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I credit derivatives nell’economia dei sistemi finanziari tra innovazione e criticità

2011

Il lavoro è volto a comprendere il ruolo degli strumenti credit derivatives nell’economia dei sistemi finanziari. I credit derivatives rappresentano una significativa forma di innovazione finanziaria che incide direttamente sull’attività degli intermediari finanziari e, in particolare, bancari. Il ricorso al mercato dei credit derivatives rende possibile il trasferimento integrale o parziale dei rischi di credito senza il contestuale trasferimento delle singole esposizioni creditizie. Ciò dischiude una varietà di scelte aziendali di de-integrazione della catena del valore dell’intermediazione creditizia e di diversificazione del portafoglio crediti che, tuttavia, non sempre conducono ad una…

risk transfer credit derivatives financial innovation financial crisis risk managementSettore SECS-P/11 - Economia Degli Intermediari Finanziari
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Portfolio diversification in the sovereign credit swap markets

2018

We develop models for portfolio diversification in the sovereign credit default swaps (CDS) markets and show that, despite literature findings that sovereign CDS spreads are affected by global factors, there is sufficient idiosyncratic risk to be diversified. However, we identify regime switching in the times series of CDS spreads and spread returns, and the optimal diversified strategies can be regime dependent. The developed models trade off the CVaR risk measure against expected return, consistently with the statistical properties of spreads. We consider three investment strategies suited for different CDS market participants: for investors with long positions, speculators that hold unco…

Credit default swapInvestment strategyFinancial economicsDiversification (finance)Portfolio diversificationGeneral Decision SciencesMonetary economicsManagement Science and Operations ResearchCDS spreadConditional Value-at-RiskSettore SECS-S/06 -Metodi Mat. dell'Economia e d. Scienze Attuariali e Finanz.Swap (finance)Eurozone crisi0502 economics and businessSystematic riskEconomics050207 economicsSpeculation050208 finance05 social sciencesCredit derivativeCDS spreads; Conditional Value-at-Risk; Credit derivatives; Eurozone crisis; Portfolio diversification; Regime switching; Decision Sciences (all); Management Science and Operations ResearchRegime switchingCredit default swap indexExpected shortfallDecision Sciences (all)Active managementSovereign creditPortfolioCredit derivative
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Credit derivatives disclosure in banks’ risk reporting: Empirical evidence from four large European banks

2019

This paper aims to analyze the derivatives disclosure in banks’ annual risk reports. In this paper, the author uses content analysis to examine the qualitative and quantitative profiles of the derivatives disclosure at a cross-country level, with particular reference to credit derivatives. The empirical research is conducted on a sample of large European banks. The paper also shows that there is room to improve various aspects of derivatives disclosure, and provides some useful insights for further research. The derivatives disclosure in banks’ annual risk reports has deep managerial, financial, regulatory and accounting implications at a firm and industry levels, and the comprehension of t…

Economics and Econometrics050208 financeSettore SECS-P/11 - Economia Degli Intermediari Finanziaribusiness.industryStrategy and Management05 social sciencesAccountingSample (statistics)050201 accountingEmpirical researchRisk reporting Risk disclosure Credit derivative Banking Financial regulation Risk management Banking risks.Content analysis0502 economics and businessCredit derivativebusinessEmpirical evidenceFinanceRisk Governance and Control: Financial Markets and Institutions
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