Monthly Archives: February 2012

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Professor of Finance Stephen Brown discusses the importance of due diligence to mitigate operational risk in hedge funds. He concludes that operational due diligence is a source of alpha, and his research determines that “operational risk is more predictive of … Continue reading →

Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh of NYU Stern, Ralph Koijen of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Motohiro Yogo of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis won Best Paper at the 2012 Utah Winter Finance Conference. Abstract:We develop a … Continue reading →

Professor Ingo Walter is interviewed in Crain’s New York Business on the dominance of the three main credit rating agencies: Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and Fitch Ratings Ltd. Newer rating agencies such as Kroll and … Continue reading →