Constantinos Antoniou explains how behavioural finance is vital for central bankers if they are to truly understand the economy and markets and how their policies will affect them.
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Latest research news
Traditional financial and investment management research and work-flows will be heavily disrupted by AI over the next 10 years, a symposium of leading researchers heard.
AI offers a chance for fund managers to step away from the crowd and end years of declining returns, a webinar for investors and researchers heard.
The UK economy could see its GDP boosted almost three per cent if the Bank of England introduced its own digital coins.
Central banks had to put in emergency measures to help collapsing economies during the pandemic. Diarmuid Murphy outlines the variety of measures taken and what lessons can be learned for future crises.
Former Bank of England MPC member Paul Fisher details what central banks can do to help in the battle against the extreme effects of climate change.
AI has become an increasingly normal part of portfolio management and trading, but despite its advantages Juergen Branke and Mehrshad Motahari outline its negatives.