Alternative assets are gaining increasing importance in investors' portfolios. One of their defining characteristic is their poor liquidity, which often translates into an inherent smoothing process of the returns. For asset allocation purposes, this feature has to be seriously addressed as it...

We consider the channel consisting in transferring the credit risk associated with refinancing operations between financial institutions to market participants. In particular, we analyze liquidity and volatility premia on the French government debt securities market, since these assets are used...

The European Union's decision of adopting the International Accounting Standards for the whole of its countries members was deeply contested by the European banks. In fact, the banking industry was completely opposed to IAS 39 which treats the financial instruments. In order to demonstrate the...

This paper examines the impact of fifteen pronouncements related to fair value accounting according to IAS 39 on equity prices of financial institutions. The results document that announcements that signal an increased (decreased) probability of issuance of IAS 39 produce negative (positive)...

Through this study we checked within the framework of the fair value model, the consistency between the hedge-accounting recommended by the IAS 39 and the objectives of the capital regulation in the banking industry. We conclude that the macro-hedge is the most appropriate approach given the...

This thesis contributes to the analysis and measure of systemic risk through four chapters. In the first chapter, we discuss the notion of systemic risk and detail the methodological issues of modeling. The second chapter proposes a structural model of solvency contagion. Within an equilibrium...

The Basel 3 Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) is a micro prudential instrument to strengthen the liquidity position of banks. However if in extreme scenarios the LCR becomes a binding constraint, the interaction of bank behaviour with the regulatory rule can have negative externalities. We simulate...

This paper analyzes the impact of a liquidity requirement similar to the Basel 3 Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) on banks' funding costs and corporate lending rates. Using a dataset of 26 Dutch banks from January 2008 to December 2011, I find that banks which are just above/below their...