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Discussion Paper
The economics of the private equity market.
Prowse, Stephen D.; Liang, J. Nellie; Fenn, George W. (1995)
The private equity market has become an important source of funds for start-up firms, private middle-market firms, firms in financial distress, and public firms seeking buyout financing. Between 1980 and 1994, the amount of private equity outstanding rose from less than $5 billion to $100 billion. Despite the market's extraordinary growth and its importance to many types of firms, it has received little attention in the financial press or the academic literature. ; This study examines the economic foundations of the private equity market and discusses in detail the market's organizational ...
Staff Studies , Paper 168

Journal Article
Recent developments in cross-border investment in securities
Griever, William L.; Bertaut, Carol C. (2004-01)
Securities have replaced bank lending in recent years as the primary means through which funds are invested internationally, and in the process, the share of U.S. securities owned by foreigners has grown markedly. Between 1974 and 2002, the proportion of the value of outstanding U.S. long-term securities (equities and long-term debt) that was foreign-owned increased from about 5 percent to about 12 percent. At the same time, U.S. holdings of foreign long-term securities also increased, although their growth did not match the rapid growth in foreign holdings of U.S. securities. At $1.8 ...
Federal Reserve Bulletin , Volume 90 , Issue Win

Working Paper
Commercial banks in the securities business: a review
Santos, Joao A. C. (1996)
An analysis of the potential effects of commercial banks' expansion into the securities business, focusing on gains, such as information advantages and economies of scope, as well as on potential costs, including conflicts of interest and risk considerations.
Working Papers (Old Series) , Paper 9610

Discussion Paper
Rational herd behavior and the globalization of securities markets
Calvo, Guillermo A.; Mendoza, Enrique G. (1997)
This paper shows that globalization of securities markets exacerbates the volatility of capital flows by strengthening incentives for herding behavior. This is a prediction of a mean-variance portfolio optimization model with imperfect information, in which investors acquire country-specific expertise at a fixed cost and incur variable reputational costs. The model produces equilibria in which incentives to confirm rumors decrease with globalization. Simulations based on equity markets data and country credit ratings suggest that herd behavior can induce large capital outflows from emerging ...
Discussion Paper / Institute for Empirical Macroeconomics , Paper 120

Conference Paper
Differences across originators iin CMBS loan underwritten
Cohen, Andrew M.; Nichols, Joseph B.; Chu, Chenghuan Sean; Black, Lamont K. (2011)
Proceedings , Paper 1123

Journal Article
TALF: Jump-starting the securitization markets
Robinson, Kenneth J. (2009)
In the financial crisis that began in August 2007, securitization activity virtually dried up. When the housing bubble burst, the value of the collateral backing much of the asset-backed securities (ABS) declined sharply, and so did the value of the securities themselves. The Federal Reserve responded by creating the term asset-backed securities loan facility, or TALF. Its purpose is to boost securitization by providing loans to people holding certain highly rated ABS. These loans will then support new ABS issues and help thaw out the securitization markets. Judging from both new issues and ...
Economic Letter , Volume 4

Newsletter
How to keep markets safe in the era of high-speed trading
Clark, Carol L. (2012-10)
A number of recent technology-related snafus have focused attention on high-speed trading and affected investor confidence in the markets. These incidents and the resulting losses highlight the need for risk controls at every step of the trading process.
Chicago Fed Letter , Issue Oct

Conference Paper
The impacts of securitization on U.S. bank holding companies
Jiangli, Wenying; Pritsker, Matthew (2008)
Proceedings , Paper 1097

Journal Article
The role of currency derivatives in internationally diversified portfolios
Abken, Peter A.; Shrikhande, Milind M. (1997-07-03)
Diversification is widely practiced by investors seeking to reduce risk. In recent years investors have been turning to foreign markets to obtain even greater scope for diversification than domestic markets offer. With the internationalization of security portfolios, however, also comes an additional risk-foreign exchange risk. ; The use of currency derivatives in internationally diversified portfolios can help mitigate foreign exchange risk. This article investigates the impact of currency hedging on these portfolios, in particular index portfolios of stocks and bonds from markets in seven ...
Economic Review , Volume 82 , Issue Q 3 , Pages 34-59

Working Paper
Are TIPS really tax disadvantaged? Rethinking the tax treatment of U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Securities
Mercer, Jeffrey M.; Hein, Scott E. (2003)
In 1997 the U.S. Treasury introduced Inflation Indexed (or Protected) Securities with substantial promotional fanfare. Yet, due in part to what some in the finance profession have described as a "tax disadvantage" placed upon TIPS, many are questioning whether they should appeal to a wide audience. Some, in fact, advise holding TIPS only in tax-deferred accounts. In this paper, the authors develop a framework that allows us to demonstrate that the tax treatment of TIPS is trivially different from that of conventional Treasury securities. Utilizing an after-tax valuation approach, they ...
FRB Atlanta Working Paper , Paper 2003-9

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