https://www.amherst.edu/ en https://www.amherst.edu/alumni/learn/AlumniColloquium/pastalumnicolloquium/finance/multimedia/node/573829 <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Finance: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><a title="View user profile." href="/user/89696" class="username">Amanda L. Huhmann</a></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2014-10-06T09:32:07-04:00" title="Monday, October 6, 2014, at 9:32 AM" class="datetime">Monday, 10/6/2014, at 9:32 AM</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p></p><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-full" width="640" height="427"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/system/files/15271400319_029258a945_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="Finance: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" title="Finance: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"> </div> </div> </article> <br>The schedule featured open classes, lectures, and discussion panels focused how the financial system works and the impact of reforms enacted after the crisis of 2008. Speakers included both faculty and alumni, and lecture topics ranged from activist investors and commercial banking, to Wall Street reform and the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.&nbsp; <p class="p1"></p><div class="video-filter video-wowza vf-amhersttoday2f20142fgeoffreywoglom10214mp4"><div style="position: relative; display: block;"> <div id="media-de630b47dbc7f85f1c2dc78a2923ebdd" class="jwplayer-video">Loading the player...</div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> (function ($) { var settings = '{"file_mime":"video/mp4","height":"360","width":"640","caption":"","androidhls":"true","autostart":"false","primary":"html5","playlist":[{"sources":[{"file":"https://stream01.amherst.edu:1936/alumni/_definst_/amherst_today/2014/geoffrey_woglom10_2_14.mp4/playlist.m3u8"},{"file":"rtmps://stream01.amherst.edu:1936/alumni/_definst_/amherst_today/2014/geoffrey_woglom10_2_14.mp4"}],"image":"https"}],"title":"Amherst Video on Demand","autoplay":false,"controlbar":"bottom","logo":{"hide":true},"abouttext":"Amherst College Multimedia","aboutlink":"https://www.amherst.edu/news/multimedia"}', settings_t; if (settings.indexOf('#token#') !== -1) { $.ajax({ url: 'https://www.amherst.edu/ajax/fetch_wowza_token', async: false, success: function (data) { settings_t = settings.replace(/#token#/gi, data); } }); } else { settings_t = settings; } var p_settings = JSON.parse(settings_t); jwplayer.key = "W6dMPFgnQ/VXqz3MObTZhFPjC8oyk8OOm6JEd5/Za8s="; var state = 0; jwplayer('media-de630b47dbc7f85f1c2dc78a2923ebdd').setup(p_settings); jwplayer('media-de630b47dbc7f85f1c2dc78a2923ebdd').on('error', function () { state = 1; }); jwplayer('media-de630b47dbc7f85f1c2dc78a2923ebdd').on('idle', function () { if (state === 1) { $('.jwtext').html('Error loading media:<br />Your browser cannot play this file or you do not have permission to view it.'); } }); jwplayer('media-de630b47dbc7f85f1c2dc78a2923ebdd').on('setupError', function () { var message = $('#media-de630b47dbc7f85f1c2dc78a2923ebdd p'); message.html('Error playing video:<br />This video requires Flash to play.'); }); jwplayer('media-de630b47dbc7f85f1c2dc78a2923ebdd').on('play', function () { typeof dataLayer !== "undefined" && dataLayer.push({ mediaFile: 'https://stream01.amherst.edu:1936/alumni/_definst_/amherst_today/2014/geoffrey_woglom10_2_14.mp4/playlist.m3u8', event: 'onMediaPlay', position: jwplayer('media-de630b47dbc7f85f1c2dc78a2923ebdd').getPosition() }); }); jwplayer('media-de630b47dbc7f85f1c2dc78a2923ebdd').on('complete', function () { typeof dataLayer !== "undefined" && dataLayer.push({ mediaFile: 'https://stream01.amherst.edu:1936/alumni/_definst_/amherst_today/2014/geoffrey_woglom10_2_14.mp4/playlist.m3u8', event: 'onMediaComplete' }); }); /****jwplayer('media-de630b47dbc7f85f1c2dc78a2923ebdd').on('ready', function () { $('.jwplay button').each(function () { $(this).attr('id', 'media-de630b47dbc7f85f1c2dc78a2923ebdd-jwplay'); $(this).before('<label for="media-de630b47dbc7f85f1c2dc78a2923ebdd-jwplay" class="visually_hidden">Play</label>'); }); $('.jwprev button').each(function () { $(this).attr('id', 'media-de630b47dbc7f85f1c2dc78a2923ebdd-jwprev'); $(this).before('<label for="media-de630b47dbc7f85f1c2dc78a2923ebdd-jwprev" class="visually_hidden">Previous</label>'); }); $('.jwnext button').each(function () { $(this).attr('id', 'media-de630b47dbc7f85f1c2dc78a2923ebdd-jwnext'); $(this).before('<label for="media-de630b47dbc7f85f1c2dc78a2923ebdd-jwnext" class="visually_hidden">Next</label>'); }); });****/ })(jQuery); </script> </div> <p class="p1">In the video above,&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.amherst.edu/mm/29125">Geoffrey R. Woglom</a></strong>, the Richard S. Volpert '56 Professor of Economics, kicks off the Amherst Today program with a talk on the current economic framework. Alumni and Parent Programs partnered with Prof. Woglom to organize the two-day event which brought together professors and alumni leaders in finance to discuss the impact of financial reform in their sectors.