If the UK cannot secure a ‘Norway' deal and stay within the internal market after Brexit, the UK will lose passporting rights for EU financial services and access to euro clearing and settlement, both of which make London attractive as a financial centre. A substantial part of the UK's...

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, the market share of US investment banks is rising, while that of their European counterparts is declining. We present evidence that US investment banks are on the verge of taking over pole position in European investment banking. While the US...

Written for undergraduate and graduate students of finance, economics and business, the fourth edition of Financial Markets and Institutions provides a fresh analysis of the European financial system. Combining theory, data and policy, this successful textbook examines and explains financial...

How can governments and companies be jointly empowered to have a positive impact on the sustainable development goals? The current economic system is largely geared towards increasing economic growth. But this could come at the expense of rising social inequality and environmental...

Introduction -- Part 1: Why Corporate Finance for Long-term Value? -- Chapter 1. The Company Within Social and Planetary Boundaries -- Chapter 2. Integrated Value Creation -- Chapter 3. Corporate Governance -- Part 2: Discount Rates and Valuation Methods -- Chapter 4. Discount Rates and the...

This case study offers a list of questions that allow analysts to integrate sustainability into investment analysis by connecting sustainability to business models, competitive position, strategy and value drivers. For illustrative purposes, the questions are answered for Royal Philips, an...

Integrated capital markets facilitate risk sharing across countries. Lower home bias in financial investments is an indicator of risk sharing. We highlight that existing indicators of equity home bias in the literature suffer from incomplete coverage because they consider only listed equities....

Integrated capital markets facilitate risk sharing across countries. Lower home bias in financial investments is an indicator of risk sharing. We highlight that existing indicators of equity home bias in the literature suffer from incomplete coverage because they consider only listed equities....

This paper presents evidence of a bias towards carbon-intensive companies in popular value-weighted stock market indices that are tracked by index funds and ETFs and serve as benchmark for active equity strategies. The average carbon bias in the U.S. Russell 1000 is close to 70% and the bias in...

Pressure is mounting on institutional investors to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions resulting from their fossil fuel-related investments. The latest climate change assessments indicate that 1.5°C emission pathways require (1) halving CO2 emissions between 2010 to 2030, and net zero CO2 in 2050;...