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This paper examines the impact of changes in margin requirements on returns, transaction volumes, and price volatility of Nikkei 225 futures on the Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE) and the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (SIMEX). An increase in margin requirement on one exchange is...
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This paper examines how the risk-based capital standards, the so-called Basle Accord, influenced 87 major Japanese major Japanese banks' behavior between 1990 and 1993. As the Japanese stock prices fell, banks' latent capital gains, which is part of tier II capital became smaller. Empirical...
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This paper examines how the risk based capital standards, the so-called Basle Accord between 1990 and 1993. As the Japanese stock prices fell, banks' latent capital gains, which are part of tier II capital, became smaller. Empirical findings are consistent with a view that banks with lower...
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reflects the financial health of Japanese banks. Japan premium has been a popular proxy in the literature for Japanese bank … Japan premium did not substantially rise as before. It is discovered that Japanese banks are now required to post cash … collateral - unusual for interbank loans - so that premium is not charged on them. Japan premium lost its role as the primary …
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This paper investigates movements of market indicators of banking fragility, namely, Japan premium, stock prices, and … credit derivative spreads of Japanese banks. Although the Japan premium in the euro-dollar market seemed to have virtually … indicators were high both in the first period and in the second period; Credit default swap (CDS) premium explains Japan premium …
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This paper examines the consequences of the 2015 reform on the London fixing in the interbank forex market, which … behavior after the reform, and the volume spike in the fixing window disappeared. However, the anomalies on price dynamics … to examine the efficiency of banks' behavior after the reform. The volume pattern during the fixing time window suggests …
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This paper examines the consequences of the 2015 reform on the London fixing in the interbank forex market, which … behavior after the reform, and the volume spike in the fixing window disappeared. However, the anomalies on price dynamics … to examine the efficiency of banks' behavior after the reform. The volume pattern during the fixing time window suggests …
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analysis of specific issues or topics. It provides the groundwork for the conference Financial Reform in Japan and Australia by …Introduction: A mere decade ago Japan’s financial system, and especially its banking system, was not only the largest … country. Today presents a completely different picture. Japan’s financial system is weak and in disarray. Banks no longer rank …
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