Fairness and Financial Markets

Can regulation and financial capability overcome failures in financial markets? Are some types of financial security too important to be left to the markets? Our research looks for answers.



Pension wise

Pension Wise guidance is intended to highlight key issues, but it misses out the longevity risk which needs to be at the heart of pension decisions.

Gamble aware image

Slot machines are an enormously profitable industry and generate considerable tax revenues for the UK government, extracting revenue from those who are already economically and socially marginalised.

Goldman Sachs

Is peer-to-peer lending enabling banks to shift from expensive traditions to more efficient business models? Jonquil Lowe looks at the evidence.

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Alan Shipman suggests that a lack of change in the bonus culture will prevent any increase in equity resulting from the Eurozone's Quantitative Easing programme.

Monoploy money

Jonquil Lowe argues that government, as well as peer-to-peer firms, should tread carefully before encouraging savers to take on more risk than we can bear.

Contact us

To find out more about our work, or to discuss a potential project, please contact:

International Development Research Office
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
United Kingdom

T: +44 (0)1908 858502
E: international-development-research@open.ac.uk