This paper reviews the theory of Credit Default Swaps (CDS), the main characteristics of the CDS market, and how to estimate the non-default component of the yield spreads as the basis between the actual CDS premium and the hypothetical CDS premium implied by bond yields. We then analyze the...

Credit risk measurement and management become more important in all financial institutions in the light of the current financial crisis and the global recession. This particularly applies to most of the complex structured financing forms whose risk cannot be quantified with com-mon rating...

This paper estimates the preference scores of CoCo bond buyers and sellers by running logistic regressions taking into account both bond and issuing bank’s characteristics, and also considers the role of country−specific CoCo bond market competitiveness. Buyers are found to be characterised...

In diesem Beitrag wird untersucht, inwieweit Erkenntnisse des Behavioral Finance erforderlich sind, um einerseits das kundenbezogene Wertpapiergeschäft von Banken und andererseits die Preisbildung auf Kapitalmärkten zu untersuchen. Es wird dargelegt, daß das kundenbezogene Wertpapiergeschäft...

This paper provides evidence of deliberate private-information disclosure within banks' international business networks. Using supervisory trade-level data, we show that banks with closer ties to a target advisor in a takeover buy more stocks of the target firm prior to the deal announcement,...

This paper provides evidence of deliberate private-information disclosure within banks' international business networks. Using supervisory trade-level data, we show that banks with closer ties to a target advisor in a takeover buy more stocks of the target ffrm prior to the deal announcement,...

Credit risk measurement and management become more important in all financial institutions in the light of the current financial crisis and the global recession. This particularly applies to most of the complex structured financing forms whose risk cannot be quantified with com-mon rating...

This paper examines the investment behavior of Indian mutual fund industry. Since the majority of investors who invest in mutual funds are salaried individuals or individuals that own SMEs, the Indian Mutual Fund industry should have a long term investment horizon. However, the data from all...

In diesem Beitrag wird untersucht, inwieweit Erkenntnisse des Behavioral Finance erforderlich sind, um einerseits das kundenbezogene Wertpapiergeschäft von Banken und andererseits die Preisbildung auf Kapitalmärkten zu untersuchen. Es wird dargelegt, daß das kundenbezogene Wertpapiergeschäft...

This paper considers the realized returns of individual investors in warrants and leverage certificates. First, we derive a general formula that analytically decomposes the return into several economically meaningful components that are related to investor's trading behavior and the issuers'...