Mag
29
2020
The previously slow-moving journey of banks towards digitization has recently undergone a sharp acceleration, mainly boosted by the need to comply with security requirements raised to cope with COVID-19 emergency. As Italian retail banks begin to understand their social impact, ...more »
Authorities and Governments for Insurance Industry at the time of COVID-19
a cura di Silvia Dell’Acqua
Posted in: Articolo
Mag
08
2020
The COVID-19 outbreak has caused a global major disruption, affecting people as individuals (health at risk, daily routine upset, and finances reduced) and the whole economy. It is everyone’s interest to have a strong and resilient Insurance Industry, as it ...more »
Tagged width: Dell'Acqua Silvia, insurance
Mag
01
2020
FinTech as an Essential Service In these times of unprecedented pandemic led economic uncertainty, there is a sector almost as vital as the healthcare system, which is “silently” sustaining the global quarantined economy, FinTech. As people and companies progressively shut ...more »
La riforma del LIBOR e la rivoluzione dei nuovi tassi benchmark. Origine e Linee guida.
a cura di Michele Bonollo
Posted in: Articolo
Apr
11
2020
A partire dai noti problemi di manipolazione dei tassi LIBOR, su spinta del Financial Stability Board è stata condotta a livello internazionale una ampia riforma per la messa a punto di nuovi tassi benchmark. In questo lavoro primo di una ...more »
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Apr
02
2020
COVID-19 is the acronym for “coronavirus disease 2019”, an infectious respiratory disease, whose rapid outbreak made the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring it to be a global pandemic last 11th March 2020. The diagnosis is confirmed by a test and ...more »
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Comments on the Consultation paper by EIOPA on the revision of Solvency II
a cura di Emilio Barucci e Daniele Marazzina
Posted in: Articolo
Mar
13
2020
Under the regulation in force, in the Solvency II balance sheet the liabilities are valued at market level. The Best Estimate of liabilities is calculated by discounting future cash-flows using the risk free rate. On top of the risk free ...more »
Come prevedere le recessioni con la curva dei rendimenti
a cura di Cosimo Zangari e Giancarlo Settesoldi
Posted in: Articolo
Mar
06
2020
“Pioggia d’estate e freddo in primavera con le stagioni impazzite. Annata caratterizzata da una forte eterogeneità. In entrambi i casi la produzione è stata completamente scombussolata.” Se il 2019 dei titoli di Stato fosse un’annata vinicola, probabilmente potrebbe essere descritto così. ...more »
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Feb
28
2020
EIOPA has recently (29.01.2020) published the risk dashboard (RDB) update at January 2020. The RDB is published on a quarterly basis, showing the level of risk for 8 (=7+1) risk categories. The latest outcome is reported in the table below, ...more »
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Fintech and financial inclusion: if gold glitters too much, it’s not real gold
a cura di Emilio Girino
Posted in: Articolo
Feb
22
2020
In the last six months I had to professionally deal with (and reject) a couple of cases. Potential customers wanted to build cryptocurrency-like systems disconnected from a least compliance with the regulatory reality. The belief that Internet can legitimize any ...more »
Tagged width: fintech, Girino Emilio
Political risks: the “red shift” in debt sustainability analysis
a cura di A. Consiglio e S.A. Zenios
Posted in: Articolo
Feb
14
2020
(This is a slightly revised version of a blog posted at Bruegel on January 22, 2020, https://bruegel.org/2020/01/incorporating-political-risks-into-debt-sustainability-analysis/ ) Political stability and economic policy uncertainty can be key determinants of sovereign debt dynamics, and we show how they can be incorporated ...more »
Tagged width: capital markets, Consiglio Andrea
