We researched 130 financial centres for this edition of the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI 33). The number of centres in the main index has increased to 120, with the inclusion of Minneapolis/St Paul. There are 10 associate centres awaiting potential inclusion in the main index.The average...

The sixth edition of the Global Green Finance Index (GGFI 6) was published on 27 October 2020. GGFI 6 provides evaluations of the depth and quality of the green finance offerings of 74 major financial centres around the world. The GGFI serves as a valuable reference into the development of green...

In "The Road to Long Finance: A Systems View of the Credit Scrunch", co-authors Michael Mainelli and Bob Giffords argue that only systemic wisdom will provide a long-term solution to the crisis. A return to "business as usual" will leave un-addressed such important problems as ‘too big to...

To encourage wider adoption and dissemination of Faff's (2015, 2019) Pitching Research framework, herein, I set out a carefully organized resource kit for instructors charged with the goal of research capacity building and/or research training. Targeted instructors include: “research...

Using Faff's (2015, 2019) pitching research template as a base (first-phase scholarly pitch), Faff and Kastelle (2016) develop a research pitch tool targeting non-academic external stakeholders/end users. The “pitching research for engagement and impact” (PR4EI) second-phase pitch augments...

Fantasy Pitching V follows in the footsteps of four earlier fantasy pitching exercises: Faff, Ali, et al. (2016); Faff, Wallin et al. (2016); Faff, Carrick, et al (2017) & Faff, Baladi, et al (2017). Like all prior versions, the current paper challenges teams of novice researchers to use the...

The current paper outlines two applications of ‘Pitching Research' (Faff, 2015 & 2017a) designed to help readers and researchers better understand and describe academic literature. ‘Reverse Engineering' is a concept explored by previous student scholars at The University of Queensland (Faff...

The current paper offers an extensive array of advice – framed around so-called “rules of engagement” – for budding researchers on how to optimize their experience in prospectively applying the “Pitching Research” [Faff (2015, 2019)] framework to their research setting. This guidance...

The current paper offers some simple tips for budding researchers on how to get the best out of their “Pitching Research” [Faff (2015, 2019)] experience. These tips are built upon three basic perspectives. First, WHAT? Here, the framework is briefly outlined and mapped into a simple...