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Wall Street Prep Seminar Prepares UK Students for Wall Street

Last Fall, the Gatton College sponsored a financial and valuation modeling seminar delivered by corporate partner, Wall Street Prep. Since 2004, Wall Street Prep—the industry leader—has trained thousands of financial analysts at investment banks, private equity firms, investment funds, and Fortune 1000 comp

Gerken, Clifford and Qiu present at 2021 FINRA Conference

Will Gerken presented "Where is the Intersection of Madison Avenue and Wall Street? Advertisement, Local Access to Investment Advice, and Stock Market Participation" with Joe Farizo and Ge Wu "at FINRA's 2021 Access and Impact Conference: Gauging the Participation of Diverse Communities in the Capital Markets on Friday, Oct 22.

Leaders in Finance: Gatton College Finance Alumni Board Inspires Students

As a young girl, Kennedy Ekovich dreamed of working on Wall Street. The dream will soon come true for the senior finance major and business analytics minor at the University of Kentucky. After graduating this December from the Gatton College of Business and Economics, Ekovich will head to New York as an incoming analyst at Mizuho Financial Group and work on mergers and acquisitions in its healthcare division.

The Journal of Finance: Property Rights to Client Relationships and Financial Advisor Incentives

Chris Clifford, Chair, Department of Finance and Quant. Methods; Phillip Morris Associate Professor of Finance and Will Gerken, Real Estate Endowed Associate Professor of Finance published in The Journal of Finance: Property Rights to Client Relationships and Financial Advisor Incentives

From Football To Finance: The Numbers Add Up For UK’s Will Levis

When the University of Kentucky kicked off its 2021 football season against Louisiana-Monroe, the team was led by starting quarterback Will Levis, a student in the Master of Science in Finance Program (MSF) at the Gatton College of Business and Economics.

CFA Scholarship Winners Announced

As a part of the CFA University Affiliation Program, the Department of Finance and Quantitative Methods is pleased to recognize fourteen students who were awarded a CFA Scholarship to aid their pursuit of the CFA designation during the 2020-2021 exam cycle:      Taisir Ali Al Hilfi Nicolas De Villalobos Paz Winston Duncan  Andrew Ebelhar 

Finance Students Win Big at Stock Pitch Competition

On April 8, the Gatton College held the third annual Stock Pitch Competition. Partnered with the Institute of Free Enterprise (ISFE) & Truist, and organized by the Department of Finance and Quantitative Methods, the event is an opportunity for students to carry out creative, valuable research in stock investing and to obtain real-world insights about business. 

Tatro Interviewed on CNBC

Quint Tatro recently appeared on CNBC "Traders weigh in on Buffett’s billion-dollar bets on Chevron and Verizon."

Jame Quoted in Bloomberg

Russell Jame was quoted in the Bloomberg.com article, "BlackRock Borrows Against Diversity."