29th Annual Global Finance Conference

CfP Deadline Date: January 31, 2022 Conference Event: June 20-22, 2022 Event Location: Braga, Portugal Keynote speaker(s): Professor Robert F. Engle (NYU Stern) Organizer(s): The Global Finance Association and the University of Minho, Braga The Global Finance Association and the University of Minho, Braga are pleased to announce the 29th Global Finance Conference in Braga,[…]

European Financial Management Association 2022 Annual Meeting

CfP Deadline Date: January 15, 2022 Conference Event: June 29-July 2, 2022 Event Location: Rome, Italy Keynote speaker(s): Professor Toni M. Whited (University of Michigan) Organizer(s): European Financial Management Association (EFMA) The European Financial Management Association will hold its 30th Annual Meeting at the Campus Bio-Medico University, June 29-July 2, 2022. RESEARCH PAPERS: Members and[…]

1st Annual BEAR Conference: The Monetary Toolkit

CfP Deadline Date: November 15, 2021 Conference Event: February 24-25, 2022 Event Location: London, United Kingdom Keynote speaker(s): Arvind Krishnamurthy (Stanford) Gauti Eggertsson (Brown) Organizer(s): Bank of England We are organising a conference on the Monetary Toolkit theme of the Bank of England Agenda for Research (BEAR). The aim of the conference is to promote[…]

NBER Working Paper – Macroprudential Policies and The Covid-19 Pandemic: Risks and Challenges For Emerging Markets

Author(s): Sebastian Edwards Date: October 2021 Abstract: This paper deals with COVID and macroprudential regulations in emerging markets. I document the build-up of a sturdy macroprudential structure during 2009-2019, and the relaxation of regulations in 2020-2021, as part of the effort to deal with the sanitary emergency. I show that in every country, regulatory forbearance[…]

NBER Working Paper: FinTech Lending

Author(s):Tobias Berg, Andreas Fuster, Manju Puri Date:October 2021 Abstract: In this paper, we review the growing literature on FinTech lending – the provision of credit facilitated by technology that improves the customer-lender interaction or lenders’ screening and monitoring of borrowers. FinTech lending has grown rapidly, though in developed economies like the U.S. it still only[…]

October 2021 – Banking Package 2021: new EU rules to strengthen banks’ resilience and better prepare for the future

The European Commission has today adopted a review of EU banking rules (the Capital Requirements Regulation and the Capital Requirements Directive). These new rules will ensure that EU banks become more resilient to potential future economic shocks, while contributing to Europe’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and the transition to climate neutrality. Today’s package finalises[…]