The paper explores the motivations underlying the securitization activity of Italian banks from 1999 to 2006. By estimating probit and proportional hazard duration models, in which the probability of placing securitizations is linked to a set of balance sheet indicators and a vector of further...

The relevant development of Islamic finance is undisputable, but an evaluation is still uncertain because it is a recent experience that may involve moral, economic and financial characteristics. Furthermore, adherence to ethical principles borrowed from Islamic law must often face the...

A tribute to the work and thought of Tancredi Bianchi, whose teaching is distinguished by depth of analysis, communication skills, real contact with the world of finance and business. The editorial initiative of Bancaria Editrice, edited by Mario Comana and Marina Brogi, collects in three...

This paper analyses the X-efficiency level of Italian Asset Management Companies (Amc).This topic seems really important since there is a huge amount of literature that deals with X-efficiency with regard to the banking system; the aim of these works is to discover which factors can improve the...

The financial crisis focused investors interest towards a sustainable ethical finance. Greater attention to environmental protection led to the spread of a new kind of finance, or ecological finance, with the development of some specific categories of ethical funds based on an environmental and...

This research analyzes the relevance of pricing models to the behaviour of banking service customers, in particular, how bank pricing models influence the acquisition and retention of retail customers.The survey is based on a dataset of 90,000 bank current account holders at an Italian...

The implementation of Solvency 2 Directive, which will come into force in 2016, in the insurance industry does not seem to lead to a radical change in the innovation product process. On the contrary it will produce more relevant consequences in the internal processes of the companies, in...

The Solvency 2 Directive, which will come into force on January 1st 2016, represents an opportunity to not only improve insurers’ operations, but also to develop significant competitive advantage in a challenging market. The new regulation will have very significant effects on all business...

The Italian legislator has introduced in 2011 a tax on financial assets held abroad by Italian residents. The Italian Revenue Agency has recently published an important document of interpretation of the rule concerned

The gaming market has expanded rapidly in recent years. In its money transfer potential, the gaming industry is a sector bordering on finance. Licensed operators show a growing interest in payment institutions. Supervision must deal with the reliability, stability and efficiency of the gaming...