Reading time: 3 minutes Investment banking. Everyone knows about it, especially at Bocconi. Its difficulties are somewhat commonly understood, but they are put on paper by those working in the industry for the first [ … ]
Category: Finance
Tra i Leoni & Jobs: Interview with Ekaterina Gavrilova
Reading time: 4 minutes Ekaterina Gavrilova is an assistant professor of finance at the Nova School of Business and Economics. She completed her Ph.D. in finance at Bocconi. Her research interests are corporate finance, [ … ]
DC/EP: the two-sided digital coin
Reading time: 6 minutes The implications that the implementation of the digital yuan in China will have on the global economy The idea of Central Bank digital currencies is turning into a possibility of [ … ]
Challenger Banks: A Success Story?
Reading time: 6 minutes Challenger banks, disruptor banks, neobanks — no matter which name you refer to them by, there’s no denying the debilitating impact these banks have had on the global financial market. [ … ]
The GameStop Incident: Interview with Massimo Guidolin
Reading time: 10 minutes Our writers Cansu and Emma conducted an interview with Bocconi Finance professor Massimo Guidolin about the recent GameStop fever. Here is a quick and simple recap of the events for [ … ]
A farewell to LIBOR
Reading time: 6 minutes by Barbara Balcon What is LIBOR? First published in 1986, the London Interbank Offer rate (LIBOR) is the interest rate at which funds are offered for sale in the Eurodollar [ … ]
Finance Friday 15.04.2016
Reading time: 3 minutes Di Nikola Kedhi The International Monetary Fund gathered this Tuesday to discuss the situation of the world economy and the risks that it faces. Amid Brexit fears, slow demand, continuously [ … ]
RADARappresentanza – CLMG
Reading time: 3 minutes Di Angelo Firrito. Quando le elezioni si avvicinano, lo sappiamo bene, la Bocconi entra in tumulto: diventa quasi impossibile spostarsi da un edificio all’altro senza incappare in qualche politicante, che [ … ]
Finance Friday 5.2.2016
Reading time: 3 minutes Di Nikola Kedhi Italy has not been in the spotlight for some time now as attention has been directed towards China and oil. However, this does not mean that its [ … ]
Finance Friday 8.1.2016
Reading time: 3 minutes Di Nikola Kedhi Unease, anxiety and volatility characterized the outgoing year. 2016 was eagerly anticipated by most market participants. However, as the first day of trading for the year demonstrated, there [ … ]