Simon Johnson, Co-Chair of the CFA Institute Systemic Risk Council, Awarded 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
WASHINGTON, D.C. — October 17, 2024
Earlier this week, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2024 to Simon Johnson – Co-Chair of the Systemic Risk Council – together with Daron Acemoglu of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and James A. Robinson of the University of Chicago. Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson received this honor for their research into how institutions are formed and affect differences in prosperity between nations.
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| About CFA Institute Systemic Risk Council CFA Institute Systemic Risk Council (Council) is a private sector, non-partisan body of former government officials and financial and legal experts committed to addressing regulatory and structural issues relating to global systemic risk, with a particular focus on the United States and Europe. It has been formed to provide a strong, independent voice for reforms that are necessary to protect the public from financial instability. The goal is to help ensure a financial system in which we can all have confidence. CFA Institute Systemic Risk Council was formed by CFA Institute and The Pew Charitable Trusts in June 2012 to monitor and encourage regulatory reform of U.S. capital markets focused on systemic risk. CFA Institute became the sole supporting organization in August 2015. The statements, documents and recommendations of the Council does not necessarily represent the views of the supporting organization. |