Monthly Archives: November 2011

Nobel Laureate and NYU Stern Finance Professor Robert Engle discusses the NYU Systemic Risk Rankings on CNBC. Professor Engle will deliver a free webinar on the rankings on December 5, 2011 at 11am. Please visit the following link for registration: … Continue reading →

Professor Lawrence White is quoted in an NPR article on pension securitization. Excerpt from NPR: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in … Continue reading →

Viral Acharya of NYU Stern and Heitor Almeida of the University of Illinois coauthored an article on the future of US Treasuries. Excerpt from Financial News: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable … Continue reading →

Professor Michael Spence discusses the strengths and weaknesses of Italy’s economy in an op-ed. Excerpt from Project-Syndicate:“As the economist Mario Monti’s new government takes office in Italy, much is at stake – for the country, for Europe, and for the … Continue reading →

Presented by Nobel Laureate Robert F. Engle, Michael Armellino Professor of Finance at NYU Stern School of Business December 5, 2011 at 11 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time  The webinar will discuss the recently released ‘NYU Stern Global Systemic Risk Rankings’ … Continue reading →

Press Release: Rankings provide “wake-up call” to politicians that European banks are severely undercapitalized New York, NY — New York University Stern School of Business today announced the launch of a global version of its NYU Stern Systemic Risk Rankings, … Continue reading →

Professor Larry White joins the debate: Europe’s War on Downgrades. Restricting ratings on European governments’ bonds? This is a terrible idea. To understand why, let’s review what the three large credit rating agencies — Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch … Continue reading →

A new paper by Professor Nouriel Roubini on the European fiscal crisis is featured. Will the eurozone survive? The leaders of France and Germany have now raised this question, for the case of Greece. If policymakers had understood two decades … Continue reading →