The CAPM model comes up short when explaining the superior performance of hedge funds in the past. This article argues that the Markowitz mean-variance criterion underpinning the traditional CAPM may fail to capture systematic features characterizing hedge fund performance. The two-moment market...

I examine the information content of a limit order book in a purely order-driven market. I analyze how the state of the limit order book affects a trader's strategy. I develop an econometric technique to study order aggressiveness and provide empirical evidence on the recent theoretical models...

I analyze the transaction costs on the Swiss Stock Exchange (SWX). Trading costs on the SWX are in line with the NYSE. The bid-ask spread components are examined in relation with market liquidity, trade size and the time of the day. The order processing costs are the largest cost component but...

This study is an empirical analysis of the intraday market liquidity and volume concentration on the Swiss Stock Exchange. The intraday market liquidity on the Swiss market exhibits a triple-U shaped pattern. An intraday pattern of volume concentration also exists. The empirical evidence shows...

We analyse how constraints on dealers’ risk-bearing capacity affect market efficiency in the foreign exchange (FX) market. Dealers support market efficiency by accommodating their customers’ trading demands through elastic liquidity provision in normal times but when they face constraints...

Although designed to support monetary policy, two crucial aspects of the central bank framework can disconnect the monetary policy transmission: banks' access to central bank deposits and Quantitative Easing (QE). We show how both hinder the monetary policy transmission through the main...

We propose and test a new channel that links funding liquidity risk and interest rates in short-term funding markets. Borrowers with high liquidity risk are willing to pay a markup to lock in their funding, independent of risk premiums demanded by lenders. We test the channel using unique...

We provide an asset pricing analysis of one of the main categories of near-money or safe assets,the repurchase agreement (repo). Heterogeneity in repo rates allows for a remunerative carry trade. The return on this carry trade, our carry factor, together with a market factor explain the temporal...