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Do Innovations Ever Pay Off? the Value to Investing in Innovation
Management has often been criticized for an earnings-focused short term orientation that reduces or delays investments in risky, long term innovation projects…
KfW reopens 3-year USD Global market
The USD 3 bn issue with a settlement on June 26th 2008 matures on June 27th 2011. With a coupon of 3.75% and a reoffer price of 99.755% it yields 3.837% s.a. This corresponds to a yield pick-up of 92.5 basis points over the current 2-year US Treasury maturing in May 2010. The bond will have an AAA/Aaa/AAA rating from Fitch Ratings, Moody's and Standard & Poor's. The transaction was lead managed by Credit Suisse, HSBC and RBC Capital Markets. Co-Lead Managers were Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas, Citi, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Mitsubishi UFJ, Morgan Stanley, Nomura, and RBS….
Friday no longer best day for releasing bad news
That is one of the conclusions drawn by economist Leon Zolotoy in his research, for which he will be awarded a PhD at Tilburg University in the Netherlands on…
New Cass research shows private equity-backed IPOs outperform market
Research published by Cass Business School provides new evidence on the strong performance of private equity-backed IPOs.The report was commissioned jointly by…
Be a Coaching Manager
The profile of the “new” manager is distinguished by thinking and acting like a coach, maintains Morten Emil Berg, Assistant Professor at BI Norwegian School…
Centre for Banking Studies hosts conference on banking stability
The newly created Centre for Banking Studies at Cass Business School, funded by the British Academy, Cass Business School Research Fund, and the Money, Macro…