How Forks Might Help Bitcoin Reach Its True Destination
Forks offer ideological leaders the chance to put their ideas on improving protocols into practice without getting bogged down in endless bickering.
View ArticleBitcoin Futures Launch Could Rekindle Push for ETF, CBOE Says
Cboe may use information gleaned from futures trading to make a case to the Securities and Exchange Commission to allow bitcoin-linked ETF.
View ArticleCompound Hawkes Processes in Limit Order Books. (arXiv:1712.03106v1 [q-fin.MF])
In this paper we introduce two new Hawkes processes, namely, compound and regime-switching compound Hawkes processes, to model the price processes in limit order books. We prove Law of Large Numbers...
View ArticleCost Sharing in Insurance Coverage for Precision Medicine -- by Mark V. Pauly
This paper describes current pattern of insurance coverage for precision medicines and, especially, companion diagnostics and explores what coverage would improve efficiency. We find that currently...
View ArticleDid the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Help Those Most in Need? A...
One of the statements of purpose of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was "to assist those most impacted by the recession." The ARRA is assessed along this dimension using theoretical...
View ArticleValuing Government Obligations When Markets are Incomplete -- by Jasmina...
Determining how to value net government obligations is a long-standing and fundamental question in public finance. Its answer is critical to cost-benefit analysis, the assessment of fiscal...
View ArticleDo Materialistic CEOs Take More Risk?
Professors Robert Bushman, Robert Davidson, Aiyesha Dey, and Abbie Smith have written a fascinating paper titled, âBank CEO Materialism: Risk Controls, Culture and Tail Risk.â They actually...
View ArticleP3 Spain Logistic Parks SOCIMI To Start Trading On MAB On 13 December
The Board of Directors of MAB has approved the listing of P3 SPAIN LOGISTIC PARKS SOCIMI in the SOCIMI (REITs) segment of this market, following a thorough review of all the information presented by...
View ArticleFTSE Russell Confirms Launch Of New Index Showcasing Italian Brands
FTSE Russell has confirmed that it will expand its FTSE Italia Index Series with the launch of a new FTSE Italia Brands Index. The new index will comprise the initial 22 constituents* in the FTSE...
View ArticleABN AMRO Clearing Offers Investment Funds An International Podium
On the 6th and 7th March 2018, ABN AMRO Clearing will be hosting the 7th Amsterdam Investor Forum (AIF) at its head office. The focus sessions on the 6th March will host roundtables for managers and...
View ArticleAl Mawared Amman Stock Exchange Weekly Report, 11 December 2017
Click here to download Al Mawared's weekly report on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE). The Report is designed to give an overview of developments in the Jordan Capital Markets as well as ASE performance...
View ArticleVela Ready For Bitcoin Futures Trading On Cboe And CME - Providing Access To...
Vela, the premier market access technology provider, today announced the support of Bitcoin futures. Firms that wish to take advantage of the new Bitcoin futures contracts from Cboe Futures Exchange...
View ArticleUK's Financial Conduct Authority Updates On Its Work On Financial Advice...
The FCA is aware of concerns about the financial advice received by members of the British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS). The BSPS is being restructured and this has prompted many members to consider if...
View ArticleCboe Bitcoin Futures (XBT) Post Strong Start In Global Trading Hours,...
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE | Nasdaq: CBOE), one of the world’s largest exchange holding companies, today announced the successful launch of Cboe bitcoin futures. XBT futures posted a strong...
View ArticleUK's Financial Conduct Authority: Six Guilty In Relation To 2.7m Boiler Room...
In a criminal prosecution brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), three defendants have today been found guilty for their roles in a series of boiler rooms which led to the loss of more than...
View ArticleUBS MTF Market Notice AccountType And ExecID Reminder
As announced in UBS MTF Market Notice N14 dated 22 November 2017, two technical changes will be implemented in Production tomorrow after market close. From Wednesday 13 December 2017:read more...
View ArticleBME: Student Properties Spain SOCIMI Receives Favourable Report From MAB
The Coordination and Admissions Committee of the Mercado Alternativo Bursátil (MAB) has submitted to the Board of Directors a favourable report on STUDENT PROPERTIES SPAINSOCIMI, stating that the...
View ArticleSouth Korean NH Bank Joins R3 Distributed Ledger Consortium
South Korea's NongHyup Bank has joined the R3 distributed ledger consortium, saying it will launch a pilot blockchain project.
View ArticleParity Proposes Hard Fork to Reclaim Frozen $160 Million
Parity Technologies has just released a proposal for reclaiming the millions in ether frozen last month due to a fault in its code.
View ArticleUBS to Launch Live Ethereum Platform with Barclays, Credit Suisse and More
Swiss banking giant UBS and a group of major banks plan to launch a live application later this month using the ethereum blockchain.
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