Finance

MIT Federal Credit Union seeks candidates for 2017 Board of Directors

November 2, 2016

President L. Rafael Reif speaks at the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) showcase. In his remarks, Reif noted that IDSS is “a unit that can magnify individual talents through collaborations, a unit that aspires to generate groundbreaking ways to understand society’s most difficult problems and lead us to badly-needed solutions.”

How data can help change the world

At IDSS celebration, speakers explore how data can be brought to bear on global challenges.

September 26, 2016

MIT spinout EverVest has built a data-analytics platform that gives investors rapid, accurate cash-flow models and financial risk analyses for renewable-energy projects.

Calculating the financial risks of renewable energy

Financial-modeling software for sustainable-infrastructure projects could boost investment in sector.

September 15, 2016

QS ranks MIT the world’s top university for 2016-17

Ranked No. 1 for the fifth straight year, the Institute also places first in 12 of 42 disciplines.

September 5, 2016

After the financial-sector crisis in 2007 and 2008, a large portion of investments people had considered safe were suddenly understood to be risky. And yet, the ensuing flight to safe assets, such as U.S. debt, has come with its own cost.

The safety trap

Lack of secure investments is hindering growth globally, research finds.

August 5, 2016

Romulus Capital, a venture capital seed firm, controls $150 million in funds and other assets, having just raised a new fund of $75 million in June. Now the firm plans to fund 20 new startups, adding to its existing portfolio of 30 startups, many of which are MIT spinouts.

Building a foundation for tech startups

Launched in an MIT dorm room, alum’s venture capital firm now controls $150 million in assets.

July 14, 2016

14 people sit at round table with text on it.

Using new models and big data to better understand financial risk

Bringing together engineers, data theorists, mathematicians, economists, biologists, and policy experts, IDSS is looking at financial risk through a multidisciplinary lens.

April 11, 2016

QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 12 subjects for 2016

MIT ranked within the top 5 globally for 19 of 42 subject areas.

April 8, 2016

Design is one of the new minors available to MIT undergraduates beginning in the fall of 2016.

New undergraduate majors and minors to debut in fall 2016

Driven by student demand and the blending of fields, new opportunities include management tracks and minors in computer science, data science, and innovation.

April 8, 2016

Professor Stephen Graves works with MIT Sloan undergraduates.

MIT Sloan launches three new undergraduate majors and minors

Course 15 will offer undergraduates three new majors — management, business analytics, and finance — starting this fall.

January 21, 2016

Four panel collage of images including a network, wrench, MRI, and bulb

Patents forecast technological change

New method uses patent data to estimate a technology’s future rate of improvement.

April 15, 2015

MIT Professional Education and Center for Real Estate announce new Certificate in Real Estate Finance and Development

Enrollment open for a five-course certificate program.

March 2, 2015

Watching how the money flows

David Andrew Singer maps the influence of global capital flows among governments, banks, and individuals around the world.

February 26, 2015

Glen Shor named vice president for finance

Secretary for administration and finance for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will join MIT in January.

December 17, 2014

Know thy banker — it could keep you solvent

Study shows banks that have good working relationships with their customers reduce loan defaults.

September 29, 2014

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