HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts
Please be advised that pursuant to Exchange Rule 617(d) and HKCC Rule 402, the Exchange and the Clearing House have determined that with effect from the commencement of trading on Wednesday, 29 June...
View ArticleHong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Bans Liu King Yee For Life
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Ms Liu King Yee, a former employee of Wing Lung Bank Limited (Wing Lung Bank), from re-entering the industry for life following her conviction by...
View ArticleEDHEC-Risk Institute: New Margin Regulations For The Non-Cleared OTC...
In a new publication entitled “Initial Margin for Non-Centrally Cleared OTC Derivatives – Overview, Modelling and Calibration,” EDHEC-Risk Institute provides a detailed overview and analysis of the...
View ArticleEffects of the Minimum Wage on Infant Health -- by George Wehby, Dhaval Dave,...
The minimum wage has increased in multiple states over the past three decades. Research has focused on effects on labor supply, but very little is known about how the minimum wage affects health,...
View ArticleProducing Humanities PhDs among BAs at Doctoral Institutions -- by Todd R....
This paper investigates which attributes of a Carnegie PhD-level institution predict the share and number of its undergraduate humanities BA recipients that will go on to earn a humanities PhD. We use...
View ArticleMoneyball in Medicare -- by Edward C. Norton, Jun Li, Anup Das, Lena M. Chen
US policymakers place a high priority on tying Medicare payments to the value of care delivered. A critical part of this effort is the Hospital Value-based Purchasing Program (HVBP), which rewards or...
View ArticleThe Analytics of the Greek Crisis -- by Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Thomas...
We provide an empirical and theoretical analysis of the Greek Crisis of 2010. We first benchmark the crisis against all episodes of sudden stops, sovereign debt crises, and lending boom/busts in...
View ArticleBunching at The Kink: Implications for Spending Responses to Health Insurance...
A large literature in empirical public finance relies on "bunching" to identify a behavioral response to non-linear incentives and to translate this response into an economic object to be used...
View ArticleTMX Group Names John McKenzie Chief Financial Officer
TMX Group Limited today announced that John McKenzie has been named Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective July 11, 2016.read more...
View ArticleStatement Of CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad Before The Market Risk Advisory...
Thank you. Let me just express my appreciation to Commissioner Bowen, her staff, and the distinguished members of the Market Risk Advisory Committee for all the work that has gone into today’s meeting...
View ArticleWhat Do Job Seekers Want?
Wade Burgess, VP of talent solutions at LinkedIn, wrote an article for Fast Company this week. He explains the findings from the company's 2016 Talent Trends study. In that research, LinkedIn asked...
View ArticleExegy Delivers Solid Brexit Performance
Exegy is pleased to report that all market data appliances within its global estate delivered uninterrupted performance throughout the volatile market conditions preceding and following the British...
View Article27Jun/BIS appoints Monica Ellis as Secretary General
The Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) today announced the appointment of Monica Ellis as Secretary General. Her appointment takes effect on 1 January 2017 and is for a...
View ArticleIFDP 2016-1170: What Determines the Composition of International Bank Flows?
Friederike Niepmann and Cornelia Kerl | This paper studies how frictions to foreign bank operations affect the sectoral composition of banks' foreign positions, their funding sources and international...
View ArticleS&P Global Ratings: Ratings On The United Kingdom Lowered To 'AA' On...
OVERVIEW In the nationwide referendum on the U.K.’s membership of the European Union (EU), the majority of the electorate voted to leave the EU. In our opinion, this outcome is a seminal event, and...
View ArticleMoscow Exchange: Risk Parameters For New Bonds
New bonds will be accepted to margin trading starting from June 28, 2016. From this date on, the following risk parameters will be applied:read more...
View ArticleCBOE, C2 And CFE Trading Schedule For The Independence Day Holiday
CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) today announced the following trading schedule for Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®), C2 Options Exchange (C2) and CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE®) in observance of...
View ArticleSharps Pixley: Gold Hits A Three Year High Above GBP 1,000 Per Oz for UK...
Post-Brexit uncertainty has caused gold to soar to above GBP 1,000 per oz, the highest since 01 April 2013. A combination of economic and political uncertainty have created a perfect storm in favour of...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia's Capital Market Authority: Changes To The Instructions About...
As a part of it’s incessant efforts toward enhancing and development of disclosure and transparency procedures and principles of listed companies announcements , the CMA Board has issued a decision...
View ArticleFinansinspektionen Monitors Developments As They Unfold
Finansinspektionen is monitoring the developments following the EU referendum in the UK. We are continuing to maintain a dialogue with the Ministry of Finance, the Riksbank and the Swedish National...
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