</p> <p class="p1" style="text-align:center;"></p><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-full" width="640" height="427"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/system/files/15271596737_cd16a79208_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="Finance: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" title="Finance: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"> </div> </div> </article> <br><span class="smaller">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><strong class="fine-print smaller"><a href="https://www.amherst.edu/mm/29125">Geoffrey R. Woglom</a></strong><span class="smaller">, the Richard S. Volpert '56 Professor of Economics, and&nbsp;</span><strong class="fine-print smaller"><a href="https://www.amherst.edu/amherstprofile/0063413">Michael Smith '84</a>,</strong><span class="smaller">&nbsp;Investment Banking Division of Goldman, Sachs &amp; Co, at a panel session.</span> <p class="p1"></p><div class="video-filter video-wowza vf-amhersttoday2f20142fkatefulton10314mp4"><div style="position: relative; display: block;"> <div id="media-84a20d5b5532a8198ce1bec33b786fe6" class="jwplayer-video">Loading the player...</div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> (function ($) { var settings = '{"file_mime":"video/mp4","height":"360","width":"640","caption":"","androidhls":"true","autostart":"false","primary":"html5","playlist":[{"sources":[{"file":"https://stream01.amherst.edu:1936/alumni/_definst_/amherst_today/2014/kate_fulton10_3_14.mp4/playlist.m3u8"},{"file":"rtmps://stream01.amherst.edu:1936/alumni/_definst_/amherst_today/2014/kate_fulton10_3_14.mp4"}],"image":"https"}],"title":"Amherst Video on Demand","autoplay":false,"controlbar":"bottom","logo":{"hide":true},"abouttext":"Amherst College Multimedia","aboutlink":"https://www.amherst.edu/news/multimedia"}', settings_t; 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}); });****/ })(jQuery); </script> </div> <p class="p1 smaller" style="text-align:center;">Kathryn Fulton '83, managing director of government relations at BlackRock, on assest management.</p> <p class="p1">&nbsp;</p><div class="video-filter video-wowza vf-amhersttoday2f20142fbarryvolpert10314m4v"><div style="position: relative; display: block;"> <div id="media-a998a7c3b889b190136b3ea305f6b308" class="jwplayer-video">Loading the player...</div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> (function ($) { var settings = '{"file_mime":"video/x-m4v","height":"360","width":"640","caption":"","androidhls":"true","autostart":"false","primary":"html5","playlist":[{"sources":[{"file":"https://stream01.amherst.edu:1936/alumni/_definst_/amherst_today/2014/barry_volpert10_3_14.m4v/playlist.m3u8"},{"file":"rtmps://stream01.amherst.edu:1936/alumni/_definst_/amherst_today/2014/barry_volpert10_3_14.m4v"}],"image":"https"}],"title":"Amherst Video on Demand","autoplay":false,"controlbar":"bottom","logo":{"hide":true},"abouttext":"Amherst College Multimedia","aboutlink":"https://www.amherst.edu/news/multimedia"}', settings_t; 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}); });****/ })(jQuery); </script> </div> <p class="p1" style="text-align:center;"><span class="fine-print">Barry Volpert '81, P'14, co-founder and CEO of Crestview Partners, <br>discusses the complex and contrarian investment themes of private equity</span><br><br></p> <p class="p1 special-notice1">About the Program</p> <p class="p1">Amherst Today is the direct result of alumni requests for programming that would provide intellectual exploration in the distinct setting of an Amherst classroom. As a result, Amherst Today was launched nearly 10 years ago and program topics have ranged from poetry&nbsp;to&nbsp;presidential politics to the Mead’s art collection and how it is used in the classroom.</p> <p class="p1">The next Amherst Today program, April 17-18, will focus on music at Amherst and coincides with the 150^th anniversary of the Amherst College Glee Club.</p></div> Mon, 06 Oct 2014 13:32:07 +0000 ahuhmann 573829 at https://www.amherst.edu