European banking union and bank risk disclosure
Speaker: Professor Yener Altunbas, Bangor University
Time: Wednesday, 11 December 2019, 13:00-15:00
Venue: S314 (Paul Webley Wing, Senate House)
Speaker: Professor Yener Altunbas, Bangor University
Time: Wednesday, 11 December 2019, 13:00-15:00
Venue: S314 (Paul Webley Wing, Senate House)
Hosted by Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) in Nairobi, this event will discuss the major developments regarding research on financial inclusion, including financial technologies (Fintech) and field experiments applied to microfinance.
Speaker: Dr Junhong Yang, SOAS University of London
Time: Wednesday, 27 November 2019, 13:00-15:00
Venue: S314 (Paul Webley Wing, Senate House), SOAS University of London
Speaker: Dr Andrew Urquhart, ICMA Centre, Henley Business School
Time: Wednesday, 20 November 2019, 13:00-15:00
Venue: S314 (Paul Webley Wing, Senate House)
Speaker: Professor Sarah Bracking, King’s College London
Time: Wednesday, 13 November 2019, 13:00-15:00
Venue: S314 (Paul Webley Wing, Senate House)
Speaker: Dr Godfrey Charles-Cadogan, Lecturer in Finance, University of Leicester
Time: Wednesday, 30 October 2019, 13:00-15:00
Venue: S314 (Paul Webley Wing, Senate House)
Speaker: Helen Lawton Smith, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Birkbeck, University of London & Oxford University and Dimitris Assimakopoulos, University of Lyon
Time: Wednesday, 23 October 2019, 13:00-15:00
Venue: S314 (Paul Webley Wing, Senate House)
Speaker: Désiré Kanga, SOAS University of London
Time: Wednesday, 16 October 2019, 13:00-15:00
Venue: S314 (Paul Webley Wing; Senate House)
Speakers: Professor Hideaki Sakawa and Professor Naoki Watanabe , Nagoya City University, Japan
Time: Wednesday, 9 October 2019, 13:00-15:00
Venue: S314 (Paul Webley Wing; Senate House)
Keynote speaker: Dr Patrick Njoroge, Governor, Central Bank of Kenya
“The diffusion of FinTech matters.” said Professor Murinde
This unique summer school on financial inclusion is developed by three renowned professors from Université Laval (Canada), the University of Groningen (the Netherlands) and Stellenbosch University (South Africa). This summer school is alternately offered in each of these three universities in three different continents. This year, it is held at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
ENSEA, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
Speaker: Alberto Iozzi, Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’
Speaker: Professor Victor Murinde, AXA Chair in Global Finance
Financial inclusion has emerged as a major policy agenda in many developing and developed countries with the aim to increase access to formal financial services. In particular, households with lower incomes and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) experience financial exclusion. This results in underinvestment in human capital, health and capital stock, diminishing economic growth. Financial technology (Fintech) promises to enhance financial inclusion offering technological solutions that reduce information asymmetry (e.g. rating systems), transaction costs, and the need for intermediation (e.g. peer-to-peer lending platforms). Will these innovations eliminate financial constraints? Is there a future without banks? Can new technologies promote sustainable investment?
Speaker: Dr Tolulola Lawa, Lecturer in Accounting , SOAS University of London
Speaker: Professor Stephany Griffith-Jones, Financial Markets Director, Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University (part-time); Emeritus Fellow, Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex; and Research Associate at Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London.
Speaker: Robert Lensink, Professor of Finance and Financial Markets, University of Groningen
Speaker: Chris Adcock, Professor of Quantitative Finance, SOAS University of London
Speaker: Machiko Nissanke, Emeritus Professor of Economics, SOAS University of London
Speaker: Professor Victor Murinde, AXA Chair in Global Finance
Speaker: Joe Tanega, Professor of Law, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Speaker: Dr Maurizio Fiaschetti, Lecturer in Banking and Finance, SOAS University of London
This workshop will feature 14 papers from the DFID-ESRC research project – ‘Delivering Inclusive Financial Development and Growth’. In addition, this workshop is specially dedicated to a member of the research team of the project – Professor Christopher J. Green (Loughborough University).
23 January 2019, 13:00-15:00
S314, SOAS University of London (Paul Webley Wing)
Lead author & Presenter: Professor Issouf Soumaré, Laval University, Québec, Canada
Speaker: Professor Sumon Bhaumik, Chair in Finance, Sheffield University Management School
Speaker: Christine Oughton, Professor of Management Economics, SOAS University of London