Staff Directory

Dr Ivan Van Der Merwe
Position
Lecturer
Department
Economics and Finance
Address
FGG 337
Economics
IB 13
Telephone
0514013429
Office
Flippie Groenewoud Building: Block B 337
Information

Short CV

Highest Academic Qualification: PhD (Economics)  Fields of specialization: Financial Stability and macroprudential policy, Financial markets, instruments and institutions, International finance, Investments and portfolio management.

Publications


Publications (Short List)

Recent Publications

Keyser, N., De Beer, J., and Van der Merwe, I. 2015. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Returns, Political Development and Economic Forces: A Historical Perspective. Journal for Contemporary History, 40(2): 1-24.
Keyser, N., De Beer, J., and Van der Merwe, I. 2020. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange returns, political developments and economic forces: A historical perspective of the nineties. New Contree, 2020, No. 84.
De Beer, J., Keyser, N., and Van der Merwe, I. 2022. Returns, political developments and economic forces: A historical perspective on the Johannesburg stock exchange (JSE), 2000–2010. Journal of Humanities, 62(3): 453-475

 

 

Conference presentations

  • OTC derivative markets and systemic risk. Paper presented at the “Development Perspectives – Is Africa Different?” Biennial conference of the Economic Society of South Africa (ESSA), 2005
  • “Finance and financial instability: Implications for growth”. Paper presented at 5th African Finance Journal Conference, July 2008
  • “Global Development of Financial Stability Frameworks”. Paper presented at 7th African Finance Journal Conference, March 2010
  • “Macroprudential Policy: A Conceptual Framework”. Paper presented at the Economic Society of SA biennial conference, September 2013
  • A Financial Stress Index for South Africa. Paper presented at the Economic Society of SA biennial conference, September 2015.
  • An Early Warning System for Financial Stress in South Africa – A Potential Macroprudential Analytical Tool? Paper presented at the Economic Society of SA biennial conference, September 2017.
  • Finding early warnings of systemic risk in the South African financial system. Paper presented at the Economic Society of SA biennial conference, September 2019.

Research


Area(s) of Interest


Courses Presented

Money and Interest Rates

Derivative markets and Instruments

Security Analysis

Business Finance 

International Finance 

Financial Management 

Investments 

 

 



 

Community Service


Service Learning


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