Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of macroeconomic condition and real estate price trend on the amount of residential loan. Design/methodology/approach: The paper using a sample of 16 European Countries for the time period 2007–2015 evaluates the impact of change in...

In un contesto di sostanziale «pubblicizzazione» degli equilibri reddituali e patrimoniali delle banche, la proprietà privata della banca è spesso condizionata nell'esercizio dei diritti di controllo e delle prerogative di imprenditorialità che le sarebbero propri. La questione della banca...

On the market for factoring services independent suppliers coexhist with companies affiliated with banking groups. The last ones can be oriented in their decision processes by the policies of their parent company, usually a bank. They could also benefit from synergies among the different units...

Funds of Funds (FoF) are particular investment funds that invest resources in some mutual funds. This type of funds offers the possibility to achieve an higher diversification that an investor can’t realize using other instruments. One of the main differences among FoFs available is the...

The standard approach to the evaluation of funds assumes a normal return distribution and uses the variance as a measure of the funds risk. A few characteristics of hedge funds, such as the remuneration mechanism of the portfolio manager, make this assumption unacceptable and the traditional...