McGill Alert / Alerte de McGill

Updated: Thu, 07/18/2024 - 18:12

Gradual reopening continues on downtown campus. See Campus Public Safety website for details.

La réouverture graduelle du campus du centre-ville se poursuit. Complément d'information : Direction de la protection et de la prévention.

Professor Augustin awarded best COVID research paper

Published: 20 October 2020

Professor Patrick Augustin has been awarded the Best COVID-19 Related Paper at the International Risk Management Conference 2020....

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....

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....

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...

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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