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Nicole Valentine
Nicole Valentine is the director, FinTech at the Milken Institute with over a decade of fina
ncial services, international mergers and acquisitions, technology, and innovation experience.
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Investing in America's Future: 2021 Policy Priorities and Solutions
Even before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States was confronted with a number of s
ignificant policy concerns. Today, working together to solve those challenges is more imperative than ever.
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Creating a Nonprofit Marketplace for Shelved Drugs: Lessons from a Pilot Project
Many promising medicines, despite strong safety data and pharmaceutical characteristics, are discon
tinued by drug companies for nonscientific reasons, including strategic, organizational, and financial considerations.
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Leaving Transferred Money on the Table: Will Remittance-Linked Financial Products Add Value to Development Financing?
For centuries migrant workers who send money home to their families have been a major source of inf
lows for developing countries. However, it is only in the past few decades that we have been able to put a number to these remittances.
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PLUM Phase II Summary: Lessons Learned for Advancing Minority Small Business Capital Access
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Framing the Issues: Financial-Sector Development and Expanding Access to Credit in Myanmar
On July 26, 2017, the Myanmar Development Institute partnered with the Milken Institute Center for
Financial Markets to host a strategic roundtable in Yangon.
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Capital Markets in Rwanda: Assessment and Aspirations
In 2015, the Rwandan Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning mandated the Capital Market Authorit
y (CMA) of Rwanda to develop a Capital-Market Master Plan (CMMP). This plan will set the CMA’s policy strategy for the next 10 years.
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Hedging Pipeline Risk in Pharma: FDA Swaps and Annuities
The cost of capital to conduct medical R&D is high because investors must be compensated with s
ignificant returns to offset the risky and long drug-development process.
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Clearing a Path for Global Development Finance: Enabling Basel and Development Guarantees to Deliver on Sustainable Development Goals
On August 2, 2017, the Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets (CFM) convened a roundtable to
discuss how addressing global financial regulatory issues may foster greater G20 bank investments aligned to the U.N.
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Best Practices for Technical Assistance Programs Serving Black and Hispanic Entrepreneurs and Small-Business Owners
In conjunction with the Partnership for Lending in Underserved Markets (PLUM), a Milken Institute a
nd U.S.
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Walmart: The New “Go-To” Bank?
In October 2014, Walmart announced that it was teaming with GoBank to provide banking services to i
ts customers. This follows earlier attempts by Walmart to enter banking more directly through a wholly-owned subsidiary.
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Framing the Issues: Strengthening Capital Markets in Developing Countries
On March 14, 2014 the Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets (CFM) hosted a working roundtab
le titled “Framing the Issues: Strengthening Capital Markets in Developing Countries.” The day-long event in Washington, DC convened scholars, officials f
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