American Airlines issued the following announcement on Dec. 7.
American Airlines announced today that Meghan Montana has been promoted to Vice President and Treasurer. In her expanded role, Montana will be responsible for the airlineâs treasury activities, including corporate finance, global banking and cash management, as well as fleet transactions, asset management, insurance and fuel procurement. She will report to Americanâs Chief Financial Officer Derek Kerr.
Montana succeeds Tom Weir, who has announced his retirement from American after 20 years with the company. Weir joined America West Airlines in 2000 as Vice President and Treasurer and held the same position at US Airways prior to its merger with American in 2013.
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The coronavirus revealed the cracks in New York s foundation. Here are the big ideas that could remake New York – and make sure this never happens again.
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“Never let a crisis go to waste.” The maxim – of uncertain origin – is often proclaimed when discussing what the world will look like after the coronavirus pandemic. But this “new normal” we’ve been hearing so much about: Is that just a world without handshakes, or will it mean something more dramatic?
New Year Special
Bitcoin (BTC) has had an interesting year, recovering from major sell-offs to eventually skyrocket to new all-time highs.
However, Bitcoin s performance and cryptocurrencies increased adoption worldwide have still failed to bring some observers into the crypto camp.
Yet compared to other bull run years like 2017, 2020 has seen much less crypto criticism, with a number of Bitcoin naysayers appearing to have somewhat softened their stance towards digital assets.
As we look back on crypto in 2020, Cointelegraph has noted some of cryptocurrency s biggest critics.
“Bitcoin has no future”: Russian politician Anatoly Aksakov
Date of quote: Oct. 23, 2020
Bitcoin price that day: $12,900
Nancy Vailakis
Nancy Vailakis has over 16 years of alternative asset management industry experience as a business development, marketing and investor relations professional, and over 19 years of experience in financial services.
Ms. Vailakis earned her MBA from the New York University Stern School of Business and her BA in English Literature from Binghamton University. Nancy continues to serve the Stern community as an Alumni Advisory Board Member of the Stern Private Equity Club.
Nancy is engaged with many non-profit and professional organizations in New York, including High Water Women, Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO), 100 Women in Finance, New York Cares and Binghamton Women in Business. Ms. Vailakis is a regular speaker and writer about industry topics.
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As Bitcoin surged through the $20,000 mark for the first time last week, the chief investment officer of New York-based money manager Guggenheim Partners, appeared on Bloomberg TV to make a startling claim – it should be worth 20 times that.
Scott Minerd, who heads investment policy for a firm with more than $295 billion of assets under management, said the firm’s interest in Bitcoin had been fuelled by the US Federal Reserve s “rampant money printing that is going on” as it uses monetary stimulus to cushion and offset the economic shocks of Covid-19.
“We made a decision to start allocating towards Bitcoin when Bitcoin was at $10,000. It’s a little more challenging with the current price, Mr Minerd said. But having said that, our fundamental work says that Bitcoin should be worth about $400,000”.