Category Archives: Market Risk

Roubini on the Global Economy

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Alanna Valdez

Nouriel Roubini, Professor of Economics and International Business at NYU Stern, writes on the global economy. Roubini addresses the Eurozone, China, Japan, the Middle East, and the US, to paint a picture of a global economy where the US is … Continue reading →

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Bloomberg Highlights Viral Acharya’s Research on the Repo Market

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Alanna Valdez

Bloomberg featured NYU Stern Professor Viral Acharya’s research in an article about fire sales risk and repo market reforms.

Excerpt from Bloomberg –”A so-called resolution authority for the repo market, to orderly liquidate repurchase agreements and prevent fire sales of underlying assets … Continue reading →

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The Wisdom of the Market

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Alanna Valdez

By Peter Blair Henry, Dean, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Dean Richard R. West Professor of Business, and William R. Berkley Professor of Economics & Finance

In an era of bubbles, crashes, tarnished reputations, and outrage over the gulf … Continue reading →

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Michael Spence: Rebalancing the State Balance Sheet

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Alanna Valdez

Nobel Laureate in Economics and NYU Stern Professor Michael Spence writes on Project Syndicate about “Rebalancing the State Balance Sheet.” Spence highlights the tension states face with managing their assets and suggests ways to think about more privatized sorts of … Continue reading →

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Roubini Predicts US will go into sequester

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Alanna Valdez

Nouriel Roubini, spoke on Yahoo! Finance’s The Daily Ticker with Aaron Task about his views on the upcoming March 1st sequester deadline. Roubini, anticipating that the US will go into sequester, discusses its financial and economic implications.

View the interview … Continue reading →

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Register Today! NYU Stern Conference: The Return of Private Capital to the Mortgage Market

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Alanna Valdez

The Center for Real Estate Finance Research (CREFR) and Marc H. Bell, General Partner of Barbican Capital invite you to Stern for a full-day conference on March 5th, 2013 on the future of the U.S. housing finance system. (This conference … Continue reading →

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Professor Silber’s Reaction to the Federal Reserve Minutes

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Alanna Valdez

Professor Silber reacts to the recently release Federal Reserve minutes on Bloomberg TV’s Bottom Line with Mark Crumpton. Watch Professor Silber discuss Europe, the Federal Open Market Committee’s meeting minutes, and excessive risk.

William Silber is Professor of Finance at … Continue reading →

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Breaking the bank-sovereign nexus

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Alanna Valdez

The following Op-ed was written by Viral Acharya on livemint.com, “Breaking the bank-sovereign nexus: The ownership structure of India’s debt seems problematic from the view of financial and economic stability”

The unique feature of the global financial crisis that … Continue reading →

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Corporate Governance, Emerging Markets, State-Owned Banks: Thoughts from Viral Acharya

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Alanna Valdez

The following interview “Political Influence on State-Owned Enterprises: The True Obstacle to Private Sector Growth in Emerging Markets?” with Professor Viral Acharya was conducted by the Corporate Governance Forum.

The most interesting piece on corporate governance I read … Continue reading →

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No More Lifelines for Struggling Companies?

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Alanna Valdez

Declining bankruptcies and Chapter 11 cases might sound like a good thing, but after taking a closer look, NYU Stern Professor Ed Altman notes otherwise. Altman was quoted in Bloomberg News, stating that salvaging questionable companies can lead to fragile … Continue reading →

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