1:24:24
read more2nd Annual Claremont Finance Conference. Guests: Mr. Wei, Mr. Heitzman, Mr. Sasaki, Mr. Parris, Mr. Polazzi, and Mr Sekits..
October 3, 2008. Highlights from Alternative Investment and Private Equity Panel. Experts discuss the present and future of investing given the market turmoil. Mr. Wei Li, Mr. Jeff Heitzman, Mr. Peter Sasaki, Mr. Trevor Parris, Mr. Anthony Polazzi, Mr. Mike Sekits, Dr. Ludwig Chincarini, and Dr. Henrik Cronqvist.
read moreThe Founding of KKR, the Private Equity Industry, and the Financial Crisis of 2008. Guest: Mr. Henry Kravis.
October 3, 2008. Henry Kravis, Co-Founder of KKR, discusses the building of his company, the private equity business, and the financial crisis.
read moreThe Role of Liquidity and Risk Transfer. Guest: Dr. Myron Scholes
April 30, 2008 . Dr. Myron Scholes, 1997 Nobel Prize Winner in Economics, Chairman of Platinum Grove Asset Management, and co-inventor of the Black-Scholes options pricing model, discusses liquidity and the transfer of risk. He discusses the subtleties of innovation in finance and issues related to being rewarded for bearing risk. During Q&A, he also discusses the early days of discovering the option pricing model with Fischer Black. Q&A begins at: 1:08.
read moreQuantitative Investing and Asset Allocation. Guest: Dr. Robert Litterman
April 24, 2008. Dr. Robert Litterman, Director of Quantitative Resources at Goldman Sachs speaks about asset allocation and quantitative investing at Goldman Sachs. Q&A Begins at: 21:14
read more1st Annual Claremont Finance Conference: Hedge Funds. Guests: Scott Barker, Dana Hobson, and Peter Sasaki
October 13, 2007. Discussion about hedge funds and the markets. Mr. Scott Barker, Analytic Investors. Mr. Dana Hobson. Bailard. Mr. Peter Sasaki. Logos Capital Management. Dr. Ludwig Chincarini.
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