Elicitability and backtesting. (arXiv:1608.05498v1 [q-fin.RM])
Conditional forecasts of risk measures play an important role in internal risk management of financial institutions as well as in regulatory capital calculations. In order to assess forecasting...
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His Excellency Rashed Al Blooshi, CEO of Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), stated that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) enjoys a strong relationship with China and mentioned that the value of trade...
View ArticleSource Overweights European Equities Despite Negative Sentiment
The Research team at Source favours European equities over those of the US and holds a maximum overweight to the Eurozone in the Source Multi-Asset Portfolio (a model portfolio).read more...
View ArticleBats Europe Encourages Industry Harmonisation For MiFID II Requirement For...
Bats Europe (Bats), the region’s largest stock exchange operator, has made available for testing on its platform its MiFID II compliant process for order record keeping, which the exchange is proposing...
View ArticleExtension Of Authorisation Of The Clearing House KDPW_CCP
The Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) has extended the authorisation of the clearing house KDPW_CCP to cover new classes of instruments and categories of acceptable collateral as of 9 August...
View ArticleThai Alternative Bourse's Listed Firms Reports Upbeat Q2 Earnings
Thai companies listed on Market for Alternative Investment (mai), under the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) group, reported the combined net profit of THB 2.33 billion (approx. USD 66.63 million) in...
View ArticleDIFC Establishes Wealth Management Working Group
The Governor of the DIFC, HE Essa Kazim, has established a DIFC Wealth Management Working Group to discuss and compile an updated wealth management strategy for the DIFC. Its key focus areas will be to...
View ArticleHow Rigged Are Stock Markets?: Evidence From Microsecond Timestamps -- by...
We use new timestamp data from the two Securities Information Processors (SIPs) to examine SIP reporting latencies for quote and trade reports. Reporting latencies average 1.13 milliseconds for quotes...
View ArticleTechnology and Production Fragmentation: Domestic versus Foreign Sourcing --...
This paper provides direct empirical evidence on the relationship between technology and firms' global sourcing strategies. Using new data on U.S. firms' decisions to contract for manufacturing...
View ArticleBorn with a Silver Spoon? Danish Evidence on Wealth Inequality in Childhood...
We study wealth inequality in childhood using Danish wealth records from three decades. While teenagers have some earnings, we estimate that transfers account for at least 50 percent of wealth at age...
View ArticleDoes Organizational Form Drive Competition? Evidence from Coffee Retailing --...
This article examines patterns of entry and exit in a relatively homogeneous product market to investigate the impact of entry on incumbent firms and market structure. In particular, we are interested...
View ArticleAugmenting the Human Capital Earnings Equation with Measures of Where People...
We augment standard ln earnings equations with variables reflecting unmeasured attributes of workers and measured and unmeasured attributes of their employer. Using panel employee-establishment data...
View ArticleThe Effects of School Desegregation on Mixed-Race Births -- by Nora Gordon,...
We find a strong positive correlation between black exposure to whites in their school district and the prevalence of later mixed-race (black-white) births, consistent with the literature on...
View ArticleNigerian Stock Exchange And Bloomberg Set To Hold 2nd CEO Roundtable - With...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in collaboration with Bloomberg is set to host the 2nd NSE Bloomberg CEO Roundtable Event on Wednesday, 31st August 2016 at the Stock Exchange House, Marina,...
View ArticleTIM Group Bolsters Size Of Us Offices With Three New Hires - Three New Hires...
TIM Group, a global provider of software, services and platforms for institutional investors to achieve market-beating returns, has recruited three further members to work in its New York office, to...
View ArticleCME Group Expands Base Metals Offering With Two New Alumina Futures Contracts
CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it will expand its base metals offering with the introduction of Alumina FOB Australia (S&P Global Platts)...
View ArticleIs There Such a Thing as Too Much Feedback?
The Wall Street Journal reports today on the changing culture at Kimberly-Clark, maker of products such as Huggies diapers and Kleenex tissues. In this article, Lauren Weber writes the following:...
View ArticleEEX Publishes 2016 Auction Calendar For The New EU Common Auction Platform -...
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has determined the Auction Calendar for the auctions of EU allowances (EUA) and EU aviation allowances (EUAA) to be held on the successor EU common auction platform...
View ArticleCFTC Orders California Resident Irena Feldman and her Companies Cindium Inc....
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Respondents Irena Feldman, Cindium Inc., and Einstein Exchange Group Inc. for...
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