Cambridge Judge Business School Discussions on Finance

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01.21.2014
Islamic finance: the future is great
The Islamic finance industry is facing a great future, not only because it offers a stable banking system, but also because its benefits are being realised by a greater number of people. Launching his new Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education...
09.12.2013
Islamic finance – conservative, safe and growing dramatically
The Islamic finance industry is emerging as a crucial component of the future global financial architecture. Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education is launching a new programme focused on the sector. Dr Kamal Munir says Islamic banks weathered the financial crisis...
08.08.2013
European Finance Association AGM for Cambridge
Renowned finance academics and leading practitioners will rub shoulders this summer when Cambridge Judge Business School hosts the European Finance Association's AGM. Staging this prestigious event (a first for Cambridge) will enhance the research profile of the business school says the...
05.29.2013
Bonus cap for Euro bankers is a step forward
The European Union's move to cap bankers' bonuses is a step in the right direction - it's the first time that the EU has reached a consensus on legislation for the sector - but does not go far enough, says...
05.14.2013
Increase transparency around proxy voting
Dr Pedro Saffi repeats his call for greater transparency around proxy voting and the part played by institutional investors as he outlines a paper to the prestigious American Finance Association. Corporate governance is important to institutional investors, and the proxy...
04.05.2013
Finance is less about profits and more about value
Professor Raghavendra Rau talks about his Executive Education programme, the Cambridge Financial Management Certificate of Achievement, which offers a comprehensive introduction to the major concepts of the theory underpinning finance. The programmes available in the Certificate explore finance from different perspectives,...
11.27.2012
'Shareholder Spring' failed to make waves
Cambridge Judge Business School academics Professor Raghavendra Rau and Dr Bang Dang Nguyen agree that the so-called 'Shareholder Spring' that began to emerge in the spring of 2012 proved to be a damp squib.
11.21.2012
Large bribes do not lead to greater benefits
Fresh research led by Professor Raghavendra Rau, Sir Evelyn de Rothschild Professor of Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School, has revealed that firms bribing their way to contracts under-perform for up to three years before and after securing the work...
11.08.2012
Leaner Western banks face slow growth
After two decades of excessive development, Western banks are going through a shrinkage process and will emerge as less exciting and facing slow growth, forecasts University Lecturer in Finance, Dr Simon Taylor.
10.02.2012
Managing in submerging markets
Adrian Kyriazi, MD and Head of Greece/Cyprus, Poland & Eastern Europe at Credit Suisse Private Bank, talks about managing in submerging markets and the restructuring of the private bank's business as individual net worth in Greece sank by 40 per...
08.28.2012
Banks should put up or shut up
Professor Raghavendra Rau suggests that the government-commissioned Wheatley Review into the LIBOR rate rigging allegations should make the banks put their money where their mouths are.
07.03.2012
The hour between dog and wolf
Young male city traders on a winning streak shift their risk preferences and take on too much risk. When they lose money in a volatile market, their hormonal response drives the financial community to being risk averse. Dr John Coates...
04.17.2012
From top to bottom: Keynes the investor
Idiosyncratic portfolios and an unconventional approach are two of the findings in the first detailed analysis of John Maynard Keynes' investment philosophy, strategies and trading records by Dr David Chambers and Professor Elroy Dimson. "The popular consensus to have grown...
03.28.2012
Paper promises
History shows that when debtors default and crisis occur, international monetary systems are remade. A new world order will emerge from the current financial crisis, explains Philip Coggan, Buttonwood columnist and Capital Markets Editor at The Economist, and it will...
02.03.2012
Do the maths
The current climate is a good time to learn about finance explains Professor Raghavendra Rau.
01.10.2012
When will Chinese banks change the world?
It's only a matter of time before China's banks begin to make an impact on the rest of the world. By market value and profits they are among the world's biggest, and five of them are internationally the most profitable.
06.07.2011
CEOs are overpaid!
Over confident, highly incentivised chief executives fall short of shareholder expectations, a new study reveals
01.28.2011
Microfinance under the microscope
Regulatory measures are needed says Dr Kamal Munir. It has become too commercial and profits are being made from the poorest of the poor.
01.04.2011
The future of finance
Financial systems, real estate markets and the changing face of banks, three experts give their cautiously hopeful views on how smart regulation can stimulate these interlinked sectors.
12.07.2010
It's not fair! 'Fair value' accounting practices were not to blame for the 2008 financial disaster
America's regulators now rely on 'fair value' with additional historical or mark-to-market input. Europe's regulators view 'fair value' as the way forward. Unless there is a compromise on international accounting practices, investors face confusion, says Dr Amir Amel-Zadeh.
09.30.2010
Long live capitalism
The crisis has not destroyed capitalism, says Anatole Kaletsky. Instead we are entering a fourth phase, where new balances and checks between the markets and the public sector could lead to faster growth and productivity improvements!
06.15.2010
The devil's in the details - regulating financial innovation
With elections in India in a few months, the war on terror must be squarely at the centre of the political agenda. Not far away will be regulation of finance. As Sonia Gandhi put it, the poor had nothing to...
06.15.2010
The green new deal
The days of easy money, easy consumption and easy debt are over, according to Ann Pettifor, who argues that finance should be a servant to the economy, not its master.
06.15.2010
Healthy capital market equals healthy nation
Dr Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock.com, explains the concept of "naked shorting", and how he predicted as early as three years ago that the corruption of the regulator of the US capital market would lead to the systemic collapse we...
06.15.2010
Lessons from history
Could the current financial crisis have been predicted from historians knowledge of past down turns and depressions globally? Dr David Chambers, who is Deputy Director of the Master of Finance Programme at Judge Business School and a University Lecturer in...
06.11.2010
Humbling the arrogant
'Arrogance' says Elizabeth Corley, CEO of Allianz Global Investors Europe, is bad for business

What's Cambridge Judge Business School Discussions on Finance about?

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Cambridge Judge Business School Discussions on Finance episodes:

Islamic finance: the future is great

Islamic finance – conservative, safe and growing dramatically

European Finance Association AGM for Cambridge

Bonus cap for Euro bankers is a step forward

Increase transparency around proxy voting

Finance is less about profits and more about value

'Shareholder Spring' failed to make waves

Large bribes do not lead to greater benefits

Leaner Western banks face slow growth

Managing in submerging markets

Banks should put up or shut up

The hour between dog and wolf

From top to bottom: Keynes the investor

Paper promises

Do the maths

When will Chinese banks change the world?

CEOs are overpaid!

Microfinance under the microscope

The future of finance

It's not fair! 'Fair value' accounting practices were not to blame for the 2008 financial disaster

Long live capitalism

The devil's in the details - regulating financial innovation

The green new deal

Healthy capital market equals healthy nation

Lessons from history

Humbling the arrogant