A “call for reaction” was sent by EDHEC to international institutional investors and asset managers to compare investor views of amendments to the IAS39 and IFRS 7 standards not just with the conclusions of an initial EDHEC study, but also with the ambitions of these reforms prepared and adopted in great haste. Read next page

In a newly-released position paper by Samuel Sender, entitled “Banking: Why Does Regulation Alone Not Suffice? Why Must Governments Intervene?” EDHEC warns that prudential regulations for banking and other financial institutions are pro-cyclical and tend to reinforce the impact of the economic cycle on the balance sheet. Read next page

Led by an exceptional team of instructors and dissertation directors, a select group of recent university graduates and experienced professionals will spend three years in a demanding doctoral programme. Read next page

EDHEC and EuroPerformance have released their annual rankings of the top UK asset management companies: the Alpha League Table. The Alpha League Table is constructed on the basis of a genuine measure of alpha, using a state-of-the-art methodology developed by EDHEC. Read next page

The Hedge Fund Summit at the EDHEC Alternative Investment Days in London on December 9 and 10 next will focus on the future of the hedge fund industry. The results of an exclusive EDHEC survey on hedge fund reporting will be presented during the Hedge Fund Summit by David Schröder, PhD, Business Analyst with the EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre. Read next page

The EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre and ORTEC Finance have announced the creation of a new research chair in Private ALM focused on understanding the application of Asset-Liability Management (ALM) methodology in Private Wealth Management (PWM). Read next page

Dominic O'Kane, affiliated Professor of Finance at EDHEC Business School has released a new book entitled Modelling Single-Name and Multi-Name Credit Derivatives. Read next page

The EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre will be staging the fourth edition of the EDHEC Alternative Investment Days at the ExCeL Centre in London on December 9 and 10 next. The conference aims to present the applied research conducted by the EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre with leading pension fund managers and to discuss its results with the institutional investor and fund manager communities. Read next page

We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Theo Jeurissen as Chairman of the International Advisory Board of the EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre. Read next page

For the first time in years, a professor at a French school of higher education is among the five most widely cited economics and management professors in the world. Read next page