During the financial crisis, many banks experienced difficulties in managing their liquidity, showing the weakness of the traditional liquidity transfer price system which is not anymore adequate to measure liquidity costs, benefits and risks. The development of a more efficient mechanism will...

The current financial crisis was not something unexpected, a «black swan», but rather an event caused by human action and inaction, and therefore predictable and avoidable. The analysis of the role of the financial system, regulation, business models and management systems leads to point out...

The management control system should be considered as part of the internal control system adopted in banks. It should be governed according to an integrated approach, taking into account its relations with other control functions, and should be evaluated by the bodies who have to ensure the...

A correct response of banks adapting and reinforcing their internal controls systems is an absolute condition for the development of such systems and to ensure a real contribution to improve bank performance. Otherwise, the alternative is only the decline.

Bank profitability is not easily observable and measurable, except in the long term and ex post. But bank management, especially after the crisis, must be monitored also in the short term, and therefore profitability requires indicators for a continuous and proactive measurement. Beyond the most...

Which are the functions of a compensation system? How it can be used by a company or a bank as an instrument of human resources management? Which are the relations between remuneration systems and bank performances? Only the answer to these questions can help to redefine and project the...

The measurement of the Compliance Function performance is a relevant and innovative issue for banks and it involves some questions about the methods to be adopted and their implementation within an integrated and effective system.This paper highlights the peculiarities and the key design...

In this paper using a unique database of mutual funds that charge asymmetric incentive fees we evaluate the ex ante cost of these variable compensations as the premium of a spread option on the active return of the fund. We find that the cost of the asymmetric fee can be very high and that it's...

Ratings measure the counterparty risk for an issuer or an issue while Cds are a market evaluation of the same risk exposure. The market evaluation could be not aligned with the rating agencies’ judgment and the difference could be relevant. The article presents an empirical analysis on a...

Purpose – With reference to IAS/IFRS, the purpose of this paper is to examine the value relevance of the two amortised cost/fair value measurement methods applied to loans, and test whether loan fair values are an incremental explanatory factor for a bank's stock price, beyond that provided by...