Non-maturing banking products are important asset and liability positions of banks. Their complexity inter alia arises from a non-trivial pass-through from market to product rates which makes the valuation and risk analysis challenging for both banks and banking supervisors. Based on a large...

Empirically, bank equity value is decreasing in the interest rate. Yet (i) many banks do not hedge interest rate risk and (ii) above 50% of hedging banks use derivatives to increase exposure. We model a bank's capital structure, and show that these facts are consistent with optimal hedging under...

Intro -- Risk Management and Financial Institutions -- Contents in Brief -- Contents -- Business Snapshots -- Preface -- New Material -- Slides -- Questions and Problems -- Instructor Material -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Risk vs. Return for Investors -- 1.1.1 Quantifying Risk --...