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Finance 28/10/2011

The Danger of Longevity Looms? Bonds Can Come to the Rescue

Old age and the financial problems posed by the increase in life expectancy: we must create a market of instruments indexed to lifetime duration.

Finance 28/10/2011

Small Is Beautiful

After SMEs took a bad hit in the crisis, markets are finding new ways to funnel investments toward these traditionally profitable firms

World Economy 19/10/2011

The European Commission Declares War on Corruption

A new system for monitoring a criminal scourge is being put in place by the EU, strengthening the poorly enforced norms currently on the European books.

Technology 19/10/2011

2,000 Computers Are Not Enough for an Accurate Forecast

We build and continuously fine-tune computer forecasting models. But rather than placing excessive trust in them, we need to learn to use them with a critical sense

Finance 19/10/2011

How Not to Cure Financial Fever

Neither blocking rating information nor creating a public European rating agency is a good solution to the current malaise.