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Good for shareholders, bad for consumers – the rise of common ownership

2017-07-09

Does the increase in popularity of index funds mean less competition and higher product prices? Martin C. Schmalz, Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, believes it does. On 8 June, he...

From Swedish House of Finance to the Riksbank – PhD Jieying Li’s new journey

2017-05-19

Congratulations Jieying Li, recent PhD graduate who just started her new job as Economist at the Financial Stability Department at the Riksbank.

“Sweden has to assert itself more in the EU”

2017-05-15

The timetable is set. But the transition period into a new set of frameworks for cooperation between the UK and the EU is causing nervousness, both in London’s financial district and in Sweden.

Fintech is making Asset Management more competitive

2017-05-04

An industry under pressure. That was the conclusion at the seminar “Investing in a world with low expected returns: Implications for the Asset Management Industry” with Luis Viceira, visiting from...

Corporate bonds, credit ratings and the availability of credit in crises – meet professor Bo Becker

2017-05-03

The fun in finding things out – that’s what motivated professor Bo Becker to choose an academic career. His work offers lessons about what makes credit markets deep and resilient to crisis, and he has...

Swedish household debt biggest threat to financial stability

2017-04-05

Longer interest rate periods are needed to stabilize household debts and the market needs a push if we want to change it, argued Martin Flodén at the seminar “Do households and banks take too big...

PhD Fatemeh Hosseini, researcher in entrepreneurial finance, recruited by Tilburg University

2017-03-28

Fatemeh Hosseini, graduating PhD student and visiting scholar at Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, has been appointed assistant professor in Finance at Tilburg University, the Netherlands....

Blockchain – disruptive technology or a hype?

2017-03-13

Blockchain – will it be the death of banks, or is it just a hype? Though that question can not yet be answered, one thing is for sure: the interest for blockchain is growing.

The Finance Panel: Innovative lending program to mitigate the effects of financial crises

2017-03-07

An innovative approach to supply credit during the financial crisis that is recommended to be a part of the tool kit when combating future crises. That’s the summary of researcher Gustav Martinsson’s...

Preventing fire sales and market freezes is about putting liquidity in the right hands

2017-02-28

Why do banks’ liquidity problems lead to fire sales of assets, and sometimes also a market freeze? Swedish House of Finance’s Jungsuk Han has explored the topic in a recent paper, coming up with some...