Warrington in the News Articles: page 17

Who says retirement is the only golden opportunity? Research from Assistant Professor Yixuan Li shows how retirement-age workers are defying expectations of longevity.

Are you a new board member serving on a regulated company board, but from a non-regulatory background? This podcast episode featuring Public Utility Research Center Director and Gunter Professor Mark Jamison is directed especially to newer board members and executives in utility companies regulated at the state and even federal levels.

Executive Director of the Kelley A. Bergstrom Real Estate Center Tim Becker shares some leadership tips that are game-changers for students wanting to excel in this field. Becker shares the benefits in being kind, possessing humility, and being a good listener as key components to success. Becker’s tried and true leadership program teaches students to be strategic thinkers in the ever-changing real estate world.

A new study co-authored by Texas A&M’s Sorin Sorescu and Bank of America Eminent Scholar Mark Flannery reveals that Silicon Valley Bank and First Republic Bank are far from isolated cases of bank failures. Their research details more than $1 trillion in unbooked losses throughout the U.S. banking sector.

Conservative CEOs are four times more likely than their liberal counterparts to acquire international firms rather than forge new alliances when entering foreign markets, according to new research from Associate Professor Aaron Hill. The same study finds that these political biases can be moderated by active, independent boards.

First Republic Bank was the second-largest bank failure in US history. More failures could be on the way. Insights from Bank of America Eminent Scholar Mark Flannery inform this story.

Some company founders say their new goal is to build a profitable business and buy out their backers. Not all investors are on board. Insights from Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter inform this story.

Though the IPO market is still ice cold, a high-profile unicorn just checked another box as it readies for an eventual public market debut. Insights from Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter inform this story.

Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter informs this story about Ares Acquisition Corp. II, which is the largest special purpose acquisition company by total dollar proceeding to go public since January 2022.

First Republic bank is under serious pressure after its latest quarterly earnings further sunk its stock, triggering fresh speculation about what options, if any, remain for the financial institution to survive. “I’m a little surprised they’ve made it til Thursday afternoon; the press reports are bad,” said Jay Ritter. “It would be a long shot that First Republic continues on in pretty much its current form.”