The conference will focus on policy issues, quantitative methods and current challenges for public investors, and is intended to promote an exchange of innovative ideas among practitioners and academics, knowledge sharing and collaboration across organizations, and the development of best...

Research at the Paul Woolley Centre aims at understanding the workings of capital markets and the social efficiency of allocations these markets achieve. The research departs from the Arrow-Debreu view of frictionless markets, and emphasises the role of financial intermediaries (e.g. investment...

This small, informal conference features presentations of high quality theoretical or empirical research papers on financial intermediation.

Financial systems play a vital role in boosting productivity growth by allocating resources efficiently and facilitating investment and innovation. But they are also prone to costly booms and busts, which can leave deep scars on the productive tissue of the economy. Indeed, in the aftermath of...