Year: 2025
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6 benefits to getting your MFin application in early
The Cambridge Master of Finance (MFin) programme opens its rolling applications in September and runs until May, making early submission key to securing limited College placements, accommodation, and scholarship opportunities. In this article, Admissions Administrators Ben Crabbe and Heba Gabr share insights on how applying sooner rather than later can streamline the process, enhance access… Read more
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New study: industry associations boost fintech ecosystems
Industry associations are valuable contributors to the fintech ecosystem in many jurisdictions globally. They play an important and prominent role in a number of the fintech ecosystems enablers. For example, through representing the voice of the fintech industry, they engage with financial authorities to provide input and feedback on the regulatory environment. Read more
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New summer entrepreneurship programme for University of Cambridge members
A new summer Incubator programme, SPARK, will help innovative University of Cambridge alumni and students turn their entrepreneurial ideas into action, with a key role played by Dr Kamiar Mohaddes of Cambridge Judge Business School. Read more
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Strategic renegotiation in repeated games
Repeated interactions among economic agents feature a variety of possible equilibrium outcomes, making it hard to obtain predictions. We introduce a protocol of renegotiation, which refines the set of equilibria to essentially a unique outcome, for a class of games between 2 agents. In that outcome, an agent gets payoff proportional to their benefit from… Read more
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CEOs near hometowns less likely to commit misdeeds
There are many research gaps on why executives engage in financial misconduct. Research by Professor Raghavendra Rau helps plug those holes, finding that CEOs who run firms near their hometowns are less likely to engage in accounting fraud, insider trading and other misdeeds. Read more