Since the 2008 financial crisis, a resurgence of interest in economic and financial history has occurred among investment professionals. This book discusses some of the lessons drawn from the past that may help practitioners when thinking about their portfolios. The book's editors, David...

COVID-19 has quickly emerged as a novel risk, generating feverish behavior among investors, and posing unprecedented challenges for policymakers. The empirical analysis provides evidence for a significant negative effect on stock markets of COVID-19-related measures announced in the Euro Area...

In December 2017, during the One Planet Summit in Paris, a group of eight central banks and supervisory authorities launched the "Network for Greening the Financial Sector" (NGFS) to address challenges and risks posed by climate change to the global financial system. Until 06/2023 an additional...