The seminar will focus on the following topics: - risk premia in financial markets; - asset pricing; - equity premia and credit spreads; - derivatives markets and CCPs; and - the repo market.

The following topics will be covered: - the current state of monetary operations; - balancing monetary policy and financial stability goals within central bank money market operations; and - the timing of communicating and implementing new money market operations.

The event is expected to cover a wide range of topics including: - extreme value theory; - linear and non-linear correlation; - Value-at-Risk; - network analysis and agent-based models; - principles of derivatives pricing with applications to interest rate and credit derivative swaps; and -...

This event is an opportunity for practitioners and academics to come together and explore new approaches to the analysis of macro-financial and macroprudential issues. It is anticipated that papers on sectoral modelling, policy regimes and co-ordination issues will be presented.

This event will cover the broad themes: - why is good corporate governance important? - how corporate governance is regulated; - the importance of Board effectiveness in the effective risk management of firms; - management expertise, culture and controls; - the UK approved persons regime and...

Central banks rely increasingly on the empirical analysis of financial markets to analyse the state of the economy and the impact of policy actions. This one-week event will provide a rigorous overview of the foundations of empirical finance and an exposition of selected topics vital to central...

The following topics are likely to be covered: - basic optimisation techniques; - model microfoundations; - models of the business cycle, including models with financial frictions; - simple solution methods; - input data preparation and manipulation; - construction and estimation of small...

The event will aim to discuss the management of various categories of risk faced by retail banks, investment banks and insurance companies, including those generated by macroeconomic, political and social developments. Specific topics are likely to include: - trading risks and hedging, options...

This two-week seminar aims to improve participants’ understanding of current modelling strategies and forecasting techniques. The following topics will be covered: - unit roots, cointegration and error-correction mechanisms; - techniques for modelling unobserved economic components,...

This seminar will improve participant’s understanding of these changes, the implications for financial regulation, and an opportunity to share ideas and expertise. The topics covered in the event will fit within the following broad themes: - models of financial services regulation including...