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The goal of integrated risk management in a financial institution is to measure and manage risk and capital across a … range of diverse business activities. This requires an approach for aggregating risk types (market, credit, and operational …) whose distributional shapes vary considerably. In this paper, we use the method of copulas to construct the joint risk …
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We define CoVaR as the value at risk (VaR) of financial institutions conditional on other institutions being in … distress. The increase of CoVaR relative to VaR measures spillover risk among institutions. We estimate CoVaR using quantile … regressions and document significant CoVaR increases among financial institutions. We identify six risk factors that allow …
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This paper examines how risk in trading activity can affect the volatility of asset prices. We look for this … swap spread tends to converge to a long-run level, although trading risk can sometimes cause the spread to diverge from … that level. -- convergence trading ; interest rate swaps ; swap spread ; repurchase contracts ; trading risk ; volatility …
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Fixed-rate mortgages (FRMs) dominate the U.S. mortgage market, with important consequences for household risk … management, monetary policy, and systemic risk. In this paper, we show that securitization is a key driver of FRM supply. Our … rate risk embedded in these loans. We highlight policy implications for ongoing reform of the U.S. mortgage finance system. …
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Remarks at the Center for Transnational Legal Studies Seminar on the Impact of U.S. Regulatory Reform on Global Banks, New York City.
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Remarks at the Risk USA 2012 Conference, New York City. …
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