SIFMA Market Close Recommendations For The US Memorial Day And UK Spring Bank...
SIFMA made holiday recommendations for the U.S., the UK, and Japan in observance of the U.S. Memorial Day and the UK Spring Bank Holidays.read more...
View ArticleISDA Launches Resolution Stay Jurisdictional Modular Protocol
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced the launch of a Protocol that will enable market participants to comply with new regulations aimed at ensuring the...
View ArticleNew York Governor Cuomo Announces Approval Of First U.S.-Based Ethereum...
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the New York State Department of Financial Services has authorized Gemini Trust Company, LLC to offer the trading of Ether, an emerging cryptocurrency, on...
View ArticleTSX Notice Of Housekeeping Rule Amendments And Amended TSX Staff Notice -...
Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") has amended Parts III, IV, V and VI of the TSX Company Manual.These amendments will be effective May 5, 2016.The Notice of Housekeeping Rule Amendments is posted on...
View ArticleNasdaq April 2016 Volumes
Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today reported monthly volumes for April 2016, on its investor relations website. read more...
View ArticleCalPERS' Climate Risk Reporting Proposal Overwhelmingly Passes At Rio Tinto Plc
The California Public Employees' Retirement System's (CalPERS) climate risk reporting shareowner resolution, Resolution #17, overwhelmingly passed today at the annual shareowner meeting of Rio Tinto...
View ArticleITG Releases April 2016 U.S. Trading Volumes
NEW YORK, May 09, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ITG (NYSE:ITG), a leading independent broker and financial technology provider, today announced that April 2016 U.S. trading volume was 2.7 billion shares and...
View ArticleCFTC Financial Data For Futures Commission Merchants Update
Futures commission merchants (FCMs) and retail foreign exchange dealers (RFEDs) must file monthly financial reports with the CFTC's Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) within 17...
View ArticleLondon Stock Exchange Derivatives Market Launches FTSE 100 Weekly Options
London Stock Exchange Derivatives Market (LSEDM), the derivatives market of the London Stock Exchange, today announces the launch of weekly options based on the FTSE 100 Index from 31 May 2016. This...
View ArticleCulture In Financial Services â A Regulatorâs Perspective -...
It is good to be at City Week again. Also, congratulations on the welcome approach to the geography of City Week – bringing it to the Oval means that for those of us who live south of the river, we...
View ArticleZombies-To-Be and the Walking Dead of Debt
Using the dynamics of creditâwhich most other economists ignoreâI explain why Japan, the USA and UK are among the âWalking Dead of Debtâ and why China, Canada, Australia and South Korea are on...
View ArticleSolactive And Bluestar Launch The Israel Economic Exposure Indexes - Unique...
By launching the Solactive-BlueStar Israel Economic Exposure Index (IEEI) family, Solactive AG and BlueStar Indexes introduce an innovative pair of indexes designed to reflect the segmentation of the...
View ArticleThe Great Recession in the Shadow of the Great Depression: A Review Essay on...
This essay reviews Barry Eichengreen's recent book that compares the Great Depression and the Great Recession. Eichengreen focuses on deficient aggregate demand as the key reason for why both downturns...
View ArticleDigital Currencies, Decentralized Ledgers, and the Future of Central Banking...
Central banking in an age of digital currencies is a fast-developing topic in monetary economics. Algorithmic digital currencies such as bitcoin appear to be viable competitors to central bank fiat...
View ArticleTechnology and Education: Computers, Software, and the Internet -- by George...
A substantial amount of money is spent on technology by schools, families and policymakers with the hope of improving educational outcomes. This paper explores the theoretical and empirical literature...
View ArticleGlobal Production with Export Platforms -- by Felix Tintelnot
Most international commerce is carried out by multinational firms, which use their foreign affiliates both to serve the market of the host country and to export to other markets outside the host...
View ArticleImpacts and Determinants of Health Levels in Low-Income Countries -- by...
Improved health in low-income countries could considerably improve wellbeing and possibly promote economic growth. The last decade has seen a surge in field experiments designed to understand the...
View ArticleMoral Costs and Rational Choice: Theory and Experimental Evidence -- by James...
The literature exploring other regarding behavior sheds important light on interesting social phenomena, yet less attention has been given to how the received results speak to foundational assumptions...
View ArticleMaternal Education, Parental Investment and Non-Cognitive Skills in Rural...
The importance of non-cognitive skills in determining long-term human capital and labor market outcomes is widely acknowledged, but relatively little is known about how educational investments by...
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