CAPR Industry Seminar Real effects of exchange rate fluctuations

Liquidity illusion; FX no exception by Magne Østnor DNB Markets

Bio: Magne Østnor is working as a FX Strategist at DNB Markets. Prior to working in DNB, Magne held various positions in Norges Bank (Central Bank of Norway), mainly related to foreign exchange and fixed income markets. He received his Master in Economics from the University of Oslo in 2005 and a Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration in 2003 from the BI Norwegian Business School.

Oil prices, exchange rates, and asset prices by Marcel Fratzscher DIW Berlin

Bio: Marcel Fratzscher is the President of DIW Berlin, one of the leading economic research institutes and think tanks in Europe, and Professor of Macroeconomics and Finance at Humboldt-University Berlin. His prior professional experience includes work as Head of the International Policy Analysis at the (ECB) from 2001 to 2012; the Peterson Institute for International Economics in 2000-01; before and during the Asian financial crisis in 1996-98 at the Ministry of Finance of for the Harvard Institute for International

Centre for Asset Pricing Research BI Norwegian Business School Paul Ehling Associate Professor of Finance Founding Director [email protected] +47 464 10 505

Development (HIID); and shorter periods at the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank and in various parts of Asia and Africa. He received a Ph.D. in Economics from the European University Institute (EUI); a Master of Public Policy from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government; a B.A. in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) from the University of Oxford, and a Vordiplom in Economics from Kiel University.

Safe and not-so-safe currencies by Dagfinn Rime BI Norwegian Business School

Bio: Professor Dagfinn Rime received his Ph.D. from the BI Norwegian Business School in 2001. Before coming to BI, he held various positions in the Norges Bank (Central Bank of Norway), including senior researcher, manager in the research unit, and consultant for the markets operations department. His research has been published in leading international journals such as Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of , and Journal of International Economics.

Date: Tuesday, 1 September, 2015 Time: 16:30 – 18:30 Place: BI Norwegian Business School, Nydalen, Oslo. Room: B2-060 Please register for the event at: [email protected]