Monthly Archives for April 2008

Global Economic Governance and IGOs – definitions by Jacobs

Didier Jacobs, special advisor to the president of Oxfam America, wrote an interesting paper called “Democraticing Global Economic Governance“. He presented this paper in May 2002 at a conference on “Alternatives to Neoliberalism” by the NGO-Coalition “New Rules for Global … Continue reading

14. April 2008 by kasi
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Alexander, Dhumale, Eatwell: “Global Governance of Financial Systems”

Kern Alexander, Rahul Dhumale and John Eatwell published a book in 2004 called “

14. April 2008 by kasi
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Discussion of 2008 FSF Report on Financial Stability

The FSF Report on Financial Stability (called “Enhancing Market and Institutional Resilience”) was yesterday approved by the G7. To assess the impact of the report on the global financial architecture and the responses to the credit crisis in the financial … Continue reading

13. April 2008 by kasi
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Overview of 2008 FSF Report on Financial Stability

The G7 Finance Ministers met yesterday at the IMF Spring Meeting and approved a report prepared by the Financial Stability Forum, the main forum bringing together Central Banks, Regulators and Finance Ministers. Before discussing the report in detail, it is … Continue reading

13. April 2008 by kasi
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Responding with a code of conduct – IIF Interim Report 2008 on Best practices

The IIF (which is essentially the main political lobby organisation of the large, multinational commercial banks) has released a new report on markets best practices. It can be seen as the response of the banks to the regulatory efforts of … Continue reading

10. April 2008 by kasi
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What is a Hedge Fund (or how do they differ from mutual funds)?

Anthony Clake, who is working at Marshall Wace had to give a definition of what Hedge Funds are at the London School of Economics Alternative Investment Conference. He referred to the Wikipedia-Entry on Hedge Funds, but I found an even … Continue reading

09. April 2008 by kasi
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Organizational Changes of Markets and Exchanges

In Hulls book about futures and options, he mentions the profound changes that the Exchanges went through. While most of the different type of futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were established well before the 1970ies, the formation of options … Continue reading

09. April 2008 by kasi
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ISSA – International Securities Services Association

Institution: International Securities Services Association Abbreviation: ISSA Type: Private Founded: 1979 (The idea of an association of securities administrators from all over the world was first conceived in 1975 over a luncheon between C.F. Ahrens, then Head of Securities Administration … Continue reading

09. April 2008 by kasi
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Hull: “Fundamentals of Futures and Option Markets”

A good book for getting started into the basic of futures and options is John C. Hulls book called “Fundamentals of Futures and Option Markets“. John C. Hull is s a Professor of Derivatives and Risk Management at the University … Continue reading

09. April 2008 by kasi
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ECSDA – European Central Securities Depositories Association

Institution: European Central Securities Depositories Association Abbreviation: ECSDA Type: Private Founded: 1997 (History: The European Central Securities Depositories Association (ECSDA) was formed in 1997 in Madrid in order to provide a forum for CSDs to exchange views and take forward … Continue reading

05. April 2008 by kasi
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