Ageno Prof Named Top 100 By Financial Times
Edward S. Ageno School of Business Distinguished Adjunct Professor Elissa Buie has been named to the Financial Times Top 100 Women Financial Advisers list for 2014. Buie teaches the capstone Cases in Financial Planning course at the Ageno School of Business.
The Financial Times bases its rankings off of two elements. The first is the collection of names of prospective advisors by FT’s sister company, Ignites Distribution Research. The company contacts brokerage firms, registered investment advisors and other wealth management firms for names of those who fit the criteria. In order to be considered for the rankings, an advisor must have at least 10 years of experience and manage more than $200 million.
LBS Professor Advises Caution on Eurozone Recovery Hype
Richard Portes CBE, Professor of Economics at London Business School and President of the Centre for Economic Policy Research, told Reuters TV: “Mr. [Mario] Draghi made it very clear that inflation expectations have lost their anchor. Inflation expectations are going down. They haven’t been firmly anchored for some time. Now, finally, this is being recognised. We are slipping towards deflation, and Japan’s lost decade and more is an example of just how dangerous that is.”
In a Financial Times column from August 20th which immediately preceded the ECB chief’s surprise remarks at Jackson Hole, Professor Portes warned: “There is no substitute for pragmatic, non-ideological policies that accept and confront the data – which tells us that current policies are failing…Repairing the credit system, implementing serious reforms of state expenditure and taxation, creating more flexible labour markets, finally opening the services market to cross-border competition – all are indeed very important. But they will not liberate the Eurozone from stagnation.”
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