News tagged with banking sector

Banks have difficulty adapting in crisis: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- Can the financial sector regulate itself? A study carried out by EPFL’s Swiss Finance Institute, involving 350 American institutions, shows that those that perform poorly in times of ...

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created May 18, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

2008 crisis spurred rise in suicides in Europe

The financial crisis that began to hit Europe in mid-2008 reversed a steady, years-long fall in suicides among people of working age, according to a letter published on Friday by The Lancet.

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created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research reveals why hedge funds are an unlikely large source of systemic risk

The Journal of Financial Economics recently published a paper by Andrew Ang, Chair, Ann F. Kaplan Professor of Business and Chair, Finance and Economics Division at Columbia Business School; Sergiy Gorovyy, PhD candidate, Columb ...

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created Jul 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Consumers remain upbeat

Despite the global recession and the crisis in the banking sector, consumer confidence in financial services remains intact, according to a report compiled for the Nottingham University Business School.

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created May 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0