Finance and Markets
Is the Monetary Policy Committee affected by groupthink?
An understanding of behavioural finance is vital for central bankers - Emma Manifold explains groupthink.
Finance and Markets
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Our Finance and Markets research covers these new areas plus subjects ranging from asset pricing, macroeconomics and financial markets to central banking, corporate finance and private equity.
Our MSc Finance and BSc Accounting & Finance courses are highly ranked both in the UK and globally, with academics from all over the world attracted to the School’s world-class research in the area. WBS has a strong relationship with the Bank of England, establishing research partnerships and collaborating to develop highly relevant Masters courses to train future central bankers across the world.
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Gillmore Centre launches transatlantic proptech research engine
The Gillmore Centre for Financial Technology is uniting with the University of Delaware to advance innovation in property technology.
Finance and Markets
Governments cannot rely on pension funds to tackle climate change
The concept of 'catalytic governance' is flawed as research shows many investors have limited scope to influence company behaviour.
Finance and Markets
Is the inexorable rise of private equity over?
John Colley, author of The Unwritten Rules of M&A, looks into private equity's failing business model.
Finance and Markets
AI in banking: The rise of autonomous finance
Ram Gopal, Director of the Gillmore Centre for Financial Technology, explains how AI is revolutionising banking.
Finance and Markets
Gillmore fintech conference: $250bn stablecoin market resists Fed policy
The US Federal Reserve’s monetary policy has limited influence on stablecoin lending rates, a conference at WBS London at The Shard heard.
Finance and Markets
Groundbreaking conference on DeFi and digital currencies at The Shard
Scholars from around the world will reveal their latest research at the Gillmore Centre for Financial Technology's conference.
Finance and Markets
Your next holiday may hold the key to your future equity investments
Tourists are significantly more likely to invest in the stockmarkets of the countries they visit, a new study finds.
Finance and Markets
What does the bitcoin inflation rate really mean?
Attributing Bitcoin's growth to it's 'anti-inflationary' properties misuses the word 'inflation', warns Martin Walker.
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