Dalian Commodity Exchange: Notice On Collecting Seat Fees Of 2016
According to the rules and regulations of DCE for collecting seat fees, DCE will, in early April, collect the seat fees of 2016 by transferring and deducting from the members’ settlement reserves...
View ArticleDalian Commodity Exchange: Notice On Adjustments To Minimum Trading Margin,...
According to Clause 9 of the “Measures for Risk Management of Dalian Commodity Exchange”, it has been decided upon discussion that DCE would make the following adjustments to the trading margin and...
View ArticleCrowdsourcing City Government: Using Tournaments to Improve Inspection...
Can open tournaments improve the quality of city services? The proliferation of big data makes it possible to use predictive analytics to better target services like hygiene inspections, but city...
View ArticleViewpoint: The Human Capital Approach to Inference -- by W. Bentley MacLeod
The purpose of this essay is to discuss the "human capital" approach to inference. Observed decisions by experts can be used to organize data on their decisions using simple machine learning...
View ArticleThe March of the Techies: Technology, Trade, and Job Polarization in France,...
Using administrative employee-firm-level data on the entire private sector from 1994 to 2007, we show that the labor market in France has polarized: employment shares of high and low wage occupations...
View ArticleExplicit vs. Statistical Preferential Treatment in Affirmative Action: Theory...
Affirmative action schemes must confront the tension between admitting the highest scoring applicants and ensuring diversity. In Chicago's affirmative action system for exam schools, applicants are...
View ArticleRefugees From Dust and Shrinking Land: Tracking the Dust Bowl Migrants -- by...
We construct longitudinal data from the U.S. Census records to study migration patterns of those affected by the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Our focus is on the famous "Okie" migration of the Southern...
View ArticleThe Effect of Performance-Based Incentives on Educational Achievement:...
We test the effect of performance-based incentives on educational achievement in a low-performing school district using a randomized field experiment. High school freshmen were provided monthly...
View ArticleQatar Stock Exchange Is Now The Party Entitled With Receiving The...
In application of the Financial Markets Development Committee (FMDC) decision issued in its first meeting of 2016; and in view of the keenness of Qatar Financial Markets Authority (QFMA) and Qatar...
View ArticleAppeals Court Upholds Determination That CBOE Patents Are Invalid
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Appeals Court) on Friday, March 25, 2016, affirmed the decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark...
View ArticleThe Yates Memoâs Impact on D&O Liability
By Britt Eilhardt and Beata Aldridgeread more...
View ArticleIMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde Proposes Reappointment Of Mr. David...
Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), announced today her proposal to reappoint Mr. David Lipton as First Deputy Managing Director to a five year term...
View ArticleSecurities Professional Charged With Defrauding Institutional Investors -...
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a New York-based securities professional with defrauding two institutions he solicited to invest in a shell company he controlled whose name was...
View ArticleIMF Publishes Work On The State Of The Global Financial Safety Net
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) today published the paper “The Adequacy of the Global Financial Safety Net,” which the IMF’s Executive Board discussed during an informal session as part of the...
View ArticleSaudi Stock Exchange: Converting The Securities Depository Center To A Joint...
Pursuant to the request of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul), the Capital Market Authority has approved the conversion of the Securities Depository Center (the Centre) to a...
View ArticleMAS And ABS To Hold Conference To Drive FinTech Innovation
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) will be holding a two-day conference to pave the way for financial technology (FinTech) innovation in...
View ArticleTMX Group CEO To Speak At Toronto Region Board Of Trade
Lou Eccleston, Chief Executive Officer, TMX Group will this week provide a luncheon address to the Toronto Region Board of Trade as part of the International Finance Series. Presented by Scotiabank,...
View ArticleBats To Provide Market And Trade Data To Money.Net - Fast-Growing, Financial...
Bats Global Markets (Bats), a leading global operator of exchanges and services for financial markets, today announced that it is now providing real-time stock quote and trade information via the Bats...
View ArticleCFTC Approves A Final Rule Providing An Alternative To Fingerprinting For...
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that it approved a final rule adding an alternative for foreign natural persons to the requirement to provide fingerprints when...
View ArticleWeekly Top 5 Papers â March 25, 2016
1. Understanding Modern Portfolio Construction by Cullen Roche (Orcam Financial Group)read more...
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