Johannesburg Stock Exchange: Poor Financial Literacy Holds Back Many South...
Encouraging a savings culture in South Africa is one of the key goals set out by the National Treasury, and it has put in place many measures to make it easier for citizens to save. However, the...
View ArticleEPEX SPOT Power Trading Results Of June 2016: French And Swiss Power Markets...
In June 2016, a total volume of 43 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (June 2015: 45.7 TWh).read more...
View ArticleTokyo Stock Exchange: Publication Of Abstract Of The "Final Report Of...
In July 2015, the "Working Group on Shortening Stock Settlement Cycle" (hereinafter referred to as "WG") was established, with Japan Securities Dealers Association, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. and Japan...
View ArticleInternational Baccalaureate Collaborates With Investment Industry To Offer...
The International Baccalaureate (IB) has launched a brand new package in the UK for students aged 16 - 18 who want to gain practical experience of the finance sector in their final two years of...
View ArticleVTB Capital Tops Dealogic League Tables
VTB Capital was ranked first in Dealogic League Tables in the DCM Bookrunner and M&A Advisor categories across Russia and CIS in 1H 2016. According to Dealogic data VTB Capital took first place by...
View ArticleAustrian Stock Market Moves In Line With Europe
(Vienna) The first half-year of 2016 on the Vienna Stock Exchange was an eventful one. After the increase in trading volumes in the first three months of the year, in April and May prices declined...
View ArticleShenzhen Stock Exchange Releases Memo Of Media Conference On Major Assets...
Recently, Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) developed and released the "Memorandum of Media Conference on Major Assets Restructuring", clearly setting forth the circumstance, method and information...
View ArticleRecommended All-Share Merger Between London Stock Exchange Group Plc And...
At the Court Meeting and the London Stock Exchange Group plc ("LSEG") General Meeting held earlier today in connection with the recommended all-share merger between LSEG and Deutsche Börse AG...
View ArticleShanghai Stock Exchange Party School Unveiled To Celebrate 95th Birthday Of...
On July 1, the Party School of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) was founded with its online version and App both released to celebrate the 95th birthday of the CPC. Delivering speeches at the founding...
View ArticleMonetary Versus Macroprudential Policies: Causal Impacts of Interest Rates...
We have entered a world of conjoined monetary and macroprudential policies. But can they function smoothly in tandem, and with what effects? Since this policy cocktail has not been seen for decades,...
View ArticlePrices versus Quantities with Policy Updating -- by William A. Pizer, Brian...
This paper considers how policy updates and trading of regulated quantities over time changes the traditional comparative advantage of prices versus quantities. Quantity regulation that can be traded...
View ArticleCash for Carbon: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Payments for Ecosystem...
This paper evaluates a Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) program in western Uganda that offered forest-owning households cash payments if they conserved their forest. The program was implemented as...
View ArticleBond Finance, Bank Credit, and Aggregate Fluctuations in an Open Economy --...
Corporate sectors in emerging markets have noticeably increased their reliance on foreign financing, presumably reflecting low global interest rates. The evidence also shows a rebalancing from bank...
View ArticleTaxing Wealth: Evidence from Switzerland -- by Marius Bruelhart, Jonathan...
We study the effects of wealth taxation on reported wealth. Our analysis is based on data for Switzerland, which has the highest rate of annual wealth taxation in the developed world. While the wealth...
View ArticleDynamic Demand Estimation in Auction Markets -- by Matthew Backus, Gregory Lewis
Economists have developed empirically tractable demand systems for fixed price markets. In contrast, empirical auction techniques treat each auction in isolation, ignoring market interactions. We...
View ArticleThe Permanent Effects of Fiscal Consolidations -- by Antonio Fatas, Lawrence...
The global financial crisis has permanently lowered the path of GDP in all advanced economies. At the same time, and in response to rising government debt levels, many of these countries have been...
View ArticleUK's Serious Fraud Office: LIBOR Traders And Submitters Found Guilty
Three former employees of Barclays Bank plc have been convicted by a jury at Southwark Crown Court of conspiracy to defraud in connection with an SFO investigation into the manipulation of US Dollar...
View ArticleVenture Capital Contracting in Theory and Practice
This paper provides a comprehensive theoretical and empirical literature review of venture capital contracts, highlighting discrepancies between theory and practice.read more...
View ArticleESMA Is Seeking Secondary Market Experts To Join Consultative Industry Group
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today a call for candidates to newly constitute a Consultative Working Group (CWG) for the ESMA Secondary Markets Standing Committee...
View ArticleComments on the BCBS proposal for a New Standardized Approach for Operational...
On March 4th 2016 the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published a consultative document where a new methodology, called the Standardized Measurement Approach (SMA), is introduced for computing...
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