This paper studies whether bank ownership influenced lending behavior during the COVID-19 shock. It finds that, similar to previous episodes of financial distress, foreign banks appear to have played a shock-transmitting role, as there was a sharp slowdown in lending by foreign banks’...

We investigate how firms’ stock performance during the COVID-19 crisis varies, depending on firm–bank relationships. Using Japanese firms’ data, we find that the outbreak of COVID-19 caused a sharp drop in the stock performance of both firms with more concentrated bank relationships and...

Syndicated loans integrate bank monitoring with risk sharing similar to corporate bonds. Consistent with this argument, we find that firms use more loans and fewer bonds, and increase capital expenditures, after initial access to the syndicated loan market. The growth of collateralized loan...

This study investigates the link between capital market discipline and bank-level credit risk with a special emphasis on the role of bank ownership structure. Focusing on a large emerging market, Turkey, characterized by prominent state bank presence, our baseline regression results indicate...

We investigate how firm–bank relationships affect firms’ stock performance during the COVID-19 crisis. Using Japanese firms’ data, we find that the COVID-19 outbreak caused a sharp drop in the stock performance of both the firms with more concentrated bank relationships and those with less...

The UBS- Credit Suisse (CS) merger in March 2023, one of the biggest banking unions in history, was an emergency rescue deal engineered by Swiss authorities to avoid more market-shaking turmoil in global banking. The merger resulted in a significant increase in the combined stakeholder net...

This article provides an insightful overview of the challenges encountered by the insurance industry when applying the requirements of IFRS 17 to reinsurance contracts. Through the metaphor "Fitting a Square Peg in a Round Hole," the author effectively captures the complexities and difficulties...

Using equity returns on all banks (across 28 countries) that ever issued contingent convertiblecapital securities (CoCos), we identify a “CoCo-induced collapse option,” that apparently was exercised during the March 2023 failure of Credit Suisse. Reflecting this option’s value, abnormal...

Additional Tier 1 (AT1) notes are perpetual, callable notes issued by banks to help meet their capital requirements. Banks almost always choose to call the notes at the first call date, even when issuing new notes is more expensive than keeping the old notes in place. We argue from a simple...