The first Career Development Fair sponsored by Menlo College's Finance Club.

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T
he Menlo College Finance Club sponsored a professional
networking event at the Russell Center in November.
Representatives from eight companies and institutions were
in attendance and students moved from table to table to familiar-
ize themselves with the opportunities offered by these firms. The
event was a great success and proved to be extremely beneficial
for all students, from freshman to seniors in all majors. Represen-
tatives from eight companies included:
Bridge Bank
Golden Gate Financial
Northwestern Mutual
Orchard Commercial
Waddell & Reed
John Hancock
Merrill Lynch
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
The Finance Club, in cooperation with the finance faculty and
the Office of Academic and Profession Success, intends to host
additional networking events in the spring semester to build
stronger ties with the community at large and open up new
career-enhancing opportunities for continuing and graduating
students.
ResearchNewsfromProfessorSoumenDe
Professor Soumen De coauthored four papers this past year
with his departmental colleagues, finance faculty at other
institutions in the United States and other international coau-
thors. “Overtaking the U.S. Economy by China and India: How
Sound Are the Expectations”, co-authored with Dilip Ghosh and
Dipasri Ghosh, has been accepted for publication in Internation-
al Journal of Business. Another paper, “Ownership Structure and
Post Acquisition Performance: Evidence from India” coauthored
with Pradip Banerjee and Dima Leshchinskii has been presented
at the World Finance Conference, New York, 2016 in July, and
is being prepared for submission to a journal. A third paper,
“Valuation effects of cultural disparity on cross border mergers:
The evidence from India” coauthored with Pradip Banerjee and
Manish Tewari has been accepted for presentation at the Sixth
Annual Indian Finance Conference at the Indian Institute of
Management, Ahmedabad, India, in December 2016, and will be
submitted to a journal soon. Another paper, “Alliances and stock
market response 2016: A comparative analysis across industries”
coauthored with Rajesh Kumar and Manish Tewari is in progress
and will be ready for submission to conference presentations by
the end of December 2016.
Asian Research Center
Dr. Raj Aggarwal, Emeritus Professor and ex-Dean of Akron,
University in Ohio, an expert in international banking and
finance, delivered the inaugural lecture for the Asian Research
Center in October. The Asia Research Center, which purports
to foster collaborative research between Menlo College faculty
and renowned scholars in Asia will develop a working paper
series and invite Asian scholars to the Menlo campus in the
months ahead.
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TheProfessionalNetworkingEvent
Above, The Finance Club Professional Networking Event, Inset,
Braxton Liddell, Raymond Gipson, Professor Soumen De and Vince
Tran prepare for the Finance Club’s professional networking event.
Menlo College helped me
understand finance and
Bridge Bank showed me
how I could use finance.
Vince Tran, Intern at Bridge Bank