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First Republic Bank collapse: USC experts available

May 01, 2023

J.P. Morgan Chase is set to acquire the recently collapsed First Republic Bank, the latest in a string of small and mid-size bank failures to rock the U.S. economy. USC experts are available to discuss what led to First Republic’s implosion and subsequent FDIC seizure, as well as the fate of the U.S. banking system.

Contact: Nina Raffio at raffio@usc.edu or (213) 442-8464

Experts available

Kristen Jaconi

Kristen Jaconi is an expert in risk management and an associate professor of the practice of accounting at the USC Marshall School of Business.

Contact: kjaconi@marshall.usc.edu

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Rodney Ramcharan

Rodney Ramcharan is a professor of finance and business economics at USC Marshall. He is an expert in banking and corporate finance.

Contact: rramchar@marshall.usc.edu

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Valerie Folkes

Valerie Folkes is an expert in consumer behavior and professor emeritus of marketing at USC Marshall.

Contact: folkes@marshall.usc.edu

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Paul Orlando

Paul Orlando is an expert in start-up incubators and disruptive entrepreneurship. Orlando serves as director of the USC Incubator Program and an adjunct professor for the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at USC Marshall.

Contact: porlando@usc.edu

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Richard Green

Richard Green holds the Lusk Chair in real estate and is a professor in the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy and the USC Marshall School of Business.

Contact: richarkg@usc.edu

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