The management of retail banks’ relations is closely linked with the search for an effective loyalty of customers, employees, suppliers, in order to increase the profitability of bank. Recent surveys outlined a scenario which, while confirming the increasing customer confidence towards bank,...

This paper examines the determinants of shareholder value creation for a large sample of European banks. By using a panel data model, we find that bank profits and shareholder value are positively influenced by cost and profit efficiency, operational risk exposure, unexpected credit losses and...

The aim of the paper is to investigate the long-run performance of Italian Ipos, paying close attention to the banking companies. Specifically, the objective is to test if there are differences and/or anomalies between the securities issued by banks and those delivered by other issuers, in the...

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 distinctive element for financial advisors is represented by their interpersonal skills, more than technical expertise, in order to meet the growing demand of investors for competence, empathy and efficiency

This research investigates disclosure practices of European insurers over the 2006-2010 time horizon. First, it constructs a disclosure index based on the information companies provide in their annual reports. Then, it estimates the relationship between the extent of disclosure and some...

Shares prices trends are often not readable and the correlation between prices, environmental variables and corporate information to the market may be unclear, as shown by a case study in the Italian Stock Exchange

MiFid has fostered competition between stock exchanges and alternative trading systems by removing the option for Eu Member States to impose that equities must be traded only on regulated markets (so-called concentration rule). The success of alternative trading venues is mainly due to the...

Index-linked bonds are structured products whose returns depend on performance of one or more financial indexes. They can be seen as the sum of a bond and an option (derivative component).The work explores some of the issues for the evaluation of the theoretical value (or fair value) of this...

This study investigates the effect of the publication of spin-off news, published between 2000 and 2011 in the Wall Street Journal (Wsj), on the abnormal returns of companies involved in the deal. The results of the empirical analysis developed through an event study on a sample of 142 listed...