Network theory
Structural changes in the interbank market across the financial crisis from multiple core–periphery analysis
In this work, the authors employ the KM–ER algorithm to characterize the internal organization of eMID.
Networks of common asset holdings: aggregation and measures of vulnerability
This paper quantifies the interrelations induced among financial institutions by common asset holdings.
Computational analysis of structural properties of economic and financial networks
This paper surveys the use of networks and network-based methods to study economy- related questions.
Risktech start-ups: survival of the fittest?
A new breed of vendors could change the face of risk management, if they can hang around long enough
Start-up fund looks to profit from early-stage bubbles
Market feedback loops have a signature that can be spotted and monetised, new fund SIMAG says
Debt, information asymmetry and bankers on board
This paper contributes to the financial networks literature by providing evidence that well-connected bankers on the boards of directors of nonfinancial firms reduce information asymmetry between credit markets and firms.
Identifying patterns in the bank–sector credit network of Spain
In this paper, the authors study the topological and structural properties of the bank–sector credit network of Spain over the period 1997–2007.
Evaluating the role of risk networks in risk identification, classification and emergence
This paper presents an evaluation of how risk interdependence affects the risk management process.
Interconnectedness risk and active portfolio management: the information-theoretic perspective
This paper extensively compares mutual-information-based networks with correlation-based networks on a stand-alone basis and in the framework of active investment strategies.
Core-periphery model of bank networks called into question
Researchers find multiple, asymmetric cores in interbank market, posing different systemic risks
Identifying complex core–periphery structures in the interbank market
This paper proposes a framework to identify the structure of a financial network and its evolution over time, and presents an application to an interbank market with complete actual data.
CDS surcharge touted to aid systemic stability
Charges would encourage systemic banks to buy protection from less significant players
This tangled web: banks seek to contain systemic model risk
Network studies are being used to identify model dependencies and concentrations
Insurers blind to new threats, network analysis suggests
Risk taxonomies driven by top-down approach or externally imposed labels expose firms to blind spots
US Treasury using network theory to combat cyber threats
Targeted attacks and random threats call for different defences, financial research unit finds
Model risk managers grapple with interconnectedness
US regulators ask banks to assess cross-dependencies of models – prompting some to employ network theory
Trust key to interbank lending, study finds
'Social collateral' collapsed during 2008 crisis, finds Swiss National Bank paper
Twin member default would hit up to 23 CCPs
New FSB analysis reveals interdependencies of clearing system
Causality networks of financial assets
Through financial network analysis, this paper ascertains the existence of important causal behavior between certain financial assets, as inferred from eight different causality methods.
New light cast on shadow bank risk
PLS-SEM model could test assumptions on shadow banks’ risk role
FSB asks whether CCPs could become shock-transmitters
Isda AGM: New analysis – due next month – looks at clearing network risks