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• The MathWorks confirms second phase of sponsorship of UK students with Oxford University; Company extends direct financial support to Oxford University students.

  - 2005-11-11

  M2 PRESSWIRE-11 November 2005-MATHWORKS: The MathWorks confirms second phase of sponsorship of UK students with Oxford University; Company extends direct financial support to Oxford University studentsC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11112005 Cambridge: The MathWorks, which produces the MATLAB and Simulink software...

  Tags: FINANCE, financial, MathWorks, University of Oxford

• The word in the City.

  - 2005-11-11

  Those dextrous lexicographers at the Oxford University Press have come up with rather a fun wheeze. A few weeks ago, they published a book that lists the 'new word' of the year, for each of the past 100 years. And as well as solving a number...

  Tags: equity, FINANCE, financial, Investment, investor, University of Oxford

• Oxford University Press acquires Oceana Publications

  - 2005-09-30

  Oxford University Press (OUP; Cary, NC) has acquired the assets of legal publisher Oceana Publications, Inc. (Dobbs Ferry, NY). No terms of the deal were given. A publisher of international legal materials since 1948, Oceana was family-owned and produces legal information on international law and transnational commercial law specifically...

  Tags: Banking, FINANCE, financial, HARDWARE, University of Oxford

• Regulating Financial Conglomerates

  BNET - 2005-03-01

  This paper investigates the optimal regulation of financial conglomerates which combine a bank and a non-bank financial institution. The conglomerate's risk-taking incentives depend upon the level of market discipline it faces, which in turn is determined by the conglomerate's liability structure. It further examines optimal capital requirements for standalone institutions,...

  Tags: Financial, University Of Oxford, Conglomerate, Financial Accounting, Finance

• Double your money.(Global newsstand: essays, arguments, and opinions from around the world)(use of simple interest in commercial dispute awards)

  - 2004-11-01

  * Oxford University Comparative Law Forum, 2004, Online Albert Einstein--who knew a thing or two about numbers--reputedly hailed compound interest as the "greatest mathematical discovery of our time." Consider: If you invest $100 at a simple annual interest rate of 10 percent, you'll have...

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• British Student Entrepreneurs Receive Mentoring, Compete over Business Plans.

  - 2004-06-13

  By Jenny Little, Financial Mail on Sunday, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 13--Student entrepreneurs are to be celebrated at a special event this month, and some could even be in line for a top prize of UKpound 20,000. Venturefest...

  Tags: entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, FINANCE, financial, University of Oxford

• Makoto Kasuya (ed.), Coping with Crisis: International Financial Institutions in the Interwar Period (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.(book review)(Book Review)

  - 2004-04-01

  MAKOTO KASUYA (ed.), Coping with Crisis." International Financial Institutions in the Interwar Period (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Pp. xvi + 235. H/back ISBN 0 19 925931 3, 40.00 [pounds sterling]). This edited volume is a collection of papers presented at the twenty-eighth...

  Tags: bank, banker, banking, FINANCE, financial, Japan, University of Oxford

• Non-Probabilistic Jump Modelling for Financial Derivatives

  BNET - 2001-05-13

  This paper applies the uncertain nonlinear parameter approach, originally by Avellaneda et al. and Lyons, to model non-local changes in financial variables and its impact on portfolios of derivatives and their underlying assets. It formulates the non-probabilistic uncertainty assumptions as a governing system of nonlinear PDEs about both the spatial...

  Tags: Financial, Variable, University Of Oxford, Solution Technique, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance

• Institutional Investment and Private Equity in the UK

  BNET - 2001-05-11

  This paper points to serious deficiencies in the governance of pension funds. These concerns are of considerable significance in their own right. But a fundamental focus of the Review is on their impact on the provision of private equity in the UK. This paper summarizes evidence from the Review and...

  Tags: Private Equity, Financial, U.K., University Of Oxford, Financial Accounting, Investment, Financial Services, Finance