Expert Comment
Dr Andreas Kokkinis comments on a call to shift corporate priorities from profit to social purpose
"This move is less surprising than it appears at first blush." The heads of more than 180 US companies have issued a statement urging corporations to look beyond shareholder value and also focus on social responsibilities as well as profits. Dr Andreas Kokkinis of Warwick Law comments on this radical-seeming shift in US capitalism.
Professor Roger Farmer comments on the Bank of England's decision to hold interest rates at 0.75%
The Bank of England's MPC has voted unanimously to maintain the Bank Rate at 0.75%. Professor Roger Famer of Warwick Economics comments.
‘No surprise’ that Mozambique is to repay its USD726m debt: expert comment
Following the news that Mozambique has agreed a deal to restructure its $726 million debt, Dr Stephen Connelly and Dr Celine Tan from Warwick School of Law, who have been working on African debt relief and human rights with a number of partners, have given media comment.
Trader runs up €100 million of losses - Dr Stephen Connelly comments
10 years after the Lehman Brothers' collapse, a single trader has caused the Nasdaq Commodities exhange to lose more than €100 million from its systemic risk funds after his bets on the Nordic and German energy market backfired. Dr Stephen Connelly from Warwick Law School comments on whether post-Lehman safeguards are working.
Dr Andreas Kokkinis on the anniversary of the 2008 financial crisis
Dr Andreas Kokkinis, expert in financial regulation from the School of Law, comments on the implications of the collapse of Lehman Brothers ten years ago.