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Fintech is shaping the landscape of the global economy in an unprecedented way. It affects every stage of the value chain of financial services, challenging existing business models while at the same time creating new opportunities untapped in the past. To help executives understand the disruptive nature of FinTech, HKUST Business School Executive Education ... Read More

Our School played host to the 1st International Conference on Econometrics and Statistics (EcoSta 2017) between 15-17 June. Co-organized by the HKUST Business School, the Working Group on Computational and Methodological Statistics ( CMStatistics ) and the network of Computational and Financial Econometrics ( CFENetwork ), the conference welcomed over 650 ... Read More

The Financial Times featured the HKUST-NYU Stern MS in Global Finance program. An alumnus Charmaine Cheuk, a real estate investment executive, talked about the valuable lessons she took after joining the course in 2007. Co-Academic Director at NYU Stern, Professor Menachem Brenner, pointed out that the variety of study locations and the opportunity to travel ... Read More

Five local dailies and some online portals, Sing Tao/Yahoo , Wen Wei Po , HKET , Ta Kung Pao , Ming Pao , Baogaosu , and PublicNow (Sing Tao, WWP and TKP also in print) reported on HKUST being named CEMS School of the Year. All reports briefly introduced the background of CEMS, the international standing of HKUST and its course “Global Macroeconomics” also ... Read More

In celebrating our Global Business (GBUS) program 15th anniversary, a media briefing was held on 12 May 2016, in which four GBUS graduates were invited to share their success startup stories. TVB and most printed news ( HKET , HKEJ , Sing Tao , Ming Pao , ODN , Ta Kung Pao , Wen Wei Po , Standard , am730 , Sky Post )reported on the innovative startups by ... Read More

Several newspapers including Sing Tao Daily , Ming Pao , Sky Post and Ta Kung Po reported that Professor Kar Yan Tam has been appointed Dean of the HKUST Business School. The articles reported on Professor Tam's academic background, and that he is a top-notch information systems scholar specializing in big data and electronic commerce. His public service and ... Read More