The regulatory framework for assessing and risk measurement in most companies focuses primarily on proposals of the New Capital Accord (Basel II). The Basel Committee gives importance to the concept of operational risk and requires that financial institutions cover possible loses with capital....

En esta investigación se realiza una aplicaciónempírica del canal de la hoja de balance enColombia entre 1995 y 2007, utilizando un panelconstruido con información contable de firmas nofinancieras que ejercen su actividad en el territoriocolombiano. El objetivo es mostrar que la estructurade...

With this paper we seek to contribute to the literature on pension insurance systems. The financial literature tends to focus exclusively on the US pension insurance system. This is the first major empirical study to address the German occupational pension insurance (PSVaG) plan in Germany. The...

This chapter focuses on institutional investors in the German financial markets. Institutional investors are specialized financial intermediaries who collect and manage funds on behalf of small investors toward specific objectives in terms of risk, return and maturity. The major types of...