Investment Banking

A survey of those invited to the fourth annual conference of the Cass-Capco Institute on Risk has found that 73% of global industry and academic experts believe that financial institutions have not instituted adequate risk processes to prevent a future crisis.

Acronis Global Disaster Recovery Index shows financial services laggards in new technology uptake

Media-based strategies are expanding further more with the introduction a new source of data: blogs. A former Goldman banker and a professor have teamed up to launch Plug AI Fund, a fund which use such source of information

According to a publication of Prof. Richard Roll in the Financial Analyst Journal, most explanations of the 2007–08 financial crisis are inconsistent with elementary principles of finance. The article explains the inconsistencies and suggests an alternative diagnosis that is fully compatible with rationality.

The real estate bubble was huge and now Spanish banks are in a mess. Two questions come to mind: why does this comes into the spotlight so late ? what is the exact size of the mess and what is the possible impact of a full stress scenario on financial markets ?