MoAF Newsletter - 11/20/2025

Fall 2025 Issue

Check out the latest issue of Financial History magazine, available for FREE as a full-color digital edition! Highlights include:

Women Pioneers of Corporate America

Private Finance, Public Power

Cracked Foundations: School Bonds in Levittown, NY

Offshore Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico

The Real El Dorado: The Financial History of Corn

Leonard Jerome, Gentleman Speculator

The Silver Panic of 1893

J.M.W. Turner: Celebrated Painter and Unrecognized Financial Arbitrageur

Risk, Return and Rembrandt

Video Now Available

Private markets are no longer solely the domain of institutions and the ultra-wealthy. Our moderated panel on alternative investments explores the growing opportunity to bring alternative asset classes like private credit, equity and real estate to retail portfolios. The discussion covers the merits, risks and challenges of these assets, evolving regulations and practical strategies for incorporating these less-liquid investments into a broader portfolio. Our panelists provide their perspectives on “democratizing” access to these markets and evaluating investment approaches that include private markets.

Watch event video.

MoAF/Fordham Financial Issues Forum (Virtual)

Join us for a lunchtime event with John Campbell, Olshan Professor of Economics at Harvard University, as he discusses his new book. In Fixed, Campbell and co-author Tarun Ramadorai propose concrete solutions that harness the expertise of economists, the power of government and the speed of technology to restore fairness and trust in the broken financial system and make it work better for ordinary people.

This program is free, but advance registration is required. Register today.

MoAF/Fordham Financial Issues Forum (Virtual)

Capitalism has long been understood as a driving force behind the biggest political, economic and social dislocations of our time. But in this sweeping, kaleidoscopic history of the economic system that has shaped our world, the Pulitzer Prize finalist John Cassidy adopts a bold new approach: he examines global capitalism through the eyes of its critics.

This program is free, but advance registration is required. Register today.

Save the Date

Join us as we honor the achievements of three financial leaders with important awards at our 2026 Gala. The Gala will be held at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in midtown Manhattan, with former CNBC Senior Markets Correspondent Bob Pisani and “WealthTrack” Executive Producer and Managing Editor Consuelo Mack serving as masters of ceremony.

Our 2026 honorees include Byron D. Trott, Chairman, Co-Chief Executive Officer & Co-Chief Investment Officer of BDT & MSD Partners, who will receive the Whitehead Award for Distinguished Public Service and Financial Leadership. Our Financial Innovation Award will be presented to David G. Booth, Founder and Chairman of Dimensional Fund Advisors. And our Lifetime Achievement Award will honor the achievements of Mary Ellen Stanek, Founder and Chief Investment Officer Emeritus of Baird Advisors and President of Baird Funds.

Event Materials:

2026 Gala Sponsorship and Benefits

2026 Gala Advertising Specs