Potential insider trading following landmark Kodak loan

Published: 21 August 2020

In July, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) provided a $765 million loan to support Kodak’s transition from photo giant to producing drugs for the U.S. domestic market....

U.S. states facing financial hardship need unity

Published: 7 July 2020

As the pandemic takes its financial toll on states across the U.S., Professor Patrick Augustin suggests that compromise and unity from the federal government could provide a lifeline for those...

Delve: Insider Trading by Congress? It's Time to Fix the Law

Published: 14 May 2020

The “coronavirus trades” made by Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and his wife just prior to the March ’20 market crash raise these questions and signal the need for changes to the law. Some proposals go...

COVID-19 reveals European Union in discord

Published: 5 May 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed economic weaknesses in some EU countries, with the stronger members reluctant to provide assistance....

FORTUNE | Coronavirus is making clear there is no solidarity in the EU

Published: 4 May 2020

« The European Union is in trouble. From the start, its countries haven’t been on equal footing. But COVID-19 has shone a stark light on the dissimilarities between its national economies. The...

Insider trading by Congress reveals need for policy change

Published: 24 April 2020

Trading by members of Congress shortly before the March 2020 market crash signals the need for policy change. In an op-ed for The Hill, Professor Patrick Augustin calls for a policy that only...

Understanding negative swap rates

Published: 17 January 2020

A paper from Professor Patrick Augustin featured in voxEU looks at how the emergence of US default risk can help to explain the pattern of negative swap rates. Read more

Cross-Listings and the Dynamics between Credit and Equity Returns

Published: 15 January 2020

Authors: Patrick Augustin, Feng Jiao, Sergei Sarkissian, Michael J Schill...

Insider trading rarely leads to prosecution, study shows

Published: 6 January 2020

A recent article in Belgium’s L’Echo explores Professor Patrick Augustin’s 2019 research looking at the low prosecution rates following unexplained trading activity in the leadup to company...

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