FSN 2025: Conference programme

Finance and society conference 2025. Copenhagen Business School, 11-12 September. The programme for this year’s conference is now available here. There are limited places available for those not on the programme who may wish to attend. If you would like to join the conference, please register here. All signals indicate that the …

Forthcoming book: Trading beyond understanding

Trading Beyond Understanding: Machine Learning, Risk, and Markets. Christian Borch, Stanford University Press 2026. Machine learning is fundamentally transforming financial markets. Where trading strategies were once crafted by human experts—executed manually or through pre-coded rules—firms now build models that generate the strategies themselves. These are not just tools but trading …

New book: Regulation and regulators after global financial crises

Regulation and Regulators After Global Financial Crises: Enforcement and Adaptation. Aleksandra Jordanoska, Routledge 2025. This book provides an original theoretically and empirically grounded analysis of regulatory enforcement activism in post-crisis periods and the ensuing regulatory interactions. It critically addresses the ‘more regulation’ enforcement agenda relating to financial misconduct in the …

New book: State, capitalism, and finance in emerging markets

State, Capitalism, and Finance in Emerging Markets: Between Subordination and Statecraft. Johannes Petry and Andreas Nölke (eds.), Bristol University Press 2025. What role do emerging markets play in the global financial system? Are they subordinated within global financial hierarchies? Or do they have autonomy, even power, to use finance to …