Political Borders and Bank Lending in Post-Crisis America -- by Matthieu...
We use spatial discontinuities associated with congressional district borders to identify the effect of political influences on American banks' lending. We show that recipients of the 2008 public...
View ArticleLeverage Dynamics without Commitment -- by Peter DeMarzo, Zhiguo He
We analyze equilibrium leverage dynamics in a dynamic tradeoff model when the firm is unable to commit to a leverage policy ex ante. We develop a methodology to characterize equilibrium equity and debt...
View ArticleDivergent Paths: Structural Change, Economic Rank, and the Evolution of...
Studying working and non-working men, we find that, after closing substantially from 1940 to the mid-1970s, the median black-white earnings gap has since returned to its 1950 level, while the...
View ArticleMoscow Exchange: Final Settlement Of Brent Derivatives In December 2016,...
Due to public holidays in Russia, the final settlement date of the January Brent oil futures contracts (BR-1.17) will be changed to 30 December 2016, instead of 2 January 2017. The date will be changed...
View ArticleIbdar Launches Parallel Shariâah Trade Finance Fund
Bahrain-based wholesale Islamic Investment bank, Ibdar Bank, has announced the launch of the Barak Ibdar Shari’ah Trade Finance Fund, a parallel fund of the highly successful Barak Trade Finance...
View ArticlePwC Launches New Fintech Capability Called âVulcan Digital Asset...
PwC has today launched a new fintech capability called Vulcan Digital Asset Services to enable digital assets to be used for everyday banking, commerce and other personal currency and asset related...
View ArticleEffectiveness And Proportionality: Our Financial Crime Priorities - Speech By...
Speaker: Rob Gruppetta, Head of the Financial Crime DepartmentEvent: FCA Financial Crime Conference, LondonDelivered: 10 November 2016Note: this is the speech as drafted and may differ from delivered...
View ArticleSecurities And Exchange Board Of India Visit To Tehran Stock Exchange
On Monday 14 November 2016, the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India paid a visit to the Tehran Stock Exchange.read more...
View ArticleSmart Contracts Pioneer Symbiont Fortifies Board Of Directors - Appoints...
Symbiont has appointed former SEC Commissioner Daniel Gallagher and Todd Ruppert, former CEO and President of T.Rowe Price Global Investment Services, to its Board of Directors. These appointments...
View ArticleTehran Stock Exchange: Dr. Hassan Ghalibaf Asl Re-Elected Chief Executive
In the first session of the new board of directors meeting at Tehran Stock Exchange, Dr. Hassan Ghalibaf Asl was re-elected as the Exchange’s chief executive for the fifth consecutive term.read more...
View ArticleUllink And Alpha Omega Join Forces To Deliver FIX-Based Post Trade Processing...
Ullink, the global provider of electronic trading and connectivity solutions to the financial community, and Alpha Omega, an innovator in post-trade technology, today announced a strategic partnership...
View ArticleSimCorp Partners With Cassini Systems To Enhance Its Front Office Offering
SimCorp, a leading provider of investment management solutions and services for the global financial services industry, and Cassini Systems, a provider of pre-trade analytics solutions for OTC...
View ArticleMIAX Options Holiday Schedule - Thanksgiving 2016
Please be advised the MIAX Options Exchange will be closed on Thursday, November 24, 2016 in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday. On Friday, November 25, 2016, the MIAX will have an abbreviated...
View ArticleACER Calls For Limiting The Discrimination Between Internal And Cross-Zonal...
ACER publishes today a Recommendation on the common capacity calculation and redispatching and countertrading cost sharing methodologies. This Recommendation establishes a set of high-level principles...
View ArticleSecurities Commission Malaysia: Professor Datuk Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim...
Professor Datuk Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim, PhD, was today conferred the Royal Award for Islamic Finance 2016 (The Royal Award) by the King of Malaysia, His Majesty the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.read more...
View ArticleStatement At Financial Technology Forum, SEC Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar,...
Good morning. Welcome to all of you, especially the distinguished panelists. I want to thank Chair White for holding today’s forum, as well as being forward-thinking about financial technology...
View ArticleSIX Receives AA- Credit Rating From Standard & Poor's For The Seventh...
The rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) has once again affirmed an AA- credit rating for SIX Group Ltd, thereby reflecting its broad diversification and excellent risk management. The...
View ArticleOpening Remarks At The Fintech Forum, SEC Chair Mary Jo White, Nov. 14, 2016
I want to welcome all of you to the SEC’s first Fintech Forum — both those of you in the auditorium in Washington and those watching online.read more...
View ArticleDIFC To Host First Race Of 2017 Bloomberg Square Mile Relay Global Series
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading financial hub for the Middle East, Africa and South Asia, today announced that it will host the first race of the 2017 Bloomberg Square Mile...
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