The Effect of Risk Governance in the Insurance Sector During the Financial Crisis - Empirical Evidence from an International Sample

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shane Magee ◽  
C. Schilling ◽  
Elizabeth A. Sheedy
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Risk Governance ◽  
Insurance Sector

AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF INDIAN INSURANCE INDUSTRY POST GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (01-02) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anis Ur Rehman ◽  
Yasir Arafat Elahi ◽  
Sushma .
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Insurance Industry ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Insurance Sector ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The New Deal

India has recently emerged as a major political and economic power in the world. The financial crisis that engulfed the world in 2008 needed developing countries like India to lead the rescue and recovery, instead of G7 westerns countries who dealt with such crisis in the past. Recently, discussions and negotiations are going amongst G20 countries regarding a new global financial architecture (G-20 Summit, 2008). The outcome will affect the relevant industries in India and hence it is a public interest issue for the actuarial profession in the country. Increased and more intrusive and costly regulations and red tapes are likely to be a part of the new deal (Economic Survey 2009-10). The objective of this paper is to study the perception of higher level authorities in Insurance sector regarding the role of regulator in minimizing the impact of global financial crisis. The primary data has been collected from 200 authorities in insurance industry. The data has been analyzed with statistical tools like MS-Excel. On the basis of the findings, various measures and policy recommendations for insurers have been suggested to minimize the impact of crisis.

scholarly journals REITs and the financial crisis: Empirical evidence from the U.S.

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tobias Basse ◽  
Meik Friedrich ◽  
Eduardo Vazquez Bea
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
The U.S

scholarly journals In the aftermath of the financial crisis: risk governance and the emergence of pre-emptive surveillance

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHN GLENN
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Rare Events ◽  
Risk Society ◽  
Risk Governance ◽  
Financial Reforms ◽  
Radical Reform ◽  
The Future ◽  
Recent Financial Crisis

AbstractThis article examines the financial reforms that have been undertaken through two perspectives on risk: that of Beck's world risk society and an alternative Foucauldian approach. The former argues that, catastrophes such as the recent financial crisis will induce a political shift towards a cosmopolitan form of statehood. Yet, the lack of radical reform since the financial crisis would suggest otherwise. The article therefore argues that what we are witnessing is best understood in terms of reflexive governance in which the various rationalities of risk are reassessed and strengthened in order to avoid a similar occurrence in the future. Moreover, in response to the uncertainty that surrounds such rare events, more intense forms of surveillance have been adopted with the objective of pre-empting any future crisis. Yet, for various reasons, the reforms remain rather limited and the new rationality of pre-emption is unlikely to prevent further crises from occurring in the future.

Empirical evidence on the profitability of momentum trading strategies using ETFs

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (11) ◽  
pp. 1321-1341
Author(s):  
Susana Yu ◽  
Gwendolyn Webb
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Null Hypothesis ◽  
Trading Strategy ◽  
High Price ◽  
Momentum Strategy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Relative Ease ◽  
Financial Crisis Of 2008 ◽  
Momentum Trading

PurposeWe extend empirical evidence on the profitability of momentum trading to the realm of plain-equity ETFs.Design/methodology/approachWe employ several ranking measures used in prior research, and for each we apply a traditional ranking based on total return, and a variation based only on the capital gain/loss portion of return.FindingsWhile we find that past momentum is not a strong predictor of future performance in our overall sample period, 2007 to June 2018, we find that the percent off 52-week high price results in positive performance in the recovery years following the financial crisis of 2008–2009.Research limitations/implicationsOur study is limited by the availability of ETF experience and data, and our test period covers just 2007 through June 2018. This period includes the financial crisis of 2008–2009, which previous research finding is associated with the momentum strategy's loss of profitability. When we exclude that period, we find evidence of a profitable momentum strategy based on the measure of percent off 52-week high price, enabling us to reject the null hypothesis that the momentum trading strategy is no longer profitable.Practical implicationsIt is profitable based on both return measures used in the rankings. Our finding of a profitable momentum trading strategy suggests that the null hypothesis that the momentum strategy is no longer profitable can be rejected.Originality/valueWhile perhaps not so strong as to reject the efficient markets hypothesis fully, our empirical findings are more consistent with a behavioral explanation and a market inefficiency. In view of the relative ease and low transactional costs of trading in ETFs, the markets have yet another opportunity to recognize an apparent mispricing and employ arbitrage based on it. To the extent that the relative ease of trading in ETFs makes momentum strategies easier to employ, the momentum anomaly might still be expected to disappear in an efficient market.

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