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George Chacko is an Associate Professor of Finance at Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business. He holds roles including former Department Chair, Director of the MS in Finance program, and Associate Dean. His academic career spans Santa Clara University since 2006 and Harvard Business School (nine years as a professor). He earned a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT, an MBA from the University of Chicago, and MA/PhD in Business Economics from Harvard.
His research focuses on capital markets microstructure, financial security design, and financial institutions management, including banks, insurance firms, and hedge funds. He explores liquidity dynamics, institutional interactions, and systemic risk. His work bridges academia and industry, informed by roles at State Street Bank, IFL, and Auda Alternative Investments, as well as co-founding financial services firms.
Chacko’s publications emphasize liquidity measurement in markets, corporate bond analysis, and strategic asset allocation. His work on ‘latent liquidity’ and ‘price of immediacy’ has shaped understanding of market efficiency and transaction costs.
He has held leadership roles in academic and commercial sectors, balancing teaching courses like Corporate Finance and Mergers & Acquisitions with executive positions in finance and investment management.
