Purpose – In this paper weekly volatility forecasts are considered with applications to risk management; in particular hedge ratios and VaR calculations, with the aim of identifying the most appropriate model for risk management practice. Design/methodology/approach – The study considers a...

Purpose – In the presence of capital market imperfections, risk management at the enterprise level is apt to increase the firm's value to shareholders by reducing costs associated with agency conflicts, external financing, financial distress, and taxes. The purpose of this paper is to provide...

Purpose – To consider why the law of large numbers does not play a more significant role in determining an insurer's financial leverage. Design/methodology/approach – Insurer‐group data show that there is little relationship between an insurer's premium volume and its overall leverage...

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate how effectively the value at risk (VaR) estimated using the student‐ t distribution captures the market risk. Design/methodology/approach – Two alternative VaR models, VaR‐t and VaR‐x models, are presented and compared with the benchmark model...

Purpose – This paper aims to test empirically the performance of different models in measuring VaR and ES in the presence of heavy tails in returns using historical data. Design/methodology/approach – Daily returns of popular indices (S&P500, DAX, CAC, Nikkei, TSE, and FTSE) and currencies...

Daniel and Titman (1997) contend that the Fama‐French three‐factor model’s ability to explain cross‐sectional variation in expected returns is a result of characteristics that firms have in common rather than any risk‐based explanation. The primary aim of the current paper is to...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to fill a gap in the foreign‐exchange trading risk‐management literature and particularly from the perspective of emerging and illiquid markets, such as in the context of the Moroccan foreign‐exchange market. Design/methodology/approach – This paper,...

This paper investigates the impact of financial technology (FinTech) on bank performance through a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of publications from the Web of Science Core Collection Database published between 2015 and July 2024. The study employs the R-package litsearchr for keyword...

Risk assessment is aimed at providing necessary risk-related information to decision-makers for formulating risk mitigation strategies. Poor communication of its context and outputs may lead to misperceptions and wrong judgements. In this research, the role of visualization as an enabler of...