As most Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) engage in securities lending or are based on total return swaps, they expose their investors to counterparty risk. In this paper, we estimate empirically such risk exposures for a sample of physical and swap-based funds. We find that counterparty risk...

French Abstract: Nicolas Firzli nous fait partager certains des travaux menés par le World Pensions Council (WPC) et résume ici une partie des interventions du G7 Pensions qui s'est tenu fin août dernier, en marge du Sommet du G7 de Biarritz. Il livre des pistes de réflexions précieuses...

French Abstract: Ce papier montre tout d'abord les spécificités des banques islamiques, qui, par rapport aux banques conventionnelles, font reporter une partie plus importante du risque sur les déposants. Cela permet ensuite de voir en quoi les différents ratios proposés par Bâle III dans...

French Abstract: Le papier met en évidence les apports de la théorie des valeurs extrêmes (TVE) et son application à la mesure de VaR, et examine son effet sur la prise en compte des risques extrêmes. A cet égard, le papier étudie empiriquement l'indice SX5E sur une période de 22...

French Abstract: En théorie, les banques islamiques sont des institutions qui appliquent le concept de partage de profits et de pertes (PPP). Néanmoins, la littérature montre que, dans la pratique, les banques islamiques reposent essentiellement sur des opérations commerciales (non-PPP) et...

In the last years, the financial sector has seen an increase in the use of machine learning models in banking and insurance contexts. Advanced analytic teams in the financial community are implementing these models regularly. In this paper, i present the different Machine Learning techniques...

The performance measurement of portfolio managers is a topic of major importance in finance. The utility of performance measures rests, indeed, on the hypothesis that funds whose performance is judged " good " (or " bad ") in the past, will continue to display of good (bad) performances in the...

The financial market interest several researchers, especially in the domain of assessment of the financial assets and their performances. The previous research identified several anomalies of the market, as size, Monday, January, PER effects, etc. putting in question the notion of market...

Migrant remittances tend to be more stable, unlike other sources of external financing, making remittances a reliable source for developing countries. Thus, despite the upward trend in remittances, stock markets in developing countries are generally characterized by high volatility. This study...

The financial market interest several researchers, especially in the domain of assessment of the financial assets and their performances. The previous research identified several anomalies of the market, as size, Monday, January, PER effects, etc. putting in question the notion of market...