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Market timing of long-term debt issuance

Witmer, Jonathan - 2009

The literature on market timing of long-term debt issuance yields mixed evidence that managers can successfully time … their debt-maturity issuance. The early results that are indicative of debt-maturity timing are not robust to accounting for … structural breaks or to other measures of debt maturity from firm-level data that account for call and put provisions in debt …

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Lessons from international central counterparties : benchmarking and analysis

Lazarow, Alexandre - 2011

Since the financial crisis, attention has focused on central counterparties (CCPs) as a solution to systemic risk for a variety of financial markets, ranging from repurchase agreements and options to swaps. However, internationally accepted standards and the academic literature have left...

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A framework in search of an optimal margining policy for official institutions : the Canadian experience

Nakashima, Tomo; Cosma, Mihai; Plong, Boran - 2016

One of the main outcomes of the global financial crisis has been a series of new regulations imposed on the financial system and specifically on banks. As a result of the changing regulations, bank dealers introduced various "credit" and "liquidity" charges for uncollateralized over-the-counter...

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Financial distress and hedging : evidence from Canadian oil firms

Mo, Kun; Suvankulov, Farrukh; Griffiths, Sophie - 2019

firms with higher short-term and long-term debt tend to hedge more. Furthermore, an increase in the Altman bankruptcy score …

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Multilateral development bank credit rating methodology : overcoming the challenges in assessing relative credit risk in highly rated institutions based on public data

Chen, David; Muller, Philippe; Wagué, Hawa - 2017

The investment of foreign exchange reserves or other asset portfolios requires an assessment of the credit quality of counterparties. Traditionally, foreign exchange reserve managers and other investors have relied on credit rating agencies (CRAs) as the main source for credit assessments. The...

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Methodology for assigning credit ratings to sovereigns

Muller, Philippe; Bourque, Jérôme - 2017

The investment of foreign exchange reserves or other asset portfolios requires an assessment of the credit quality of investment counterparties. Traditionally, foreign exchange reserve and asset managers have relied on credit rating agencies (CRAs) as the main source for credit assessments. The...

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Financial constraints and the cash-holding behaviour of Canadian firms

McVanel, Darcey (contributor); Perevalov, Nikita (contributor) - 2008

The proportion of assets held by the average Canadian firm in the form of cash has increased steadily since the early 1990s, and is now roughly twice as large as in 1990. The literature has established that the cash-holding behaviour of firms is highly correlated with financial constraints and...

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Updated methodology for assigning credit ratings to sovereigns

McDaniels, Karim; Palesch, Nico; Suri, Sanjam; … - 2021

leverage internal experience. This updated methodology proposes three key innovations: (i) a new approach to assessing a …

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Supporting the transition to net-zero emissions : the evolving role of central banks

McGuinness, Karen - 2023

While climate change was largely tackled by government policies in the past, central banks are increasingly grappling with the risks climate change poses. They are evaluating their operational policies to reflect these risks and the transition to a net-zero economy. This paper explores the...

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Financial constraints and corporate investment in China

Mo, Kun; Soudan, Michel - 2022

Distortions in capital markets can create financial constraints that deter firms from pursuing optimal investment plans. This paper explores how much these constraints affect investment by ownership type in China, using a panel data model estimated with observations on listed firms for the...

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