Do six per cent of financial transactions sent via the Swift system really fail?
Do six per cent of financial transactions sent via the Swift system really fail? Fintech enthusiasm may have led to inaccurate claims about conventionalâ¦
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Charles Booth’s London Poverty Maps – Book Review
Charles Booth’s London Poverty Maps. London School of Economics and Mary S. Morgan, Inderbir Bhullar, Sarah Wise, Anne Power, Katie Garner, Aileen Reid and Jacob F. Field, with a foreword by Iain...
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The unexplained 25% wage gap between male and female Hollywood actors
In 2015, Patricia Arquette won the Oscar for best supporting actress, her speech was a call for equal pay among female and male stars in Hollywood. Her words at the gala ceremony were cheered and...
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Nudging professional drivers to improve performance and reduce fuel consumption
Understanding how to change behavioural habits is playing a crucial role in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. This holds true for private behaviour (e.g. using the bike instead of the car), as well...
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Why it’s hard to read the privacy policies of cloud service providers
Cloud computing is growing at an unprecedented rate, and it is estimated that cloud services will reach a global market value of $411 billion annually by 2020 with annual growth exceeding 15 per cent...
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Data breaches and the fate of the IT director
Recently, hardly does a month go by without us hearing breaking news on high-profile data breaches. For example, earlier this year, the social media giant Facebook revealed that over 419 million users...
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Relief for those who are not fans of networking: study says it’s not...
Is your LinkedIn profile up to date? Do you approach potential collaborators at conferences, meetings, or receptions? What about alumni gatherings? Did you remember to hand out your business card at...
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How to promote media literacy
I was recently asked to respond to a presentation on Australian childrenâs news media literacy at LSE. Shortly after, I participated in a roundtable on news literacy and disinformation, organised...
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Democracy and Prosperity: Reinventing Capitalism through a Turbulent Century...
Democracy and Prosperity: Reinventing Capitalism through a Turbulent Century. Torben Iversen and David Soskice. Princeton University Press. 2019. Is democracy compatible with (advanced) capitalism?...
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Do six per cent of financial transactions sent via the Swift system really fail?
In May 2019, Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of a San Francisco based (but Delaware registered) fintech firm called Ripple Labs gave a presentation to the 9th High-Level Conference on the International Monetary...
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Can a post-Brexit UK trade more in financial services with ASEAN?
One of the purported prizes of Brexit is the ability of the United Kingdom to strike free trade agreements with the world outside the European Union. The presumption is that those agreements would...
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Abstract: TBA25 Mar 2020 to 25 Mar 2020, Weeks Hall - G03 Seminar Room
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Abstract: TBA11 Mar 2020 to 11 Mar 2020, Weeks Hall - G03 Seminar Room
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Abstract: TBA26 Feb 2020 to 26 Feb 2020, Weeks Hall - G03 Seminar Room
View ArticleSEC Charges Issuer and CEO with Violating Whistleblower Protection Laws to...
The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed an amended complaint against online auction portal Collectors Café and its CEO Mykalai Kontilai to add allegations that they unlawfully sought to...
View ArticleCan the Intermediary Capital Risk Predict Foreign Exchange Rates?
Publication date: Available online 3 November 2019Source: Finance Research LettersAuthor(s): Libo YinAbstractThe intermediary capital risk (ICR) is recently perceived as an important indicator of...
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How to Lose Weight, Mathematically
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View ArticleSEC Chairman Clayton, PCAOB Chairman Duhnke, and Members of SEC Staff Meet...
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that SEC Chairman Jay Clayton, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Chairman William Duhnke, and members of the SEC staff met last...
View ArticleSEC Announces Extension of Temporary Measure to Facilitate Cross-Border...
Today the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued an extension of an Oct. 26, 2017 no-action letter it provided to assist market participants regarding their U.S.-regulated...
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