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• Lionel Martellini awarded Institute for Quantitative Investment Research - Europe - Prize
• For "Measuring the Benefits of Dynamic Asset Allocation Strategies in the Presence of Liability Constraints".
• Tuesday Aug 31, 8:46AM
• Strengthening the financial system -The benefits outweigh the costs
• Stephen Cecchetti and Benjamin H Cohen examine the long-term impact of stronger capital and liquidity requirements and then estimates the transitional economic impact as the new standards are phased in.
• Friday Aug 20, 13:51PM
• The Cultures of Risk Tolerance
• This study explores the links between culture and risk tolerance, based on surveys conducted in 23 countries. Altogether, more than 4,000 individuals participated in the surveys.
• Thursday Aug 19, 13:29PM
• Rick Bookstaber on Physics Envy in Finance
• On the perils of econophysics.
• Tuesday Aug 17, 11:14AM
• The heroes and villains of the ethical and environmental investing world
• Oil, banking, drugs … some investors are in for a shock when they see where ethical funds are putting their cash.
• Monday Aug 16, 15:43PM
• EC publishes responses to market abuse consultation
• The Market Abuses Directive (MAD) is intended to harmonise the regulatory approach to market manipulation and insider dealing in Europe.
• Monday Aug 16, 15:33PM
• Ratings Reform - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
• Both in Europe and in the United States, major steps have been taken to render credit rating agencies more accountable. But do these steps address the causes of the debacle in the subprime mortgage market that triggered the 2008-2009 crisis?
• Friday Aug 13, 12:24PM
• 2nd Oliver Wyman - Financial Times Survey Finds Risk Management Practices Still Inadequate
• Despite significant investments in improving their risk management capabilities since the financial crisis first started, over 60% of senior managers still believe their firms are "ineffective" or only "moderately effective" at incorporating emerging risks into their decision making.
• Thursday Aug 12, 11:02AM
• Video - Monkeynomics 101
• Why do we make irrational decisions so predictably? Laurie Santos looks for the roots of human irrationality by watching the way our primate relatives make decisions.
• Wednesday Aug 11, 10:43AM
• Quantitative Finance Volume 10 Issue 7
• Includes papers by Jim Gatheral, Emanuel Derman, Marco Avellaneda and Dilip Madan.
• Wednesday Aug 11, 9:26AM
• Robert Jarrow on the Economics of Credit Default Swaps
• This paper studies the economics of CDS using the economics of insurance literature as a basis for analysis.
• Wednesday Aug 11, 8:37AM
• New Survey Shows Little Change Around Role Of Quants At Major Financial Institutions
• 67% of survey respondents felt that there is the same amount or less understanding of the role of quants than there was a year ago at home institutions.
• Tuesday Aug 10, 9:22AM
• Economists' Hubris - The Case of Equity Asset Management
• So what have the Economists ever done for us?
• Monday Aug 09, 10:45AM
• Behind the Scenes with a former Goldman Quant
• Antonio over at AdGrok wrote this controversial blog post a week or so ago, and it seems to be getting quite a lot of attention...
• Thursday Aug 05, 11:05AM
• New research suggests financial markets should be left to regulate themselves
• A new paper argues that the coalition’s proposals on financial reform will do little to improve the quality of financial regulation in the UK.
• Thursday Aug 05, 9:58AM
• The Causal Impact of Media in Financial Markets
• Christopher Parsons and Joseph Engelberg attempt to disentangle the causal impact of media reporting from the impact of the events being reported.
• Monday Aug 02, 13:18PM
• The Flaws of Our Financial Memory
• An interesting article over the Journal of Financial Planning.
• Monday Aug 02, 10:39AM
• Econophysics in the New York Times
• It’s tempting to pull out the old earthquake metaphor when talking about the latest financial crises...
• Monday Aug 02, 10:12AM
• Into the Abyss - What If Nothing is Risk Free
• Aswath Damodaran asks a pointed question.
• Monday Aug 02, 9:59AM
• Video - Head of Global Economic Research at Goldman Sachs explains why the Financial Crisis wasn't all bad
• Jim O’Neill, Head of Global Economic Research at Goldman Sachs said that half of the world was not affected by the financial crisis...
• Friday Jul 30, 11:27AM

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