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Using Economic Capital To Determine Risk
Economic capital (EC) refers to the amount of risk capital that a bank estimates it will need in order to remain solvent at a given confidence level and time horizon. Regulatory capital (RC), on the other hand, reflects the amount of capital that a bank needs, given regulatory guidance and rules. This article will highlight how EC is measured, examine its relevance for banks, and compare economic and regulatory capital.
Facts and fantasies about Factor Based Investing
In recent years, factor-based investing (FBI) solutions have been bestsellers. But FBI’s success is not a foregone conclusion, and there are plenty of quirks and misprints in the literature about it. So should we do things by the book, or is it all pulp fiction? In fact, do investors need a novel approach? FACT: Multi-factor strategies from different providers can be very different There is a wide spectrum of ways to implement multi-factor strategies.
How Basel 1 Affected Banks
From 1965 to 1981 there were about eight bank failures (or bankruptcies) in the United States. Bank failures were particularly prominent during the 1980s, an era that is often referred to as the "savings and loan crisis." Banks throughout the world were lending extensively, while countries' external indebtedness was growing at an unsustainable rate.
Catch on to the CCAPM
Douglas Breeden and Robert Lucas, a Nobel laureate in economics, provided the foundation of the consumption capital asset pricing model (CCAPM) in 1979 and 1978, respectively. Their model is an extension of the traditional capital asset pricing model (CAPM). It's best used as a theoretical model, but it can help to make sense of variation in financial asset returns over time, and in some cases, its results can be more relevant than those achieved through the CAPM model.
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