The Centre for Global Finance Seminar Series provides a platform for speakers to present their work to an audience of fellow academics and students of Finance and Management. These seminars are open to members of SOAS and the wider academic community.
The seminars are supported by three research projects and programme:
AXA Chair in Global Finance research programme hold by Professor Murinde and supported by the AXA Research Fund ;
The DFID-ESRC Growth Research Programme (DEGRP) Call 3 under research grant ESRC Ref ES/N013344/2; and
The ESRC-NSFC research project, ESRC Ref ES/P005241/1
Seminars are normally held on Wednesdays at 13:00 -15:00 in SOAS University of London. The venue for each seminar is stated here on the CGF website.
Diversification strategies in banking: like lemmings falling off a cliff Gerhard Kling
Financial Technologies Paving a Bright New Path For the World’s Unbanked Population Victor Murinde
Subtle is the Lord, but malicious He is not: the calculation of abnormal stock returns in applied research Mark Tipett
It's the macroeconomy stupid! Not the banks Ciaran Driver
Pan-African Banks on the Rise: Does Cross-Border Banking Increase Firm's Access to Finance in WAEMU? Desire Kanga
Financial Inclusion and Risks Ayse Demir
The Power of Networks: Evidence from the UK Hisham Farag
TBC Andreas Hoepner
Chinese bank efficiency Jacob Schumacher
Regulatory Policy-Making in Emergent Industries: The Rise of Decentralized Cryptocurrencies (2009-2018) Alberto Asquer
Inventory investment and the choice of financing in China: Does city-level financial development play a role? Alessandra Guariglia
Financial Inclusion, Financial Diversity and Institutional Quality Christine Oughton
TBC Sumon Bhaumik
Cross-border banking, credits cycles, commodities prices and effectiveness of macro prudential policies Francois Bationo
Intertemporal Consumption and the Measurement of Inflation: A Dynamic Inertial Price Index Pasquale Scaramozzino
Headquarters Relocation, Advanced Producer Services and Firm Innovation: Evidence from Chinese Listed Firms Hong Bo
Reappraisal of debt sustainability and development nexus Machiko Nissanke
Market Crashes and the Capital Asset Pricing Model Chris Adcock
Uptake and impact of Islamic savings accounts in Pakistan Robert Lensink
Lessons of capital account management from emerging economies for African low income countries Stephany J. Griffith-Jones
The Fear of the Queen: Directors' Reputation and Earnings Quality Tolulola Lawal
Congestion Externality and Autonomous Vehicles Alberto Izzozi
The structure of trust in the UK and China Meng Xie
TBC Laurence Harris
Global finance: avoiding risks by updating our understanding of today's mega trends
