The Fragility of Market Risk Insurance -- by Ralph Koijen, Motohiro Yogo
Insurers sell retail financial products called variable annuities that package mutual funds with minimum return guarantees over long horizons. Variable annuities accounted for $1.5 trillion or 34...
View ArticleThe Effects of Rent Control Expansion on Tenants, Landlords, and Inequality:...
We exploit quasi-experimental variation in assignment of rent control to study its impacts on tenants, landlords, and the overall rental market. Leveraging new data tracking individuals' migration, we...
View ArticleAre Lemons Sold First? Dynamic Signaling in the Mortgage Market -- by Manuel...
A central result in the theory of adverse selection in asset markets is that informed sellers can signal quality and obtain higher prices by delaying trade. This paper provides some of the first...
View ArticleImpact Evaluation in Matching Markets with General Tie-Breaking -- by Atila...
Many centralized matching schemes incorporate a mix of random lottery and non-lottery tie-breaking. A leading example is the New York City public school district, which uses criteria like test scores...
View ArticleAl Mawared's Amman Stock Exchange Weekly Report, 8 January 2018
Click here to download Al Mawared Brokerage's weekly report on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE). The Report is designed to give an overview of developments in the Jordan Capital Markets as well as ASE...
View ArticleA 9-Month Review Of Tehran Stock Exchange
During the first 9 months of the current Iranian year (21 March-22 December 2017) more than 28% of trading was on-line based.read more...
View ArticleMillennium Exchange Oslo Børs – Launch Of Turquoise Lit...
Oslo Børs will finalize the implementation of Turquoise Lit Auctions™ on Oslo Børs-functionality by populating auction orderbooks, active as of Friday 12 January 2018. read more...
View ArticleInvestor Activity On GPW Group Markets – December 2017
The total value of trade in equities on the GPW Main Market was PLN 17.8 billion in December 2017, representing a decrease of 22.8% year on year. For 2017 as a whole, there was an increase in this...
View ArticleBitcoin Faces Bear Move as Price Drops Toward $15K
Bitcoin is looking weak today after prices failed to hold above $17,000 levels at the weekend.
View ArticleOverstock Leads $2 Million Funding for Blockchain Voting Startup
Medici Ventures, a subsidiary of online retail giant Overstock.com, has led the seed funding round of mobile voting platform Voatz.
View ArticleDelaware State's Blockchain Lead is Leaving
The founding director of the government-backed Delaware Blockchain Initiative has departed for a consultancy based in the state.
View ArticleWeekly Top 5 Papers – January 8, 2018
1. The Games They Will Play: An Update on the Conference Committee Tax Bill by Reuven S. Avi-Yonah (University of Michigan Law School), Lily L. Batchelder (New York University School of Law), J....
View ArticleBorsa Istanbul: BIST Sustainability Index, The List Of Companies Subject To...
According to the Article 5 of BIST Sustainability Index Ground Rules, the list of companies subject to assessment has been determined. The list of companies subject to assessment, which is composed of...
View ArticleESMA Consults On CCP Anti-Procyclicality Margin Measures
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has opened today a public consultation on draft guidelines which aim to clarify the implementation of anti-procyclicality provisions for central...
View ArticleTMX Group Equity Financing Statistics – December 2017
TMX Group today announced its financing activity on Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) for December 2017.read more...
View ArticleBorsa Italiana Monthly Update - December 2017
Click here to download Borsa Italiana's monthly update.
View ArticleNew Access Point In Frankfurt - SIX Swiss Exchange Offers Participants In...
With today's operational start-up of the Frankfurt Access Point, trading participants in Germany have the opportunity to improve their connection to SIX Swiss Exchange. Compared to a conventional...
View ArticleOneChicago Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Trading Hours
OneChicago, LLC (“OneChicago”) will be closed on Monday, January 15, 2018 in observance of the upcoming Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday, which is consistent with U.S. equity markets. OneChicago will be...
View ArticleFINRA Releases 2018 Regulatory And Exam Priorities
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today released its 2018 Regulatory and Examination Priorities Letter, highlighting topics that FINRA will focus on in the coming year, including new...
View ArticleBanks and the Blockchain Blues
Banks excited about their blockchain work may do well to monitor their signal-to-noise ratios in 2018.
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