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CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS 2011/2012
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3 Oct. 2011 - 30 April 2012
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The Norman Stang Research Seminars in Economics
23rd Annual Series, 2011-2012
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LATEST NEWS
Professor Photis Lysandrou's thought proving article ‘The primacy of hedge funds in the subprime crisis’ was published in the Financial Times.
The research behind the article was published in the Journal of Post Keynesian Economics. The application of rigorous research delivered to practitioners in a format such as the FT demonstrates the link between theory and practice and is what business schools should be doing.
Abstract: When the subprime crisis broke out in the summer of 2007, the hedge funds avoided blame by disassociating from those that supplied the subprime backed products and by disappearing among those that bought these products. This twofold defense strategy has worked to perfection because almost everyone who has studied the crisis is convinced that it is the banks and not the hedge funds that were chiefly responsible for causing it. This paper puts forward a different interpretation of events. Its central argument is that had it not been for the hedge funds’ intermediary position between the investors seeking yield on the one hand and the banks that created the high yield bearing securities on the other, the supply of these securities would never have reached the proportions that were critical in precipitating the near collapse of the whole financial system.
April 2012
Following the key sponsorships of ExxonMobil and Chevron for the 2012 Pacific Energy Summit, Dr. Vlasios Voudouris, CIBS Deputy Director, has been invited by the US National Bureau of Asian Research to the high-profile 2012 Pacific Energy Summit. This invitation-only summit is attended by senior policymakers and business executives from international and national companies as well energy experts. The summit follows a modified Chatham House Rule and limited to 150 participants.
This year’s Summit, titled “Innovative Generation: Powering a Prosperous Asia” will be held in Hanoi, Vietnam on March 20-22, 2012. The 2012 Summit will focus on the best practices and solutions for successfully meeting Asia’s energy needs and promoting environmental stewardship. In addition to Vlasios' s participation, other notable participants include: Nobel Prize Laureate Dr. Rajendra Pachauri; Admiral (Ret.) Dennis Blair; and Ms. Melody Meyers, President of Chevron Asia Pacific.
The Pacific Energy Summit is one of the National Bureau of Asian Research flagship programs.
February 2012
Following a sponsorship by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Dr. Vlasios Voudouris, Deputy Director of CIBS, will be visiting as a panelist and speaker in Indonesia for a high-profile event about the "climate change mitigation and the new economic corridors policy" being implemented by the Indonesian Government.
The event, which is organised by Strategic Asia - a close partner of CIBS, will take place on February 1st and 2nd, 2012. This is another important step in developing a strategic partnership with Strategic Asia for joined projects in South East Asia.
January 2012
CIBS launches new briefing paper series
CIBS is pleased to launch a new briefing paper series as it searches for wider audiences for its research and consultancy capabilities across a range of subject fields.
The first paper is written by Professor John Sedgwick on 'Film Risk', which summarises recent movie research activity in the centre and addresses the issue 'that in the film business 'nobody knows anything'.
January 2012
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