"Microfinance as a New Asset Class": A Presentation by the Microlumbia Fund
Panelists invited by Microlumbia, Columbia Business School's first student-run microfinance fund, discuss the role of the microfinance industry in private investment and the empowerment of the poor.
"The Warsaw Stock Exchange and the Development of Capital Markets in Central and Eastern Europe": A Presentation by Ludwik Sobolewski
Ludwik Sobolewski, president of the Warsaw Stock Exchange, speaks about the ongoing development of the leading stock exchange in Central Europe and the growth of capital markets in the region.
The Retail Revolution: India in Fashion
Winner, Study Tour Paper Competition: Columbia Business School students on the Chazen study tour to India explored why the country is the latest fashion for retailers and consumers around the world.
Great Expectations: The Rise of the Indian Middle Class
Runner-up, Study Tour Paper Competition: A group of 40 Columbia Business School students met with business and government leaders in India to learn about the opportunities and challenges presented by the economic advances of the world's largest democracy.
Private Equity in the Middle East and North Africa: A Presentation by Citadel Capital
Egypt’s Citadel Capital discusses the opportunities and challenges for this budding industry in the Middle East and North Africa which accounted for almost 9 percent of the fast growing emerging markets private equity field in 2006.
Wu Forum Explores Investing In China
While there is general consensus today regarding China's emergence as a global manufacturing power, Frank Tang ’94 explains how finance, population and reforms will fuel much of the future growth over the next decade.
Business Opportunities in Asia
Columbia Business School’s Asian Business Association brought in professionals in real estate funds, investment banking and private equity to discuss current opportunities in Asia at a panel discussion in late February.
KKR In Asia: A Strategic View
The private equity boom has exploded across the United States and Europe in recent years, but the private equity market in Asia, the fastest-growing part of the global economy, remains in its infancy.
Investors Unleashed: The Rise of Shareholder Activism in Japan
The eighth annual Mitsui USA Symposium discussed in depth a rising trend in private equity players moving into the activist investment space typically occupied by hedge funds in Japan.