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23 January 2012

New Book: Corporate Governance: Theory and Practice

In Corporate Governance: Theory and Practice, Carol Padgett explores these issues, considering why shareholders may not see themselves as owners of companies and examining new regulation designed to change this view. more

11 January 2012

Medieval Foreign Exchange

Financial experts from the University of Reading's ICMA Centre are to investigate medieval foreign exchange. The University has recently won a Research Project Grant worth almost £200,000 from the Leverhulme Trust... more

1 December 2011

When should a football manager be sacked?

Was Sven unlucky to be dismissed at Manchester City? Did Mick McCarthy survive on borrowed time at Sunderland? Researchers from the ICMA Centre at the University of Reading have developed a model that could give directors of football clubs vital data when deciding on their manager’s future. .. more

2 November 2011

Medvedev tries branding the way to an IFC

Senior Research Fellow at the ICMA Centre - Stephen Wells and ICMA Alumnus Ian Pryde talks about Medvedev attempts to make Moscow an International Financial Centre... more

31 October 2011

Campus Author - Who Killed Sir Walter Ralegh?

Richard Dale, Visiting Professor at the ICMA Centre launches new book "a new explanation for Sir Walter Ralegh's fall from Grace and conviction foo treason". ... more

31 October 2011

Solidus Securities Scholarship Awarded

Professor Adrian Bell Head of Postgraduate Pre-Experience Masters is delighted to annouce this years winner of the Solidus Securities Scholarship, MSc student Mr Nikolas Antoniou. ... more

20 October 2011

Ambassador Scholarships winners

The ICMA Centre is delighted to announce the winners of this year's Ambassador Scholarships awarded to four MSc students, Aaron Wong, Oliver Loney, David Pelczer and Anna Maria Foteinou. ... more

12 September 2011

How do you solve a problem like the banks?

Professor Brian Scott-Quinn comments on the recent Vickers report to consider reforms to the UK banking sector to promote financial stability and also to make the market in the provision of retail bank services more competitive... more

23 August 2011

Rebuilding society post-recession - financial crises

Read Professor Brian Scott-Quinn's article published in the Summer Issue of the University of Reading's Research Review... more

11 July 2011

ICMA Centre student celebrates winning third award of the year

The weather couldn't dampen high spirits at the ICMA Centre last week as over 300 students celebrated their remarkable achievements. One student in particular had special reason to celebrate ... more

7 July 2011

Lecturer receives promotion, award and research project grant

The ICMA Centre's Dr Marcel Prokopczukhas much to celebrate this week. Dr Prokopczuk who joined the Centre in 2009, received a promotion on the 1st of July to Senior Lecturer ... more