Around 200 members and guests gathered together on 11 March for the Society's Annual Dinner, with the surroundings of the Nash Room at the Institute of Directors providing a sense of occasion and a suitable backdrop for good food and conversation.
Our guest at this year's event was William Dudley, President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, who addressed the longer-term challenges facing the financial system and possible solutions and took a range of questions from the floor.
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William C Dudley |
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| Bronwyn Curtis, on behalf of the Society, thanked both Standard Life Investments for generously sponsoring the dinner for a seventh year, and KPMG for its continuing sponsorship of the Rybczynski Prize. |
| Lord Burns, the President of the Society, presented this year's Rybczynski Prize for the best piece of business economics writing in 2009, to three economists from UniCredit Group, Milan; Marco Annunziata, Loredana Federico and Davide Stroppa. Marco, unfortunately, was unable to attend the event, but Davide and Loredana were happily at the dinner and collected their awards to loud applause. |
Loredana Federico, Davide Stroppa, Lord Burns and Bronwyn Curtis |
This is the second time that Marco and Davide have won this prestigious prize, and our congratulations go to all three winners.
A copy of the winning essay, The unbearable lightness of balance sheets: an analysis for the eurozone corporate sector, will be published in the Society's journal, The Business Economist (the next edition of which will be sent out to members shortly). |
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