We study the effects of a bank’s engagement in trading. Traditional banking is relationship-based: not scalable, long … leads trading in banks to become increasingly risky, so that problems in managing and regulating trading in banks will …

Under Basel III rules, banks become subject to a liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) from 2015 onwards, to promote short …-term resilience. We investigate the effects of such liquidity regulation on bank liquid assets and liabilities. Results indicate co …-integration of liquid assets and liabilities, to maintain a minimum short-term liquidity buffer. Still, microprudential regulation …

We study the dependence between the downside risk of European banks and insurers. Since the downside risk of banks and … diversification within large banks and financial conglomerates. We discuss the limited value of the normal distribution based … versus large banks. …

Under the new Capital Accord, banks choose between two different types of risk management systems, the standard or the …

(NMS) are highly dependent on a few West-European banks and thus vulnerable to contagion effects. The Nordic and Baltic … financial crisis had such a large impact on European banks. …

stability in this period, we are able to isolate the effects of bank competition from those of state implicit guarantees. We … find that the introduction of free banking laws stimulated the creation of new banks and led to more bank failures. Our … states that retained state bank chartering policies. We argue that the fiercer bank competition following the introduction of …