News and Events
BCF In The News
• BCF Advisory Council member Jerome Powell, a member of Princeton's class of 1975, has been confirmed by the Senate as one of two Princetonians named to the Federal Reserve Board.
• BCF research is highlighted on the Research at Princeton website
• Chris Sims wins the 2011 Nobel Prize with Thomas Sargent of NYU for their research on cause and effect in macroeconomics. Chris Sims is the third BCF-affiliated faculty member to win the Nobel Prize in Economic Science since the BCF's founding, after Danny Kahneman (2002) and Paul Krugman (2008).
• Investment executive Mitch Julis, a member of Princeton's class of 1977, has made a substantial gift to create the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance .
• Hyun Shin, who served as an adviser to the South Korean president, has won the annual essay contest on banking regulation sponsored by the International Centre for Financial Regulation and the Financial Times.
• Bendheim Center for Finance Celebrates 10th Anniversary with major Conference.
• Markus Brunnermeier wins Guggenheim for "Financial Frictions and the Macroeconomy"
• Jianqing Fan wins Guggenheim for Statistical Studies on Massive Data
• Q&A with José Scheinkman on his new class: Lessons from financial crises
• Rene Carmona featured in "Professor Calculates a Cooler Planet"
• Bendheim Center for Finance Master in Finance Named One of the Top Programs by Quantnet. The Bendheim Center for Finance is pleased to be recognized as offering one of the top Master programs in finance, financial engineering or mathematical finance, by Quantnet. Quantnet ranked the various programs in groups of five, listing the programs alphabetically within each group. The BCF program was ranked in the top group, 1-5. While we are pleased with the ranking, applicants should note that it is not possible for any formulaic ranking to capture the distinctiveness of a program or to determine whether any program is the best choice for an individual student. We encourage students to use a variety of resources to find the best match for them.
• Alan Blinder Installed as John Kenneth Galbraith Fellow of the American Academy
• Markus Brunnermeier Wins 2008 Bernacer Prize
• Rene Carmona Named to Inaugural Group of SIAM Fellows
• Yacine Ait-Sahalia wins Guggenheim for "The Econometrics of Jumps and Volatility"
• Harrison Hong Awarded Fischer Black Prize
• Paul Krugman wins 2008 Nobel Prize "for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity"
• Bendheim Faculty Discuss Financial Crisis
• The Wall Street Journal (May 16, 2008): Bernanke's Bubble Laboratory
• EQuad News (Winter 2007): Everything to gain: Engineer takes on the financial world
• Jianqing Fan wins Morningside Gold Medal for Applied Mathematics
• Global Association of Risk Professionals (Sept/Oct 2007): The Metamorphosis of Finance Education
• Princeton Business Journal (June 26, 2007): A quiet power in finance
• Packet Online (August 1, 2006): Princeton University master’s degree in finance scores high marks
• The New York Sun (June 20, 2006): Princeton’s Finance Program A Popular Alternative to MBAs
Seminars and Conferences
Each week, the Bendheim Center for Finance organizes a seminar where academics are invited to present their latest research to the faculty and Ph.D. students of the center. The seminar meets on Wednesdays at the Bendheim Center for Finance.
The Center also conducts several conferences and events during the academic year, ranging from the Princeton Lectures in Finance each fall to an annual conference on a specific theme in either mathematical finance or financial econometrics.
The Master in Finance program also hosts numerous events for its students, kicking off the school year with an annual "boot camp" where alumni and corporate affiliates meet new students and share career advice and information.
