Finance Reform
Good Knight HFT
Submitted by Jason Chang on Mon, 08/13/2012 - 10:18pm- A Guide for the Perplexed
- A Guide for the Perplexed
- EF Schumacher
- EF Schumacher
- Finance Reform
- Finance Reform
- Financial Markets
- Financial Markets
- Financial Transactions Tax
- Financial Transactions Tax
- High Frequency Trading
- High Frequency Trading
- IPO
- IPO
- Knight Capital
- Knight Capital
- Proprietary Trading
- Proprietary Trading
- Resilience
- Resilience
- Secondary Trading
- Secondary Trading
- Wall Street
- Wall Street
Author:
John Fullerton Financial Transactions Tax Moving Forward in Europe
European leaders have begun to discuss options for moving forward with a process called “enhanced cooperation,” in which nine or more members of the EU agree to work on a proposal together, to bring a trans-European financial transactions tax to fruition. Vocal supporters for this process include German Chancellor Angela Markel, Austrian Finance Minister Maria Fekter, and leaders in France, Italy, Spain, Greece, and Poland.
Un-blissful Ignorance of "This Wild Balloon"
Submitted by John Fullerton on Sun, 11/28/2010 - 11:20pm
Author:
John Fullerton After my Thanksgiving turkey, I digested two recent commentaries on the financial industry, “Inside Job,” the mostly fair but incomplete documentary narrated by Matt Damon, and the balanced and accurate New Yorker essay, “What Good is Wall Street,” by John Cassidy.
Un-blissful Ignorance of "This Wild Balloon"
After my Thanksgiving turkey, I digested two recent commentaries on the financial industry, “Inside Job,” the mostly fair but incomplete documentary narrated by Matt Damon, and the balanced and accurate New Yorker essay, “What Good is Wall Street,” by John Cassidy.
Fractals and the Passing of Benoit Mandelbrot
I am grateful to the Triple Crisis Blog for making me aware of the passing this month of the great mathematician, Benoit Mandelbrot, who coined the term "fractal".
Fractals and the Passing of Benoit Mandelbrot
Submitted by John Fullerton on Sun, 10/31/2010 - 2:29pm
Author:
John Fullerton I am grateful to the Triple Crisis Blog for making me aware of the passing this month of the great mathematician, Benoit Mandelbrot, who coined the term "fractal".
Principles for Responsible Investment: A Tough Road Ahead in the US
Submitted by Susan Arterian on Sun, 10/10/2010 - 9:39pm
Author:
Peter Kinder The End of Investment?
I recently attended a school function and was chatting with a friend (“Pam” for the sake of this post) who is a buy-side analyst at a major asset management firm, the kind that manages hundreds of billions of pension fund assets, and 401Ks. Pam’s firm, like many mainstream asset management companies, is a signatory of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). The first two Principles state: 1. We will incorporate ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) issues into investment analysis and decision-making processes. 2. We will be active owners and incorporate ESG issues into our ownership policies and practices.
