The intersection of finance, technology, and the future are the focus of a new book, titled “From Hoodies to Suits: Innovating Digital Assets for Traditional Finance.” The book just released this month bridges the gap between the hoodies - who invented the technology behind the digital assets - and the suits who run traditional financial markets. Annelise Osborne is the book’s author. A William & Mary graduate who went on to earn her MBA at Columbia, Osborne spoke at the annual Women’s Stock Pitch, hosted by the William & Mary School of Business and its Boehly Center for Excellence in Finance in April. After speaking with students, she sat down with us to discuss hoodies, suits, and the future of finance.

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Last month, the William & Mary School of Business and its Boehly Center for Excellence in Finance hosted the annual Women’s Stock Pitch competition where 24 teams consisting of undergraduate women from the world’s top universities competed, networked, and learned. One of the keynote speakers for the event was Lisa Petrelli, managing director, acting country head, and head of global markets for Canada at UBS. A board member for 100 Women in Finance, Petrelli has 25 years of experience on Wall Street. After delivering her keynote, she sat down with us to talk about a variety of subjects pertaining to Wall Street and leadership. More specifically: the diverse backgrounds of her peers, the markets, and the one constant - change.

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We interact with it on a regular basis; some of us daily, some weekly. Whatever the frequency, it’s a major part of life and spending. Retail. Whether it’s discount stores, department stores, online or brick-and-mortar, retail is a massive sector. And for the most part, since the beginning of the pandemic, things have been good for retailers. For much of his career, Greg Melich has studied and analyzed retail. He’s partner and Senior Managing Director at Evercore, a global independent investment banking advisory firm. On a recent visit to William & Mary, he sat down with us to discuss the state of retail, the hot topics, and where things are headed.

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