We develop a pricing model for sovereign contingent convertible bonds (S-CoCo) with payment standstills triggered by a sovereign's credit default swap CDS spread. One innovation is the modeling of CDS spread regime switching which is prevalent during crises. Regime switching is modeled as a...

We present a stochastic simulation forecasting model for stress testing aimed at assessing banks' capital adequacy, financial fragility and probability of default. The paper provides a theoretical presentation of the methodology and the essential features of the forecasting model on which it is...

A stochastic optimization framework is presented for liquidity risk management which is one of the principle issues facing an asset/liability manager. The various sources of cashflow uncertainty are first introduced. The notion of portfolio risk is then formally defined. The concepts of a risk...

The aggregate saving indicator does not directly reflect changes in individuals' microeconomic behavior. From the official statistics' point of view, households choose between spending, which generates additional income and consumption in the economy, and setting money aside, which does not....

In this short technical note we present an efficient algorithm for the maximization of the Liquidity Cover Ratio (LCR) when lower level asset caps are activated. This algorithm acts by selecting the most efficient assets to remove from the pool of such assets in order to maximize the LCR without...

The purpose of the present study is the development of classification models that could be used in the identification of acquirers and targets in the Asian banking sector. We use a sample of 52 targets and 47 acquirers that were involved in acquisitions in 9 Asian banking markets during...

Given the paucity of data for empirical model building for estimation of credit risk parameters of Probability of Default (PD), Loss Given Default (LGD) and Exposure at Default (EAD), hybrid and expert judgment based approaches are the first choice of many banks in tiers II amp; III, especially...

In this paper, I explore the occurrence of bank runs by developing a sensitivity analysis to the model in Diamond and Dybvig (1983). I implement an agent-based economic model to analyze different modifications and extensions to the original. In 36 experiments based on three different versions of...

In this paper we develop classification models for the identification of acquisition targets in the EU banking industry, incorporating financial variables that are mostly unique to the banking industry and originate from the CAMEL approach. A sample of 168 non-acquired banks matching 168...

Although the banking sector in the UK is one of the most open and it is characterized by an increasing foreign bank presence, it remains relatively under-researched compared to studies for other countries. The objective of this paper is to investigate the performance of the UK banking sector...