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This paper examines how credit derivatives have changed the construction of an efficient portfolio. Credit derivatives provide a way of gaining exposure to credit risk alone, to the exclusion of interest rate risk. They also permit a relatively easy use of leverage. We examine two types of...
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La présentation de la théorie du stockage et de la notion de convenience yield permet d’exposer les fondements théoriques des modèles de structure par terme des prix des commodités. Ces derniers peuvent être utilisés pour réaliser des opérations de couverture ou dans le cadre de...
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An analysis focusing on the financial aspects is proposed for the strategy initiated by Metallgesellschaft (MG) in 1993-94 on American petroleum markets. According to a specific definition of hedging, and on the basis of a detailed survey of the facts, this strategy is described as speculative....
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C’est en appliquant aux instruments financiers (taux de change, taux d’intérêt, indices boursiers, actions) les techniques de transaction et de gestion des risques utilisées dans le domaine des matières premières depuis le milieu du XIXe siècle en Grande-Bretagne, en France et aux...
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When historical cost is used, the incomes are smoothed in a way that delays the recognition of the financial institutions lessening solvency, especially in the case of fixed rate loans when market rates are decreasing. We study the case of Credit Lyonnais which had the opportunity to transfer...
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results directly from the market price of the bond. This article studies this link over a period of two years for about forty … this information by the investors on the French bond market. …
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Asset allocation contribution to ex-post performance is of primary importance. Nobody denies its role, yet the subject of allocating assets remains controversial. To some contenders, the added value stems only from strategic asset allocation which aims at providing the long-term average exposure...
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Le recours au coût historique et à des techniques d'allègement des bilans comme la titrisation permettent aux banques de disposer d'une marge de manoeuvre en matière comptable. Le développement des marchés financiers et l'orientation actuelle de l'IASC et du FASB en faveur de la juste...
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technique to French bond price data. Using a rather unique data set in which prices are sampled daily, we are able to compare … the overnight rate implied in bond price data to the actual overnight money market rate. We conclude that the two rates …
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