Kenneth Froewiss
Clinical Professor of Finance at Leonard N. Stern School of Business
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- Leonard N. Stern School of Business
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Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Kenneth Froewiss, AB ’67, PhD ’77, economics, retired in 2011 as clinical professor of finance at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He is a director of the Deutsche mutual funds and of the US subsidiaries of Mitsui-Sumitomo Insurance Company. Froewiss was formerly a managing director in the Financial Institutions Group at J.P. Morgan, where he held a variety of research positions before moving to investment banking in 1990. Earlier in his career, he worked as an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and at Goldman Sachs, and he served as a Russian translator in the US Army. Froewiss is a former chair of the Graduate School Alumni Association Council and of the Graduate School Fund.
Education
- PhD Economics, Harvard University 1977
- AB Economics, Harvard College 1967
Teaches:
- Corporate Finance
- Investment Banking
- Mergers and Acquisitions
Research Interests:
- Restructuring of the insurance industry
- Merger and acquisition premia
Business Experience:
- Member, Board of Directors of The Brazil Fund and of The Argentina Fund
- Investment Banker and a variety of research positions at J.P. Morgan, New York
- Financial Economist at Goldman Sachs, New York
- Research Economist at Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Publications:
- Review of A Practical Guide to Finite Risk Insurance and Reinsurance by R. George Monti and Andrew Barile, The Journal of Risk and Insurance, Vol. 65, Number 3, September 1998
- "Strategic Considerations: Who Should Consider Demutualizing?", in Demutualization of Life Insurers, New York: Practising Law Institute, 1993.
- "Optimal Control and Money Targets: Should the Fed Look at 'Everything'?" (with John Judd), Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Economic Review, Fall 1979.
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