Conventional versus Islamic Private Equity
By Mohamed Ali Chatti and Ouidad Yousfi
There are some similarities between Islamic and conventional PE, like for example the active participation, the quick exit...
A Comment on “The American Mortgage System: Crisis and Reform”
By Marvin M. Smith, Anthony Orlando, and Susan Wachter
“If price discovery continues to be unattainable in both the subprime, structured CDO and lower quality...
Emerging Markets are Re-Shaping the Global Economy, But Also Shaking It
By George Magnus
From global tourism to manufactured products, and from industrial processes to modern technologies order, the re-convergence of emerging markets and their economic...
The Causes of the Banking Crises of the 1920’s
By Simon D. Norton
The credit crunch of 2007-2008 shares many similarities in terms of causes with the Depression Era and wave of bank failures...
Rethinking Global Financial Governance Reform
By Daniel D. Bradlow
The limited success over the past few years in reforming global financial governance means that there is a need to reassess...
Time to Win Investors Over
By Baruch Lev
Managers need to be able to respond to investors’ concerns and regain their trust, but their response is seriously hindered by the...
Too systemic to fail: Consequences, causes, and potential remedies
By Raghuram Rajan
Perhaps the single biggest distortion to the free enterprise system is when a number of private institutions are deemed by political and...
Islamic Finance: Is the Time Ripe for a Private Sector Trade Association?
By Robert B Gray
The growing significance of Islamic finance has brought into sharp focus the similarities and the potential for convergence with respect...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
China’s Challenging Search for a New Model of Economic Growth
By Danny Leipziger
China cannot continue to rely on exports to drive its growth, but what are the alternatives?
China ran a $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, and despite admonitions from the IMF to rely...
