Banking Firm, Risk of Investment and Derivatives

Udo Broll, Wing-Keung Wong, Mojia Wu

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DOI: 10.4236/ti.2011.23023                

Abstract

The economic environment for financial institutions has become increasingly risky. Hence these institutions must find ways to manage risk of which one of the most important forms is credit risk. In this paper we use the mean-variance (mean-standard deviation) approach to examine a banking firm investing in risky assets and hedging opportunities. The mean-standard deviation framework can be used because our hedging model satisfies a scale and location condition. The focus of this study is on how credit risk affects optimal bank investment in the loan and deposit market when derivatives are available. Furthermore we explore the relationship among the first- and second-degree stochastic dominance efficient sets and the mean-variance efficient set.

Keywords

Banking Firm, Investment, Risk, Derivatives, Hedging, (µ, ?)-Preferences, Stochastic Dominance

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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