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Financial leverage is built on the idea of spending money to make money 鈥� buying a home or investing in a business, for example. This blog by IFT PhD student Philipp Wirth summarises a recent seminar on the 鈥渄eadly鈥� nature of financial leverage when applied to COVID-19 and care home deaths. The paper by Peter Morris and Ludovic Phalippou (Said Business School, Oxford) and Betty Wu (Adam Smith Business School, Glasgow) examples how and why leverage must be calculated properly to support future policy responses.听
The world of finance is changing ever more quickly, thanks to the emergence of new technologies. Some of these changes are advantageous; the accelerated adoption of machine learning and AI is increasing efficiencies in risk and assessment, underwriting and claims processing. But technological developments also pose risks to financial institutions.
We see 鈥�100% recyclable鈥� labels everywhere 鈥� on yoghurt pots, containers, and plastic bags. But are they true to their promise? And how can we work to promote plastic recycling not just among individual consumers, but more widely in industry? Dr Chao Liu, Lecturer in Decentralised Finance and Blockchain at IFT, presents the issue and the Plastic Credit system he has devised.
If 鈥榙ata science鈥� is 鈥榮tatistics re-invented鈥�, then arguably artificial intelligence must go further than that to differentiate itself. IFT鈥檚 Director of Research, Professor Sir Alan Wilson, reflects on the overlap between data science and AI, and what more it can offer. Prof Wilson reads this as the ability to offer insights from the analysis of large data sources or 鈥榖ig data鈥� that goes beyond statistics.
Financial markets have undergone a deep reorganisation in the last 20 years. A mixture of technological innovation and regulatory constraints has . In this blog, IFT PhD student Zihao Liu reports on the inaugural seminar in IFT鈥檚 Agora Seminar Series 鈥� 鈥淗igh frequency trading and networked markets鈥� with Professor Rosario Nunzio Mantegna.
The Institute鈥檚 USP is rooted in linking research in finance and technology 鈥� the latter in two senses, technology in finance itself, and technology in the wider economy 鈥� the customer of financial services. A subsidiary aim is to link academic research with industry and the public services. This stance demands interdisciplinarity and it is useful to explore what this means.
In the following blog, IFT PhD researcher presents his rationale for engagement with sustainable finance. His story is that of the first (SOC) in Italy for the work inclusion of prisoners.
During the summer heat in Rome, Professor Francesca Medda, our Institute Director, likes to escape to the Vatican Museum. In this blog, she reflects on why we have named this platform Parnassus, in celebration of Rafael鈥檚 painting by the same name. Rafael鈥檚 work pictures a host of artists from Sappho to Dante, surrounded by the muses on the mythological mountain, Parnassus, where the arts and study are protected.
Ting Chen, a recent IFT graduate, presented her key recommendations to ensure a smooth job search process.
On Friday 12 August, we were pleased to welcome back an alumna of the Institute of Finance and Technology, Ting Chen, to share her experiences of job hunting as an international student.
On 17 June 2022, IFT assembled a in finance and technology to discuss how the landscape of investment must change to meet the challenges of the times. recaps what we learned.
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