4th University of Oklahoma Energy and Climate Finance Research Conference

CfP Deadline Date: November 30, 2021 Conference Event: April 22-23, 2022 Event Location: Norman, Oklahoma, USA Keynote speaker(s): Lars Peter Hansen (University of Chicago), 2013 Nobel Laureate in Economics Organizer(s): University of Oklahoma’s Price College Center for Financial Studies and Review of Financial Studies The University of Oklahoma’s Price College Center for Financial Studies is[…]

4th University of Oklahoma Energy and Climate Finance Research Conference

CfP Deadline Date:November 30, 2021 Conference Event:April 22-23, 2022 Event Location:Norman, Oklahoma, USA Keynote speaker(s):Lars Peter Hansen (University of Chicago), 2013 Nobel Laureate in Economics Organizer(s):University of Oklahoma’s Price College Center for Financial Studies and Review of Financial Studies  The University of Oklahoma’s Price College Center for Financial Studies is organizing the fourth OU Energy[…]

ESG and Climate Finance Conference: An Adam Smith Business School COP26 Event

CfP Deadline Date: October 25, 2021 Conference Event: November 5, 2021 Event Location: Online, hosted by Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow Organizer(s): Dr. Yupu Zhang (University of Glasgow) Dr. Yukun Shi (University of Glasgow and CEA(UK/Europe)) Climate changes, ranging from extreme temperature to natural disasters, have become central issues and threaten modern society[…]

ESG and Climate Finance Conference: An Adam Smith Business School COP26 Event

CfP Deadline Date: October 25, 2021 Conference Event: November 5, 2021 Event Location: Online, hosted by Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow Organizer(s): Dr. Yupu Zhang (University of Glasgow) Dr. Yukun Shi (University of Glasgow and CEA(UK/Europe)) Climate changes, ranging from extreme temperature to natural disasters, have become central issues and threaten modern society[…]

SSRN Working Paper: Social Networks in the Global Banking Sector

Author(s): Joel F. Houston, Jongsub Lee, and Felix Suntheim Date: October 2017 Abstract: We show that banks with shared social connections partner more often in the global syndicated loan market and that central banks in the network play dominant roles in various interbank transactions, indicating that social connections facilitate business connections. However, more centralized banks[…]

VoxEU Column: Lower for longer – macroprudential policy issues arising from the low interest rate environment

By John Fell, Tuomas Peltonen, and Richard Portes At the end of 2019 the European Systemic Risk Board General Board mandated a Task Force on Low Interest Rates to revisit the ESRB’s 2016 report on “Macroprudential policy issues arising from low interest rates and structural changes in the EU financial system”, assess subsequent developments, compare[…]

CEPR Discussion Paper: Macroprudential Policy during COVID-19: The Role of Policy Space

Author(s): Katharina Bergant and Kristin Forbes Date: October 2021 Abstract: This paper uses the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic to examine how macroprudential frameworks developed over the past decade performed during a period of heightened financial and economic stress. It discusses a new measure of the macroprudential stance that better captures the intensity of[…]

October 2021: ECB – Supervisory banking statistics for the second quarter of 2021

Aggregate Common Equity Tier 1 ratio stood at 15.60% in second quarter of 2021, up from 15.49% in previous quarter Aggregate non-performing loans ratio fell further to 2.32% (down from 2.54% in previous quarter), with stock of non-performing loans declining to €422 billion (down from €455 billion in previous quarter) Aggregated annualised return on equity[…]