Financial crisis has highlighted the responsibilities of rating agencies in the evaluation of some assets and in the delay in reacting to deteriorating market conditions. In Europe, this experience has made urgent to adapt the rules and fill a real law gap, with the adoption of a binding...

The new international account standards defined by Iasb (Ifrs 10 - Consolidated Financial Statements, Ifrs 11 - Joint Arrangements, Ifrs 12 - Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities, and Ias 27 - Separate Financial Statements) are part of a consolidation package that should improve the...

This paper aims to stress the importance of market liquidity for the stability of the financial system, emphasizing the pivotal role played by liquidity risk in the development of the current financial crisis, pointing out the flaws of regulation and supervision and stressing the need for their...

In Italy the use of bond covenants is restrained by the predominance of SMEs, the significant role of relationship banking, the high costs related to public placements, the lack of investors‘ financial culture, the low amount of loans normally requested by each firm and the lack of liquidity...

Do rating models embody correctly the impact of macroeconomic variables on debtors’ solvency, determining a lag in downgrading? In pre-crisis periods, when interest rates increases are recorded as well as decreases in real growth rates, rating assessments fail to register risk increases in...

The Social Disclosure (Sd), in general, expressed through corporate social reporting can sometimes be reflected only in a series of fulfillment. In this perspective, the research aims to verify, with reference to Cooperative Credit Banks (Bcc) in Italy, if the intensity of Sd is actually...

The model 2013 IASB appears logically weak, exposed to a high degree of discretion in its implementation, potentially unsuitable to meet the requests of the G20.A possible alternative model could consist in increasing the levels of provisions on performing loans, forcing companies to set aside...

The introduction of Ias/Ifrs caused a deep innovation in banks’ data flow and is also inspiring the accounting standard setters in sketching new and more complex interpretation methods. The profitability analysis demands a more accurate and detailed approach necessary to manage complex and...

Fiscal and budget policies, that came into force in 2007, have led to a break in the growth of investments by local authorities that coincided with the economic crisis. The decreased use of debt is to be evaluated as an indicator of reduced ability to invest rather than as a signal of improving...

A better understanding of the information provided by credit ratings and their proper use allow more transparent and effective communication to investors and a better risks’ diversification. In this way ratings will be able to play a more effective predictive role