Finance Articles

Alanoud Alqahtani: Leading the Way for Women in Finance

Alanoud Alqahtani: Leading the Way for Women in Finance

Master of Applied Quantitative Finance student Alanoud Alqahtani has stepped up to lead the Reiman School’s Finance Club at DU’s Daniels College of Business. She has been instrumental in re-conceptualizing the roles and activities of the club during the 2018-19 school...

Third Time’s a Charm

Third Time’s a Charm

For the third year in a row, Daniels students won the Annual CFA Institute Research Challenge-Colorado Competition. The competition—now in its 10th year—provides students with hands-on mentoring and intensive training in financial analysis. The Daniels winning team...

MBA@Denver: An Online Program for an Evolving Educational Landscape

MBA@Denver: An Online Program for an Evolving Educational Landscape

Typically, changes to masters-level curriculum happen gradually, and on an individual-course basis. This is a function of advancements in academic literature relevant to that particular course, shifts in finance practice, and shocks from market regime transitions and...

Katherine Fischer: A DU Pioneer

Katherine Fischer: A DU Pioneer

Katherine Fischer is a true Pioneer, having double-majored in economics and international studies with a business administration minor as an undergrad at DU, and then continuing on for her fifth year to obtain her master’s degree in finance. She also has been a member...

Jennifer Hsu: Pursuing Her Dream Job through Networking

Jennifer Hsu: Pursuing Her Dream Job through Networking

Hailing from Taos, New Mexico, Hsu arrived at DU excited to study computer science as an undergrad. Although she enjoyed the quantitative and mathematical aspects of the degree, she realized early on that she was better suited for a more fast-paced environment in her...

Finance Club Reboot

Finance Club Reboot

The Reiman Finance Club has been re-launched by a dedicated and enthusiastic team of undergrad and grad student leaders. Under their stewardship, more than 400 of their peers have already joined the club, which has quickly become the go-to place for events as well as...

Paralympic Medalist Finds New Passion on Wall Street

Paralympic Medalist Finds New Passion on Wall Street

It’s been nearly a year since Jamie Stanton (BSBA 2017) stood at the bottom of a ski hill in PyeongChang, South Korea, chest heaving, eyes cast toward the electronic scoreboard. He still can’t find the words to describe the feeling, realizing he won a bronze medal at...

The impact of impact investing

The impact of impact investing

Unless you’re in the world of impact investing, ESG, SDG and SRI are just a bunch of letters tossed together. But the three panelists at the Fall 2018 Finance Forum hosted by the Reiman School of Finance, convinced the audience that—no matter which acronym you...

How Did You Spend Your Summer Vacation?

How Did You Spend Your Summer Vacation?

For many Daniels students, summer isn’t all about lounging on a beach or camping under the stars. Rather, it’s a time to gain valuable work experience and invaluable connections via an internship. We took a moment to catch up with some of our graduate students who are...