The use of social networks in finance is no longer limited to communication, marketting or recruitment. Considered as relevant information databases, social networks are now included in news trading systems...
The Solvency II framework will change the way insurance companies address the investments performance in risky assets, by adding a new parameter to the traditional risk / reward tradeoff ....
Some markets have been exhibiting dysfunctions for nearly 4 years. The flight to liquidity and compliance with solvency requirements of banks and states with financial issues, have been - and still is - only ensured by non-conventional financing provisions and emergency solutions with the creation ad-hoc structures.
The recent sharp rise in long-term rates in Europe relies on a risk pooling across peripheral countries and the entire euro zone. But we cannot yet talk about bond crash.
The euro currency area has only a one-in-five chance of surviving in its current form over the next 10 years because of competitive imbalances between its members, a leading British think tank said on Friday.