Retail deposits represent about 30% of total European banking assets. The bulk of the balance sheet of banks (about 70%) comprise non-retail loans and deposits (e.g. interbank loans and deposits, loans and deposits from insurance corporations and pension funds and loans and deposits from...

The motivation for this paper began with casual empiricisms regarding the brief distributed lag of retail gasoline prices behind crude oil futures. We developed a model consistent with our hypothesis and tested it with econometrics using statistical data that include the sharp decrease in crude...

Using data on stocks held by individual investors at retail brokerage firm Robinhood, we document that these investors are actively engaged in both momentum and contrarian trading strategies. In response to the increased volatility and uncertainty in financial markets due to the COVID-19...

We examine the link between retail trading in options and the volatility of the underlying assets. Using Robinhood's introduction of options as a shock to retail trading, we confirm that option volume increased around this event and show that volatility similarly increased for: interlisted US...

The closing call auction is an important feature of modern markets that improves the efficiency of closing prices as a benchmark. We examine the effects of COVID-19 on closing price dislocation – with a specific focus on the role of high-frequency and retail traders on closing price...

The collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 led to a global financial crisis. Leaders of the G-7 countries agreed on October 10, 2008, to five principles for addressing the crisis, including the need for sound deposit insurance. On October 12, Australia’s prime minister announced a deposit...