Research in the spotlight
Explore the latest research from the Swedish House of Finance.
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Building a capital markets union
2015-06-21
On April 20, 2015 the Swedish House of Finance commented on the EU-Commission’s Green Paper “Building a Capital Markets Union”. In our comment we focused on two points that, from our perspective as...
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Biotech and Pharma-case created by Bo Becker awarded by the Case Center
2015-04-07
Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche’s acquisition of California biotech firm Genentech in 2009 was the first in a series of big mergers between Biotech and Pharmaceutical companies – and it took place...
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Michael Halling - MSc Teacher of the Year
2015-04-07
He has taught nearly everything within the field of Finance and emphasizes the importance of the practical parts, such as Excel, for finance students. Michael Halling is Associate Professor at the...
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Industry specific regulation needed for the Swedish welfare sector
2015-04-07
Per Strömberg, SSE Centennial Professor of Finance and Private Equity at Stockholm School of Economics recently contributed with a special report to the Ownership Assessment Inquiry...
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Per Bolund and Ulf Holm visiting the Swedish House of Finance
2015-03-27
On March 26th, Sweden’s Financial Markets Minister, Per Bolund and State Secretary Ulf Holm visited the Swedish House of Finance (SHoF). The purpose of the visit was to discuss the role of research...
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The evolving private debt market
2014-12-07
On November 6th, SIFR and Leimdörfer Real Estate Capital held a roundtable discussion on the subject of private debt. Despite many questions and opportunities, private debt is an asset class that is...
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Financial market regulation debate with Nobel prize Laureate Jean Tirole, Martin Andersson and Thomas Östros at the Swedish House of Finance
2014-11-11
On Sunday December 7, the Swedish House of Finance welcomed this year’s Nobel prize Laureate Jean Tirole. Joining him in a discussion on the regulation of financial markets were Martin Andersson,...
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The Impact of Wealth
2014-04-07
Peter Englund and his co-authors (Thomas Jansson, Sveriges Riksbank, and Todd Sinai, Wharton School) in a preliminary paper “How Parents Influence the Wealth Accumulation of their Children” study how...
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Crash Risk and Risk Premia in Currency Markets
2014-04-07
Irina Zviadadze is working on two papers studying the risk-return relationship in currency markets. In “Crash Risk in Currency Returns,” joint with Mikhail Chernov (UCLA) and Jeremy Graveline...
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World class financial data center
2013-10-10
The name of the game in modern financial research and analysis is data. Creating and maintaining financial databases remains expensive, often out of reach for most Swedish research centers and smaller...
