Die Arbeitspapiere, die bisher zur Vorbereitung des dritten Basler Konsultationspapiers erschienen sind, lassen sich nach Ansicht der Autoren in zwei Gruppen unterteilen. Die eine konkretisiert wesentliche der im zweiten Konsultationspapier (CP2) vom Januar 2001 offenen Regelungen...

In jüngerer Zeit werden sog. Reverse Convertibles und Discount-Zertifikate immer häufiger von Kreditinstituten angeboten und von institutionellen sowie privaten Kapitalanlegern nachgefragt. Aus Anlegersicht steigt die Attraktivität dieser Finanztitel insbesondere in Zeiten niedriger Zinsen...

This paper explores the extent to which interest risk exposure is priced in bank margins. Our contribution to the literature is twofold: First, we present an extended model of Ho and Saunders (1981) that explicitly captures interest rate risk and returns from maturity transformation. Banks price...

This paper explores the extent to which interest risk exposure is priced in bank margins. Our contribution to the literature is twofold: First, we present an extended model of Ho and Saunders (1981) that explicitly captures interest rate risk and returns from maturity transformation. Banks price...

We investigate financial intermediaries’ interest rate risk management as the simultaneous decision of on-balance-sheet exposure and interest rate swap use. Our findings show that both decisions are substitute risk management strategies. A higher likelihood of bank distress makes banks reduce...

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...