In an international and comparative perspective, access to the labour market on the part of young people is a complex issue with certain contradictory aspects reflecting the level of development of labour law and industrial relations in the respective countries. In the most advanced economies...

Conference Background: Theoretical and empirical research on financial markets and the banking system, with special focus on the interaction among economic agents, market rules and institutions, appears of foremost importance in the aftermath of the global financial crisis.

The multidisciplinary conference encourages participation of teachers and young researchers who are interested in the following research areas: - Insurance - Corporate finance - Public finance - Financial markets and institutions - Macroeconomic stability [gemäß den Informationen des Anbieters...

Topics: · Concrete ways to achieve the optimal degree of transparency for different intermediaries and markets · Mark to market accounting · Opacity of banks’ assets · The role of credit rating agencies · Corporate governance, risk taking and disclosure · Implications for market liquidity

The conference will provide a platform for local and international scholars and prefessionals to convue, discuss, and share new and different perspectives regarding issues, challenges and inovations in the Islamic and conventional microfinance. The web site is no longer available.

Forum Sessions: - Developments and trends in social security - Demographic challenges - Governance and management - Extension of social security coverage - Focus on Africa - Social Security Summit

The Asian economies have gained increasing importance for the worldwide development and their weight will increase further . They proved largely resilient to the current financial crisis, yet the roots of the crisis were not unrelated to economic developments and policies in the region. This...

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Course Summary: The course (Raghuram Rajan, University of Chicago) will examine the global credit crisis, including the deep underlying causes, the more immediate fragilities in the financial...

The programme has 3 key elements, namely: Macroeconomic analysis and banking regulation; Moving beyond deposits - banks strategies to access funding and stimulate growth; Retail banking as a key growth driver. The key topics addressed in greater detail include: Macroeconomic situation globally...

Key topics to be discussed include: - What impact will the Tahawwut Master Agreement have on the region’s derivatives market? - How have Shariah compliant products evolved with changing market conditions? - How does investor appetite vary amongst the different investor profiles? - What type of...