In the wake of the 2008/2009 financial crisis, a number of policy reports (Vickers, Liikanen, Volcker) proposed to separate investment banking from commercial banking to increase financial stability. This paper empirically examines one theoretical justification for these proposals, namely...

This article is divided into four sections. In the first one, we describe the origin and history of investment banking, with particular focus on the economic conditions that led to its birth in the United States. The second part considers those products offered by investments banks which are...

Due to a lack of data availability, numerous empirical studies on mutual fund flows (e.g. Sirri/Tufano (1998)) analyze synthetically derived flow measures. We show how good these measures can explain actual flows. We compare the measures suggested in the literature with the actual net-flows of...

Li (2011) proposes a quarterly earnings prediction model for loss generating firms, shows that it produces better specified future earnings estimates relative to naïve quarterly forecast models, and that it can be used to form a trading strategy that produces economically significant annual...

The present paper measured the efficiency of Islamic banks during economic troubles of 2006-2009 to address the question if Islamic banks were efficient and stable. This paper addresses this question by measuring efficiency through employing the on-parametric technique, Data Envelopment Analysis...

The article is about learning from aviation risk management to corporate risk management. Aviation risk management plays a vital role in providing safety to air passengers. The paper studies the key areas of development in the aviation industry, such as systematic thinking processes, the role of...

Crowdfunding has been regarded as a useful tool to meet consumers’ and SMEs’ financing needs as well as investors’ need for diversified alternative investments finance and desire for a more ‘democratic’ financial system. It has also been presented as a form of ‘disintermediated’...

This paper explores the application of generative artificial intelligence (AI) models in financial analysis within the Rumsfeldian framework of “known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns.” It highlights the advantages of using AI models, such as their ability to identify complex...

This paper shows how the rise of private equity has fueled non-bank participation in the U.S. syndicated loan market. Combining administrative data from the Shared National Credit register with buyout deals from Pitchbook, we find that PE-backed loans are associated with lower active bank...