This article addresses decision-making parameters in machine-learning algorithms, and more specifically, critiques the mathematical explanation for the Hipster Effect (a group of evolutionary processes), and discusses implications for portfolio management and corporate bankruptcy prediction (two...

“Restoring American Financial Stability Act” of 2010 (“RAFSA” or the Dodd-Frank Act”) was the first set of statutes in any country, that attempted to simultaneously address the Global Financial Crisis, the national securities law framework, the structure of the executive branch of the...

Since 1990, there has been substantial debate in both the popular press and academic materials about earnings management by multinational companies and the capital markets (ie. microstructure; raising capital) effects of their rampant uses of Dividend-Equivalent Rights (“DERs”) and...

Non-performing Loans (NPLs) have international ramifications because many banks operate in several countries and NPL-resolution related laws enacted in their home countries affect their foreign operations. While the management of Non-performing Loans (NPLs) remains a major problem around the...