Media

ESG and Enterpreneurship, Athens Macedonian News Agency, September 2022

On some of the challenges for adopting ESG

Interview to NextDeal.gr on ESG, May 2022. Watch video here

On the topics of the 2022 IFFR-EBRD Conference on ESG

Occupational Pensions and IFFR, Athinea, Dec 2021

Interview on reforms in the Greek pension system

Interview to Nextdeal.gr on Occupational Pensions, Dec 2021. Watch video here

Discusses recent reforms in Greece and the IFFR Conference on Asset Management for Occupational Pensions

Can Options Predict Future Stock Performance? Global Investor, October 2021

Positive values for the risk-neutral skewness signal that the undelrying stock will outperform. This holds especially for stocks wich are relatively undepriced and subject to relative high downside risk

Protecting the Environment: A New Proposal, Kathimerini, October 2021 (also in Money Review)

A smart solution: Financing of municipalities by the central government should be tied to their environmental footprint. The latter will be assessed by ESG ratings at a municipal level

G7 gathers to bolster ties, cooperation, China Daily, June 2021

Quoted on international summits related to climate change

Interview to Nextdeal.gr on ESG and IFFR, May 2021. Watch video here

Challenges in implemeting ESG criteria and how the Institute of Finance and Financial Regulation helps to this end

ESG and and IFFR, Athinea, May 2021

International conference on ESG: A fine example of how IFFR bridges the gap between industry and academia and contributes to the debate on ESG challenges

Greek banks: New Challenges in the post-Covid Era, Athens Macedonian News Agency, May 2021

Quoted on explaining the challenges that sustainable banking faces in Greece in light of the EU Recovery and Resilience Fund Reproduced by Imerisia , Hellas Journal, Ifemerida , Flash , BusinessDaily , Sofokleous , Economistas , Kosmodromio , Axia News , Emea , Enikonomia , Thessalikos

New Research Research Suggests a Reason for Abnormal Returns in Index Put Options Strategies, Traders Magazine, Apr 2021

Participants in option markets should take all risks into account before asserting that index put option strategies generate abnormal returns

Specialties that Banks require, Kathimerini, Apr 2021

Thoughts on opportunities in banking for graduates in Finance and on how academic departments in Finance should adapt to the new digital era

Asset Management of Occupational Pensions: Best practices and Challenges, Athens News Agency-Macedonian Press Agency, Feb 2021

Discusses why all enganged parties need to adopt the best practices to manage assets and the relationship of Occupational Pensions with the new Pension to be founded by the Greek State

What are the best practices for the asset management of Occupational Pensions? Proto Thema, Feb 2021

Discusses how engaged parties can serve the interests of pensioners, ensure the growth of occupational pensions, the role of members' contributions and the importance of the pension's size

Interview to Nextdeal.gr on Greek Occupational Pensions, Jan 2021. Watch video here

Discusses the future of Greek occupational pensions in the context of the Asset Management for Occupational Pensions conference, spots challenges, and suggests ways for going forward

Suggestions for better asset management of Pension Funds, Kathimerini, Oct 2020

Suggest six reforms for Greek pension funds of relevance to pensions, pensioners, asset managers, policy makers & supervisory bodies. Article on the web here

Why Gold prices Go up and Down – Five Charts, The Conversation, May 2020

Discuss the evolution of gold prices over 1975-2020

Positive Rehearsal for the Next Day, Kathimerini, Apr 2020

Quoted on explaining how COVID-19 can spark an opportunity to reverse the Greek brain drain

Upgrading the Role of Banks' Personnel , Kathimerini, Mar 2020

Quoted on explaining how the role of bank executives is upgraded in the FinTech era

Challenges for the Greek Economy: Lessons from bridging Academic Research with Practice, Economia, Dec 2019

Explaining how academic research can help the Greek economy. The Institute of Finance and Financial Regulation is a fine example

Corporate leverage: You need to be proactive to succeed, Kathimerini, Dec 2019

Article on the need to set firm's leverage by keeping financial flexibility in mind

The Link Between Capital Structure and Financial Flexibility, CFO Magazine, Oct 2019

New research shows that companies decrease leverage in anticipation of future investment shocks — good ones and bad ones alike

A Novel Variable Forecasts U.S. Economic Growth, Seeking Alpha, Nov 2018

Description of the construction of IRRA and its interpretation in layman terms

Can Options Market Activity Predict Economic Growth?, Forbes, Oct 2018

Quoted on whether option markets can predict economic growth

A new economic indicator is saying there’s no sign of a U.S. recession, Market Watch, June 2018

Show the results of our IRRA variable for U.S., as of May 2018

Shall the US Economy enter a recession? Kathimerini, June 2018

Explain to the Greek audience what our IRRA variable shows

Could the mounting trade war trigger a global recession? The Verdict, June 2018

Quoted on the future of the US economy

Should Commodity Futures Margins Be Regulated? RGE EconoMonitor, 2015

Showcase the findings of research on the effects of the regulation of commodity markets

Appeared on SKAI TV commenting on students' success in FORTIS international competition , Nov 2008