Investment funds are highly connected with each other, but also with the broader financial system. In this paper, we quantify potential vulnerabilities arising from funds' connectedness. While previous work exclusively focused on indirect connections (overlapping asset portfolios) between...

Investment funds are highly connected with each other, but also with the broader financial system. In this paper, we quantify potential vulnerabilities arising from funds' connectedness. While previous work exclusively focused on indirect connections (overlapping asset portfolios) between...

Using a unique dataset on the sectoral ownership structure of euro area equity mutual funds, we study how different investor groups contribute to the negative performance externality from large outflows. Investment funds, as holders of mutual funds, are the main contributors to the flow...

Klimabezogene Risiken aus der Transition zu einem CO2-armen Wirtschaftssystem können potentielle Verwundbarkeiten des Finanzsystems offenlegen. Wir entwickeln und beschreiben in diesem Artikel ein Instrumentarium zur Analyse dieser Risiken und wenden es auf das deutsche Finanzsystem an. Die...

The macroprudential market risk stress test presented in this paper proposes a framework to assess the vulnerability of the German financial system with respect to market price shocks, focusing on banks, insurers and investment funds in a consistent manner. A common market risk scenario is...

This paper presents the methodology applied in the Deutsche Bundesbank's climate transition stress test for the German financial system, see Deutsche Bundesbank (2023). It discusses the construction of the transition scenarios underlying the analysis, including a long-run orderly scenario and a...

Climate-related risks arising from the transition to a low-carbon economy may expose potential vulnerabilities in the financial system. In this article, we develop and describe a set of tools for analysing these risks and apply them to the German financial system. The use of longterm, consistent...

We revisit the overreaction hypothesis in the light of information effects. Using a sample period from 2005–2012 covering 2,542 large price changes in the German stock market, our results indicate that information effects can explain both overreaction and underreaction patterns. Specifically,...

Ein Überblick über in Deutschland emittierte Turbo-Zertifikate zeigt den enormen Erfolg dieser Finanzinnovation. In diesem Beitrag werden Long- und Short- Zertifikate bewertet und analysiert. Im Mittelpunkt steht dabei die jüngst von einigen Emittenten offen kommunizierte Preisstellung...

Hedging down-and-out puts (and up-and-out calls), where the maximum payoff is reached just before a barrier is hit that would render the claim worthless afterwards, is challenging. All hedging methods potentially lead to large errors when the underlying is already close to the barrier and the...