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The emergence of Islamic finance: an exploratory study of Brazil
(2018-04-13)
Islamic finance has been a trendy topic globally, gaining the attention of Muslims and non-Muslims. It stands for a financial system that follows the sharia (Islamic law), which is guided by ethical principles and social ...
The role of microfinance for housing repair for low-income households in the United States
(2017-01-19)
Ever since microfinance gained popularity in the United States in the early 1990s, American microfinance institutions (MFI) have been trying to figure out how microfinance fits in the American financial system. Initially, ...
Credit union correspondents and financial inclusion in Brazil: an exploratory study
(2016-03-11)
The Brazilian banking correspondent network has been a topic of study for already a decade, due to its well-documented success in improving access to financial services in remote areas. The marginal but growing role of ...
Peer to peer lending and financial inclusion in Brazil: a case study
(2016-03-04)
While pursuing the objective to investigate the potential for the P2P innovation to enhance financial inclusion in Brazil, the P2P industry and the current market environment were analyzed in order to highlight the factors ...
Liquidity proxies in the Brazilian debenture market
(2015-05-19)
Este estudo analisa as variáveis de liquidez no mercado corporativo brasileiro de debêntures e testa a variável Eurobond para compreender quais características ajudam a prever a liquidez de debêntures. Embora os mercados ...
Distressed situation and renegotiation plan: a case study
(2014-12-19)
This work presents a real case of a company in a distressed situation: PlywoodCo. The objective of this work is to understand why PlywoodCo. got in its current distressed situation and, based on that, propose a financial ...
Innovations in microinsurance: evidence from the Philippines
(2014-03-22)
A popularidade e o interesse em microsseguro, especialmente nos países em desenvolvimento, tem aumentado nos últimos anos. Parte do sucesso se deve às inovações desenvolvidas principalmente para a indústria de microsseguros, ...
Economic development and growth in West Africa: a multiple case study analysis of sovereign wealth funds’ investments and performance
(2014-02-27)
Durante a recente crise da dívida soberana europeia, os fundos soberanos demonstraram seu peso na esfera financeira global. Contribuíram para salvar o sistema financeiro dos países desenvolvidos, distribuindo créditos que ...
Microinsurance in Brazil: current situation and outlook
(2011-03-11)
O trabalho aqui apresentado teve como objetivo investigar as oportunidades do microseguro no Brasil levando em conta o atual contexto de microfinanças no país e as potencias sinergias quem poderiam facilitar a implementação ...
Spread trading strategy for intraday short term interest rate futures markets
(2011-02-04)
Neste trabalho analisaram-se estratégias de spread calendário de contratos futuros de taxa de juros de curto prazo (STIR – Short Term Interest Rate) em operações de intraday trade. O spread calendário consiste na compra e ...
