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  Securities - Journal Vol. 20

•  Letter from Rob Heyvaert
•  Letter from Shahin Shojai, Editor

NOBEL LAUREATE VIEW

•   An alternative perspective on globalization and its implications
  
  A Discussioin With Prof. Gary S. Becker
•   A perspective on the economic challenges facing the world s leading economies and markets
  
  A Discussioin With Prof. Edward C. Prescott

MARKETS

•   Market timing with candlestick technical analysis (Opinion)
  
  Ben R. Marshall, Senior Lecturer,
  MArint R. Young, Associate Professor, Department of Finance, Banking & Property, Massey University
  Lawerense C. Rose, Pro Vice-Chancerllor, College of Business, Massey University
•   Common missteps in portfolio optimization (Opinion)
  
  Stephen Jay Silver, Professor of Economics, The Citadel College of Business Administration
  D. Sykes Wilford, Hipp Chair Professor in Business, The Citadel College of Business Administration, and Managing Director, EQA Partners
•   Securitization the tool of financial transformation
  
  Frank J. Fabozzi, Professor in the Practice of Finance, School of Management, Yale University
  Vinod Kothari, Independant Financial Consultant and Visiting Faculty, Indian Institute of Management Kolkata, India
•   Collateralized debt obligations and credit risk transfer
  
  Douglas J. Lucas, Executive Director and head of CDO Research, UBS
  Laurie S. Goodman, Managing director and Co-head of Global Fixed income Research, UBS
  Frank J. Fabozzi, Professor in the Practice of Finance, School of Management, Yale University
•   Use and perceptions of ETFs a European survey
  
  Noel Amenc, Professor EDHEC Business School, And Director, EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre
  Felix Goltz, Senior Research Engineer, EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre
•   Corporate inflation indexed bonds in emerging market countries recent trends and prospects
  
  Peter Kunzel, Economist, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, Inernational Monetary Fund
  Carlos Medeiros, Division Chief, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, Inernational Monetary Fund
  Michael Papaioannou, Senior Economist, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund
  Luisa Zanforlin, Senior Economist, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, Inernational Monetary Fund

INFRASTRUCTURE

•   Lean securities operations applying Lean process principles in the post-trade environment (Opinion)
  
  Steve Webb, Partner, Capco
  Anthony Louw, Principal consultant, Capco
•   Applications of extreme value theory to collateral valuation (Opinion)
  
  Alejandro GarcÍa, Senior Analyst, Financial Risk Office, Bank of Canada
  Ramazan Gençay, Professor of Economics, Simon Fraser University1
•   Securities service providers_securing growth after market consolidation (Opinion)
  
  Simon Bennett, Partner, Capco
  Alex de Fursac Gash, consultant, Capco
•   The European custody industry potential business strategies for future success
  
  Pedro Matthynssens, Partner, Capco
  Gabriel Schild, Managing Principal, Capco
•   Comparing the pre settlement risk implications of alternative clearing arrangements
  
  John Jackson, Systemic Risk Reduction Division, Financial Stability, Bank of England
  Mark Manning, Systemic Risk Reduction Division, Financial Stability, Bank of England
•   Settlement internalization the production and distribution of services in the (clearing and) settlement industry
  
  Salvatore Lo Giudice, Commissione Nazionale per le Societá e la Borsa (CONSOB)
•   Standards and competition in post trade securities processing
  
  Alistair Milne, Senior Lecturer in Banking and Finance And Director of the Centre for Research on European Financial Markets and Institutions, Cass Business School, and Monetary Policy and Research Department, Bank of Finland
•   European financial integration and MiFID
  
  Harilaos Mertzanis, Director of Research, Hellenic Capital Market Commission

ACCEPTED PAPER SERIES

•   Towards economic and monetary union changing trends in payment systems for new European members (Opinion)
  
  Francisco J. Callado Munoz, Assistant Professor, University of Girona
  Natalia Utrero Gonzalez, Juan de la Cierva Research Fellowship, Universitat Autosnoma de Barcelona
•   Monetary union in central and western Africa
  
  Atish Ghosh, Division Chief, Policy Development and Review Department, International Munetary Fund
  Anne-Marie Gulde, Assistan Director Policy Wing, African Department, International Monetary Fund
  Holger Wolf, Associate Professor, BMW Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University