The main objective of this paper was to establish which behavioural finance biases are associated with a certain level of risk tolerance and investor personality. Furthermore, the study aimed to indicate how these behavioural finance biases can influence investment decisions. Since behavioural...

The central function of a bank inherently exposes it to various financial risks where each of these risks has the possibility to influence stakeholders' perception. This perception, which is linked to the trustworthiness, credibility and performance of the bank, translates into the reputation of...

Financial institutions have the responsibility to measure an investor's risk tolerance to determine his or her risk profile. Once an investor's risk profile is determined, financial institutions are able to more accurately identify which financial products are suitable for the investor. Several...

Research relating to the influence of investor's demographic factors and personality traits on financial risk tolerance receives increasing attention. Financial risk tolerance refers to the degree of uncertainty an investor is willing to bear, with regards to the financial risks taken on. The...

Operational risk constitutes a large portion of a bank's risk exposure. Unlike other financial risks, operational risk is classified as a pure risk (only an opportunity of a loss), as it always leads to a financial loss for a bank. The failure to mitigate and manage operational risk effectively...

The paper investigates the factors that affect the risk tolerance of the general investors in Nepalese stock market. Using data of 99 investors, study applies ordinal logistic regression to evaluate the impact of investor's education level, gender, financial literacy, years in trading, prior...