Solving Global Challenges Using Finance Science
June 2019 | | Lectures, Presentations
Keynote Lecture. 2019 European Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Island of S. Miguel, Portugal
Publications
Unlike your selfies, these Selfies will look good in a decade or two
July 12 2019 | Retirement Planning, SeLFIES | Article
By Stephen Cranston for the Financial Mail.
Please see https://selfiesforall.wordpress.com/ for additional information on SeLFIEs.
Turning Savings into Security
Summer 2019 | Retirement Planning, SeLFIES | Article
By David E. Morse for the Benefits Law Journal.
For additional information on SeLFIES, please see: https://selfiesforall.wordpress.com/
Turning Ideas Into Growth
January 19-25 2018 | Financial Innovation | Interview
By David Blair for the China Daily/European Weekly.
Nobel-winning economist Robert C. Merton says financial innovation is key to the future of Asia.
The fundamental problem with retirement funds
April 3 2018 | Retirement Planning | Interview
By Patrick Cairns. For MoneyWeb.
On the Creation of “Retirement Bonds”
April 7 2018 | Retirement Planning | Article
Editorial published in Le Monde.
Three professors of finance, Lionel Martellini, Robert C. Merton and Arun S. Muralidhar, suggest issuing bonds with maturities and durations that would match the retirement age and life expectancy at retirement.
Trust in Lending
June 2018 | | Working Paper
Richard Thakor and Robert C. Merton, National Bureau of Economic Research working paper w24778.