Salomon Center for the Study of Financial Institutions

The Salomon Center specializes in the study of financial institutions

Salomon Center for the Study of Financial Institutions

Founded in 1972 by a grant from the partners of Salomon Brothers, the Salomon Center specializes in the study of financial institutions, including commercial banks, investment banks, managed funds and insurance companies. Recently, the Center has played an important role in the development of the new architecture of global finance and has been instrumental in the organization of several NYU Stern School book projects: Restoring Financial Stability, Regulating Wall Street, and Guaranteed to Fail: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Debacle of Mortgage Finance.

– Research Areas

The Center helps incubate several research initiatives, each directed by an NYU Stern professor.

Research Areas include Credit & Debt Markets directed by Edward I. Altman (past FMA President), The NASDAQ OMX Derivatives Research Project directed by Stephen Figlewski (Founding Editor, Journal of Derivatives), Financial Institutions, directed by Alexander Ljungqvist. and the Financial Policy Platform, directed by Matthew Richardson.

Two earlier initiatives, still affiliated with the Center, are now on their own--Corporate Governance directed by David Yermack, in the NYU Pollack Center for Law and Business and The Volatility Institute directed by Robert F. Engle (2003 Nobel Laureate in Economics).

Research Areas

Upcoming Conferences & Events

A Conversation with Sir John Vickers and Paul Volcker (April 8, 2013)
Conference on Resolution Authority and Structural Reform (April 11, 2013)
The 3rd Annual Stern Microstructure Meeting (May 10, 2013)
Joint NYU Stern – Federal Reserve Conference on Extracting and Understanding the Risk Neutral Probability Density from Options Prices (September 20, 2013)
Derivatives 2013: The State of the Art: 40 Years after the Black-Scholes-Merton Model
(October 11, 2013)
Stern Macro-Finance Conference (October 26, 2013)
Five-Star Conference on Research in Finance (December 6, 2013)

Contact the Salomon Center

NYU Stern School of Business
44 West 4th Street, Suite 9-160
New York, NY 10012
Tel: (212) 998 0700
Fax: (212) 995 4220
Email: salomon@stern.nyu.edu

Conferences & Symposia

New York Fed/NYU Stern Conference on Financial Intermediation

Jointly sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Salomon Center, and the Review of Financial Studies. More >

Five-Star Conference

Bringing together finance researchers from several northeastern universities. More >

Credit Risk Conference

Foremost academic experts and market practitioners discuss recent advances in credit risk research. More >

Derivatives Conference: State of the Art

The Derivatives Research Project's major derivatives conference. Reviews the current "state-of-the-art." More >

NASDAQ DRP Research Day

Provides quick looks at some of the most interesting research projects in progress among NYU Stern’s active finance research faculty. More >

NASDAQ DRP Symposia

Focusing on a single topic of current interest and fostering an interchange of ideas and information among academics, practitioners, and regulatory authorities. Read more >