Number Surname Name Proposed Dissertation title 423 Abdilla Raylene Corporate Social Responsibility of Banks in Malta 424 Abela Lorraine Sovereign Debt: Analysing the Probability of Default in a Sample of EU Countries 425 Agius Maria The Global Financial Crisis: A result of Weak Risk Management 426 Agius Amanda Managing equity price risk: A comparison of the use of portfolio rebalancing and derivatives as risk management tools. 427 Attard Miguel The Effects of Regulations and Directives Imposed on Local Finance Investment Forms as a result of the Past Financial Crisis 428 Bonavia Marica The Basel III rules: Promoting a more resilient banking sector 429 430 Borg Borg Alistair Adrian The Importance of Financing Services in Football; An Overview of the International & Local Scene Derivatives and the Use of Mathematics in the Dealing Room 431 Briffa Steve The Sustainability of Household Debt in Malta: a Cross-Country Analysis 432 433 Buhagiar Angelique IT Security in Banking The 2010 EU-Wide Stress Testing Exercise - Does it Offer the Comfort to the Banking System and its Busuttil Matthias Role in the Economy? 434 Caruana Gabrielle The analysis of interbank lending during the financial crises and its effect on banking stocks 435 Cauchi Thomas Financial Viability and Sustainability of Band Clubs in Malta 436 Chetcuti Tamara THE 2007 FINANCIAL CRISIS AND U.S. HOUSEHOLD DEBT AND CREDIT TRENDS 437 Curmi Jessica Forecasting Maltese Inflation using ARIMA Models 438 Cutajar Melvin The Building Blocks of the New International Financial Architecture 439 DeBattista Lianne The Prospects of Virtual Banking: An Empirical Analysis 440 Debono Noeleen 441 Diacono Steven Trusts: A Comparison between Local and Foreign Types of Trusts The Eurozone Sovereign Debt Crisis: An Analysis of the Maltese Economy's Vulnerability to the Financial Contagion 442 Farrugia Demis 443 Formosa Shalane 444 Galea Challenges faced by local Financial Institutions in implementing Anti-Money Laundering Policies and Josianne Procedures 445 Galea Pauline Stress Testing a Bond Portfolio: A Focus on Credit Risk 446 Galea Julian Credit Default Swaps - Tools for Risk Management or Speculation? 447 Gatt Maria The Greek Debt Debacle, and the role of external debt in the EMU Sovereign debt crisis 448 Gauci Jean Paul A Comparative Analysis of Pension Schemes in Malta and Abroad throughout the Year 449 Harmsworth Christina The Developing Role of the European Central Bank within Financial Markets 450 Mangion Josepha Banking regulation and its role in the avoidance of crises 451 Mizzi Raisa Prevention of Money Laundering in Malta VAR: A Critical Analysis of the Main Methods Using Data from Major Financial Markets The International Financial Architecture and its Development towards Preventing Future Financial Crises 452 Palla Roxanne Islamic banking: The pros & cons of introducing it in Malta 453 Psalia Simon Hedge Fund Strategy Results in the Bear and Bull Market-A Comparative Study 454 Pullicino Ilona Operational Risk Management in the Cards Business 455 Sammut Raissa The New European Supervisory Architecture'- awareness and implimentation in the local financial industry 456 Sammut Joseph Lack of Good GRC has been One of the Main Reasons that has lead to the Recent Financial Crisis. Proper Implementation of good GRC Policies may Avoid Future Financial Crisis or mitigate the Risks 457 Scerri Sarah The Foreign Exchange Market: The tight relationship between the Foreign Exchange and the Oil Industry 458 Scicluna Cynthia Hedging Energy Price Risk 459 Scicluna Reuben Automation of Services in the Maltese Banking System 460 Solovey Nataliya Stress Testing Bank Securities Portfolio 461 Vassallo Claire Determining the approaches on the prevention of money financial institutions and Investment Firms 462 Vella Sarah The Link Between Microfinance and Safety Net Programmes 463 Xuereb Kimberly Basel III: Amending Basel II following the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis 464 Zahra Charlene Group and Individual Lending within Microfinance 465 Zammit Francesca The impact of demographic changes on pension systems in the EU