Finance Down Under (FDU) Conference 2022

CfP Deadline Date: March 2, 2022 Conference Event: March 4-5, 2022 Event Location: Online Keynote speaker(s): Sergio Rebelo (Northwestern University) Xavier Gabaix (Harvard University) Organizer(s): University of Melbourne The Department of Finance in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Melbourne is pleased to continue its annual conference series: Finance Down Under:[…]

BIS Working Paper – Non-bank lenders in the syndicated loan market

Author(s): Iñaki Aldasoro, Sebastian Doerr and Haonan Zhou Date: March 2022 Abstract: Non-bank lenders are an important source of syndicated credit to non-financial corporates in most regions and industries. Their loan origination, however, is more concentrated by location and sector than that of banks and it is also more volatile. Syndicated loans arranged by non-banks[…]

February 2022: FSB warns of emerging risks from crypto-assets to global financial stability

by Financial Stability Board (FSB) Crypto-asset markets are fast evolving and could reach a point where they represent a threat to global financial stability due to their scale, structural vulnerabilities and increasing interconnectedness with the traditional financial system. This is the Financial Stability Board’s (FSB’s) updated assessment of risks to financial stability from crypto-assets, published[…]