Executive Lawyers: Gatekeepers or Strategic Officers? -- by Adair Morse, Wei...
Lawyers now serve as executives in 44% of corporations. Although endowed with gatekeeping responsibilities, executive lawyers face increasing pressure to use time on strategic efforts. In a lawyer...
View ArticleSeeding the S-Curve? The Role of Early Adopters in Diffusion -- by Christian...
In October 2014, all 4,494 undergraduates at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were given access to Bitcoin, a decentralized digital currency. As a unique feature of the experiment, students...
View ArticleUnderstanding and Misunderstanding Randomized Controlled Trials -- by Angus...
The use of RCTs is spreading in economics. They are seen as desirable for discovery and for generating evidence for policy. Yet some of the enthusiasm for RCTs comes from misunderstandings: that...
View ArticleFinancial Safety Nets -- by Julien Bengui, Javier Bianchi, Louphou Coulibaly
In this paper, we study the optimal design of financial safety nets under limited private credit. We ask when it is optimal to restrict ex ante the set of investors that can receive public liquidity...
View ArticleMisreporting Trade: Tariff Evasion, Corruption, and Auditing Standards -- by...
In official international trade statistics, annual commerce between every pair of countries is reported twice: once by the importing country and once by the exporter. These double reports provide an...
View ArticleSovereign Debt Portfolios, Bond Risks, and the Credibility of Monetary Policy...
Nominal debt provides consumption-smoothing benefits if it can be inflated away during recessions. However, we document empirically that countries with more countercyclical inflation, where nominal...
View ArticleMigration Responses to Conflict: Evidence from the Border of the American...
The American Civil War fractured communities in border states where families who would eventually support the Union or the Confederacy lived together prior to the conflict. We study the subsequent...
View ArticleRailsBank, Led By Nigel Verdon Joins Startupbootcamp Fintech London As...
Startupbootcamp FinTech, the leading accelerator focused on financial innovation announced today that RailsBank, a startup founded by Nigel Verdon and Clive Mitchell, will be joining their 2016 London...
View ArticleFinTech Group Ayondo Launches New Website After Moving Into New City Office...
Financial technology group ayondo has relaunched its website, with a fresh design and added features aimed at further improving the trading experience for its clients.read more...
View ArticleSGX Sets Up Securities Market Industry Working Group
Singapore Exchange (SGX), in consultation with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has formed a Securities Industry Working Group (IWG), to assess and make recommendations on SGX and industry...
View ArticleBursa Malaysia Securities Reprimands, Fines And Suspends Mohan A/L Arimuthu...
Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (635998-W) (Bursa Malaysia Securities) has publicly reprimanded, imposed a fine of RM52,000 and suspended/restricted (as the case may be) Mohan A/L Arimuthu (Mohan) for...
View ArticleDubai Financial Market: Market Closed From Sunday 11 September 2016 On...
On the occasion of Eid Al Adha, the market will be closed starting from Sunday 11 September 2016 and the work will resume on Thursday 15 September 2016.
View Article“FTSE” And Abu Dhabi Discuss The possibility Of Launching...
Rashid Al Baloushi: The Index will contribute to attracting new investments to the Exchange FTSE Russell, which manages the biggest stock indices in the UK, is studying the issuance and listing of...
View ArticleEid Al- Adha Holiday For Qatar Stock Exchange
The market will resume trading on Sunday , 18 September 2016.read more...
View ArticleMoscow Exchange: Decreasing The Lot Sizes Of Futures Contracts On Silver And...
The size of Silver Futures (SILV) and Palladium Futures (PLD) will be decreased by 10 times since 19th of September 2016. Corresponding decrease of tick value will occur. Tick value of Futures-Style...
View ArticleUniversity Of Sri Jayawardenapura, Colombo, Joins CISI’s Worldwide...
The University of Sri Jayawardenapura (USJP), one of Sri Lanka’s largest state owned universities, has confirmed a partnership deal with the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI)...
View ArticleIntercontinental Exchange Reports ICE & NYSE August 2016 Statistics
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today reported August 2016 trading volume and related...
View ArticleMoscow Exchange Indices Monthly Review: August 2016
In August, Moscow Exchange"s Indices reflected the positive trend on the Russian stock market. The MICEX Index was up 1.39% to 1,971.59 (from 1,944.62 on 29 July), while the dollar-denominated RTS...
View ArticleJonesTrading Names Andrew Volz As Head Of Prime Services
JonesTrading Institutional Services, LLC (“JonesTrading”) announced today that Andrew Volz has joined the firm in New York as a Managing Director, Head of Prime Services. In this role, Volz is...
View ArticleOpus Appoints CEO - Leading SaaS Compliance Platform Appoints Emanuele Conti...
Opus Global (“Opus”), the leading provider of SaaS-based compliance solutions, announced today the appointment of Emanuele “Manny” Conti as Chief Executive Officer. Conti brings more than 20 years of...
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