Curbing Volatility?

Financial Markets, Credit Rating Agencies and Sovereign Investment Funds


Welcome Address
Donato Masciandaro Università Bocconi


First Session: Credit Rating Agencies
Chair Giuliano Iannotta Università Bocconi

Foreign Ownership and the Credibility of National Rating Agencies: Evidence from Korea
Giovanni Ferri Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro"

Regulation Fair Disclosure's Effect on the Information Content of Bond Rating Changes
Winnie P.H. Poon Lingnan University

Discussant Giovanni Puopolo Università Bocconi


Second Session: Sovereign Investment
Chair Victoria Barbary Università Bocconi

Funds Taming Leviathan: Towards a regulatory framework for sovereign wealth funds
Bernardo Bortolotti Università degli Studi di Torino and Università Bocconi

The Certification Effect of Sovereign Wealth Funds on the Credit Risk
Stefano Lugo Politecnico di Milano

Discussant Marcello Sala Intesa Sanpaolo



Organized by:
Paolo Baffi Research Center on Central Banking and Financial Regulation
CAREFIN - Center for Applied Research in Finance

For information:
Paolo Baffi Research Center
Tel +39 025836.5306
centro.baffi@unibocconi.it
CAREFIN
tel. +39 025836.5908
carefin@unibocconi.it