The workshop discussed trends in the hedge fund sector, risks in the present market environment, risk-management challenges for hedge funds and their counterparties, and a range of operational issues. [gemäß den Informationen des Anbieters - according to site editor's information] The website...

Starting in 2007, the first new EU member states (NMS) will also join the Euro Area. Although the adoption of the Euro by the NMS completes the recent eastern Enlargement of the EU, there are still many open questions concerning the accession to the Euro Area. Several policy issues (economic...

Programme: - Sticky Information, Inflation Persistence and Media Effects: Evidence for European Countries - Fundamental Determinants of House Price Developments in Industrial Countries - The Euro and Inflation Uncertainty in the European Monetary Union - Money Demand and Monetary Overhang in the...

Topics Any research related to the microstructure of the foreign exchange and/or equity markets.

TOPICS: 1) What fundamental role do banks play in financial intermediation in today’s rapidly evolving financial markets? Or rather, what activities constitute banking? 2) Is it time to reconsider where the line between banking and commerce is drawn, and if so, should the mixing be made more...

The workshop will bring together national and European policy-makers, experts from academia, national authorities, the European Commission and other international organisations to discuss the state-of-play, the channels and the consequences of corporate tax competition and coordination in the...

Papers can be on any topic in Economics, Finance or Management Science as related to risk and insurance.

Topics: - The basics in payment and settlement systems - The central bank and market infrastructures - The Eurosystem and market infrastructures - The development of the market infrastructure for payments and securities handling - Market infrastructure - issues of common interest

Zum diesjährigen Hauptseminar der Versicherungsinformatik führen wir zwei Kolloquien vor Ort durch, in denen die jeweiligen Themen kurz vorgestellt und anhand der Gliederung im Auditorium diskutiert werden.

Topics at the workshop will be: 1. Relationship between different types of risk and their management 2. Implications of linkages between different types of risks 3. Incentives, risk transfers and systemic risk