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The Year of Covid-19: Top Ten
Covid-19 defined the year in a way that few events ever do, overshadowing almost everything else in 2020 for millions of people around the world. The year was bookended by the stealthy beginning of a global pandemic, and now, by
Managing Director Alifia Doriwala Leads a Discussion on 2021 Outlooks with Top CIOs
RockCreek Managing Director Alifia Doriwala speaks with leading Chief Investment Officers Stefan Strein, of the Cleveland Clinic; University System of Maryland Foundation’s Sam Gallo; the Smithsonian Institution’s Amy Chen and Keystone Group’s Edgar Nehme about their 2021 investment outlooks. In
Vaccines versus the Virus
The Coronavirus Recession is not over yet, at least not in Europe and America. Financial markets seemed to register that briefly last week. But many investors are now looking to a post-vaccine future, and cheering. With the extraordinary success in
Caroline Atkinson Speaks to Lawrence H. Summers and Laurence Boone About Fiscal Policy Post-Covid
This week, RockCreek’s Senior Economic Advisor, Caroline Atkinson, spoke with former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers, and the OECD’s lead economist Laurence Boone, about the need for continued fiscal support to underpin demand after Covid-19, equality, jobs, and a new way of viewing
RockCreek Insights: A Conversation with Johara Farhadieh, Executive Director and CIO of ISBI
Johara Farhadieh, Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer at the Illinois State Board of Investment (ISBI), joins RockCreek Founder and CEO Afsaneh Beschloss for a conversation on investing during a pandemic, opportunities in ESG & Impact, and the importance of diversity
Will They, Won’t They?
Talk of fiscal stimulus has provided an undercurrent of support for US markets for months. For most of the last six months, it was an unrealistic dream. But now the talk may be for real. As we signaled two weeks