¿Cómo me matriculo en el Máster Qfb? 08/03/16 En los másteres interuniversitarios los procesos administrativos previos a la matrícula pueden crear confusiones. Por este motivo, detallamos a continuación cómo organiza cada universidad sus...[Read more]
Keys of the new European banking stress test 04/03/16 European authorities will once again measure the banking sector’s resistance. A selection of the main banking firms will face the new EBA’s stress test. What changes on this occasion?[Read more]
Can banks establish a 0% limit on mortgages? 25/02/16 Following the drop of the Euribor, the banking sector reinforces its mortgages linked to this rate, with clauses limiting the minimum interest pay-out to 0%. But after the fall of the “floor...[Read more]
De Big Five a Big Four: La desaparición de Arthur Andersen 19/02/16 Hace 15 años se destapó el escándalo Enron. El fraude masivo en las cuentas de la energética se llevó por delante a la auditora Arthur Andersen, cuya reputación fue irremediablemente mancillada....[Read more]
Walking amongst bears and bulls: The animals of Wall Street 11/02/16 The stock markets have originated a near-infinite number of colloquial expressions, used to describe in a simple their actors and inner-workings. Here we compile some of Wall Street's best...[Read more]
5 claus del 'semàfor de riscos' 05/02/16 Entre el Defensor del Poble, la Comissió Nacional del Mercat de Valors i el Ministeri d'Economia, s'ha anat gestant des de 2012 un nou sistema d'informació per a l'inversor minorista. Analitzem el...[Read more]
Welcome, Econometrics: 43 years without Ragnar Frisch 01/02/16 One of the pioneers in the application of quantitative knowledge to economics passed away 43 years ago. Ragnar Frisch coined the term Econometrics and paved the way for eighty years of research. Here...[Read more]
What is a rating agency? 29/01/16 Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s…. We hear news about their ratings every few newscasts, but the average citizen understands little about their identity. Their opaque way of functioning has raised...[Read more]
The management of Deutsche Bank: Chronology of a chaotic year 25/01/16 The first financial group of Germany and one of banking's references on a global scale faces perhaps the hardest spell in the bank's 58-year long history (after re-emerging in 1957), What has been...[Read more]
¿En qué consisten los Workshops del Máster Qfb? 20/01/16 Cada julio el Máster en Banca y Finanzas Cuantitativas organiza un Workshop para que los estudiantes de segundo curso presenten sus trabajos de investigación. Pero las jornadas sirven como mucho más...[Read more]
¿Qué hará la banca ante el desafío Fintech? 14/01/16 El sector financiero se reinventa a base de tecnología. Las empresas Fintech triplicaron su inversión en 2015, y esperan irrumpir definitivamente en el mercado español en 2016. ¿Está preparada la...[Read more]
How does oil volatility affect the stock market? 17/12/15 The volatility of crude oil prices continues to disturb the world stock exchange. In a year and a half the barrel of Brent has lost two thirds of its market value. But what, if any, relationship can...[Read more]
5 essential blogs on international finance 11/12/15 There are hundreds of financial media oulets on the net to choose from - and infinitely times more information. In this post, we narrow down the competition to five of the best financial blogs...[Read more]