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KBS Investigate Green Finance Initiatives
Kent Business School Academics contributed on a Green Finance Project to explore the initiative taken up by global organisations. Dr Diana Tunaru as principal investigator … Read more
Kent Business School Academic Among Winners of Global Research Award
Two University of Kent academics, Dr Jaideep Oberoi from Kent Business School and Professor Miguel Léon-Ledesma from the School of Economics, are among the winners … Read more
The Future of Equity Release – a Roundtable Discussion
On Friday 13 October, the Institute of Faculty Actuaries (IFoA) Equity Release Working Party (ERWP) held a roundtable event to get input on the key … Read more
Professor Radu Tunaru Publishes Book: Preparing for the Next Financial Crisis
Kent Business School Professor, Radu Tunaru, and Dr Esa Jokivuolle, Head of Research at Bank of Finland, have published the volume Preparing for the Next … Read more
Professor Roman Matousek visits School of Economics and Management at Beihang University
Professor Roman Matousek visited the School of Economics and Management at Beihang University and participated in the 15th Conference of Financial System Engineering and Risk … Read more
Professor Radu Tunaru Appointed to the Equity Release Mortgages Working Party
Under new regulations, equity release mortgages are a viable source of funding for the elderly. The working party includes prestigious financial companies and institutions like … Read more
Professor Radu Tunaru to Publish Book on Real-Estate Derivatives
Kent Business School’s Professor of Finance Radu Tunaru will publish ‘Real-Estate Derivatives: From Econometrics to Financial Engineering’ in April of this year. The book brings … Read more
KBS Professor Roman Matousek Awarded British Academy Research Grant
Awarded jointly to Banking and Finance Professor Roman Matousek and Monetary Economics Professor Chau Le at the Banking University of Ho Chi Minh City (BUH), … Read more
Post-Trump Volatility: The Trouble with Wasps
Does the EU have more to worry about than the US…? The trouble with wasps The election of Donald Trump caused plenty of buzz on … Read more
Hedge Funds – How good are they really?
Are High Hedge Funds Costs Justified by their Returns? Commonly Unique When it comes to hedge funds, the common perception is that they constitute high-cost, … Read more
Bank CEO pay – Be Careful What you Wish For
The relationship between CEO pay and company success continues to exercise politicians and shareholders alike. In finance, we know something about how bank performance influences … Read more
Credit default swaps
A meteoric rise A credit default swap (CDS) is a bilateral contract between a buyer and seller of compensation for a fixed maturity, usually five … Read more
Beware of falling COCOs
A tough nut to crack Ideally the regulations in financial markets will emerge from the market participants themselves. Indeed, while a structured investment vehicle … Read more
To make sense of dividends we should look into their futures
A financial enigma The investment and academic worlds are united, generally speaking, on what dividends are, where they come from, and even how large they … Read more
A research dividend
For investors in equity markets, dividends matter. Take the S&P 500 index of large US companies – dividends have historically represented as much as ⅓ … Read more
Professor Radu Tunaru Organises Workshop with Bank of Finland
KBS’s Professor Radu Tunaru jointly organised a one day-workshop “From the Last Financial Crisis to the Next: Looking on the Horizon”, with Esa Jokivuolle from Bank of Finland. … Read more
Kent Business School in Top Quartile for ‘Research Intensity’
Kent Business School at the University of Kent was placed 25th in the UK for business and management studies on its ‘research intensity’ in the … Read more
Kent Business School achieves REF success
Kent Business School at the University of Kent, has confirmed its position as a leading business school carrying out world-class research, according to the Research … Read more
New ESRC Finance Project
A team of KBS finance researchers, led by Dr Ekaterini Panopoulou, has won seminar funding from the ESRC, together with a group of international collaborators … Read more