The COVID-19 outbreak reminds us that low-probability, high-risk events are inevitable. Therefore, responsible organizations must be prepared for any event, even if their form is hard to predict.
The COVID-19 outbreak reminds us that low-probability, high-risk events are inevitable. Therefore, responsible organizations must be prepared for any event, even if their form is hard to predict.
Topics: data analytics, white paper, COVID-19, Summit Blog, unforeseen risks
Topics: data analytics, Complexity Simplified (podcasts), COVID-19, Summit Blog, WIFIA
8/27/20 9:19 AM
In our most recent episode of Complexity Simplified, Founder Dr. Albert Lee sits down with Dr. Simon Wu, Chief Economist at Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board to discuss the impact COVID-19 has had on the municipal bond market.
Topics: data analytics, Complexity Simplified (podcasts), COVID-19, Summit Blog, municipal bond market
The CDC states that “About 46 million Americans live in rural areas, which face distinctive challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Topics: data analytics, Complexity Simplified (podcasts), COVID-19, Summit Blog, rural health, rural communities
7/28/20 1:35 PM
With over 15 years of hands-on data analytics experience, Summit Consulting’s team of experts support a variety of programs that strengthen Rural America, including health initiatives. For these health projects, we support hospital and healthcare personnel, policies, and objectives. Through our rigorous evaluation frameworks, statistical methodologies, and data analysis capabilities, we analyze policies and develop programs to mitigate adverse issues addressing the social determinants of health – including the areas of housing (including residential care facilities – nursing homes and assisted living facilities), access to health facilities and healthcare, employment, finance, and access to services (like Broadband services).
Topics: data analytics, data visualization, Summit Blog, rural health, rural communities
Credit Risk Transfer (CRT) has the potential to be one of the most transformative innovations to mortgage finance since the advent of the To Be Announced (TBA) Mortgage-Backed Security (MBS). Started in 2013, the Government Sponsored Entities (GSE), Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae transferred approximately 70 percent of new single-family credit risk to investors in recent years. But now CRT is at an inflection point. How will these programs endure through their first economic downturn and potentially a new regulatory capital regime?
Topics: data analytics, Complexity Simplified (podcasts), COVID-19, Summit Blog
Summit’s Partner, Anthony Curcio, recently sat down with Alok Mathur, President of Global Project Finance Advisory Council, to discuss the lack of an industry standard for building complex project finance models from scratch.
Mr. Mathur presents an approach that is both efficient and easy to understand.
Take a listen and let us know what you think.
Topics: data analytics, Complexity Simplified (podcasts), COVID-19, commercial real estate market, Summit Blog, finance modeling
This ongoing series of podcasts focuses on the impact of the pandemic to the economy and the efficacy of various policy interventions. It features economists, policy makers and industry experts, analyzing real-time information, trends and policy ideas as we weather this pandemic.
Topics: data analytics, Complexity Simplified (podcasts), COVID-19, Podcast Series - COVID-19, Summit Blog
In this podcast, Dr. Michael Fratantoni, Chief Economist of the Mortgage Bankers Association, discusses servicer liquidity issues related to the COVID-19 induced recession.
Topics: data analytics, Mortgage Finance, Complexity Simplified (podcasts), COVID-19
Summit’s Partner, Anthony Curcio, recently sat down for the second of three conversations with Alok Mathur, President of Global Project Finance Advisory Council, a global project finance advisory firm that has closed $125.4 billion in infrastructure-related finance transactions.
Topics: data analytics, Complexity Simplified (podcasts), infrastructure, professional development, finance practitioners