Islamic finance came to prominence in the last two decades and Islamic instruments have been regarded as an alternative to conventional instruments after the 2008 crisis. In this study, we tried to analyze the relationship between conventional deposit rates and profit share rates of...

We construct a new systemic risk measure that quantifies vulnerability to fire-sale spillovers using detailed regulatory balance sheet data for U.S. commercial banks and repo market data for broker-dealers. Even for moderate shocks in normal times, fire-sale externalities can be substantial. For...

We investigate how counterparty credit risk influences the prices of over-the-counter CDS contracts using confidential transaction level data for practically all Dutch trades. We confirm our prior of a significant negative relationship between the credit worthiness of the CDS seller and the...

Evidence shows that nonbanks, which are now significant participants in the corporate loan market, exploit information gained from lending to trade in public securities. We examine whether these institutions use loan-based information to facilitate merger and acquisition (M&A) deals. We find...

We investigate how counterparty credit risk influences the prices of over-the-counter CDS contracts using confidential transaction level data for practically all Dutch trades. We confirm our prior of a significant negative relationship between the credit worthiness of the CDS seller and the...

Risk culture is the engine to drive the entire enterprise risk management (ERM) program in any organization and, therefore, is of paramount importance to be a focus point.Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has greatly focused on developing risk culture in banks and insurance...

Spanish Abstract: En este estudio se calculan y analizan algunos indicadores de concentración aplicados a la distribución departamental de: (i) captaciones (en pesos) de establecimientos bancarios, discriminadas en 7 productos financieros: depósitos en cuenta corriente bancaria, depósitos...

Objective - The banking sector plays an important role in the Indonesian economy. The sustainability of the Indonesian banking sector will depend on the ability of every banking institution to maintain their competitiveness. Banking competitiveness is reflected in the level of efficiency of the...

In this paper, we investigate the performance-growth relation of French mutual funds. Using panel techniques, we find that capital inflows to French past top performing funds are not as strong as expected. This result suggests that there exist barriers to investment, that may come from the fact...