Sep 8, 2020 | Press Releases
Cohn Robbins Holdings Corp. (the “Company”) announced today that it priced its initial public offering of 72,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit. The units will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) and trade under the ticker symbol “CRHC.U” beginning...
Jul 23, 2020 | Press Releases
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today named five new members, including Gary D. Cohn, to its Systemic Resolution Advisory Committee (SRAC), which was created by the Board of Directors in 2011 to provide the agency with advice and recommendations on a...
Jul 17, 2020 | Podcasts & Radio
Congress goes back to work on Monday. Its first order of business is to thrash out an aid and stimulus plan to help people and businesses weather the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. So far lawmakers have proposed plans to free up $1 to $3 trillion of aid....
Jul 8, 2020 | Podcasts & Radio
The pandemic and our nation’s response from government to business has changed the US economy as we know it. What are the consequences of these decisions on the long-term health of our economy? And what opportunities does this present for tomorrow’s innovators? Guest...
Jul 7, 2020 | Opinion Editorials
Banks have enjoyed something of an unlooked-for reprieve during the COVID-19 crisis. Over the last decade, the industry was subject to increased regulatory scrutiny and public scorn triggered by misconduct scandals. During the coronavirus shutdown, however, banks have...
May 28, 2020 | Podcasts & Radio
Former director of the National Economic Council Gary Cohn discusses what steps need to be taken to safely reopen the U.S. economy and position the global economy for a sustainable recovery. Listen here
May 27, 2020 | Podcasts & Radio
Putting out a fire is one job. Repairing the damage it caused is another longer and much more challenging one. When it comes to rebuilding an economy battered by COVID-19, the policies that helped us respond to the initial crisis aren’t necessarily the same ones...
May 26, 2020 | Opinion Editorials
In the first response phase to COVID-19, the objective was clear: provide relief to those hit hardest by social distancing and minimize the impact on the overall economy. But the policies that support a rapid response can be quite different from those that support a...
May 17, 2020 | Podcasts & Radio
Listen to our conversation with Gary Cohn, former President and Chief Operating Officer of Goldman Sachs, Director of the National Economic Council and chief economic advisor to President Donald Trump from 2017 to 2018, and now advisor and venture capital investor for...
May 12, 2020 | Podcasts & Radio
Former U.S. National Economic Council director Gary Cohn and Nobel prize winning economist Professor Joseph Stiglitz discuss the best approaches to global economic recovery with BBC’s Ed Butler. Click here to listen to the interview.
Apr 30, 2020 | Opinion Editorials
The coronavirus pandemic, and our efforts to cut disease transmission, is forcing us to ask whether we have outgrown the need to carry and move money in physical form. We already have the technology to pay and transact in a purely digital fashion and use highly secure...
Apr 21, 2020 | Podcasts & Radio
Gary Cohn, former Director of the National Economic Council and chief economic advisor to President Trump, joins the Michael Smerconish Program to discuss America’s economic recovery efforts during the coronavirus pandemic. Click here to listen.
Apr 13, 2020 | Opinion Editorials
As we push money through the banking system to support those in need, we must manage conduct risk carefully. We can’t allow a public health and economic crisis to become a moral crisis as well. A host of bank misconduct scandals on the other side of this would...