Today is perhaps the biggest decision the UK will ever face. Under 18s will be most affected by this decision but can't vote. Brits can. More
Size Matters, If You Control Your Junk
The first stock market trading strategy ever discovered was the size anomaly. Banz (1981) found that small stocks outperform large stocks, even after
The Case for Brexit
I'm strongly in favour of the UK remaining part of the EU. However, I recently went to a talk given by a Brexit supporter, to hear the other side. I
Higher Stock Returns When CEOs Own More Shares
Executive compensation is a controversial topic. US CEOs earn 373 times the average worker, and so it takes them less than a day to earn the same as
Top Five TEDx talks
I previously posted my top ten TED talks. TEDx is similar to TED but is an independently organised event under the TED banner, similar to a franchise.
Using Behavioral Economics to Keep Resolutions
In 2010, David Cameron set up the "Behavioural Insights Team" (nicknamed the "Nudge Unit") to use behavioral economics to "nudge" individuals to take
Predicting Mutual Fund Performance Using (Legal) Inside Information
How does an investor choose which mutual fund to invest in? She’ll want a measure of the fund manager’s skill, and the most natural measure is his
Dangers of Using a Company-Wide Discount Rate
Any Finance 101 class will emphasize that the appropriate discount rate for a project depends on the project’s own characteristics, not the firm as a
Game Theory
How To Use Game Theory in the Office. Article by CityAM
Capital Raising
Equity, Debt, or Assets? A New Lens for Looking At Raising Capital. How should firms choose between asset sales and issuance when needing to raise
Financial Institutions
Can Asset Managers Be "Too Big To Fail?", City AM comment
Long-Run Investment / Growth / Innovation; Causes of Short-Termism
VIDEO: Corporate Governance and Short-Termism: Challenges and Solutions. Talk at European Corporate Governance Institute panel, held in Dublin as part