Roles and Uses of Risk-Free Assets

Looking into the concept of a risk-free rate we distinguish the two different streams. One takes into account a store of value in a safe investment (e.g. for pension funds or minimum provisioning via accumulation of cheap zero-risk weight assets) and another makes use of such measure as a proxy for...

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Main Author: Ľubomíra Gertler
Format: Article
Language:ces
Published: Trnava University, Faculty of Law 2013-12-01
Series:Societas et Iurisprudentia
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Online Access:http://sei.iuridica.truni.sk/archive/2013/01/SEI-2013-01-Studies-Gertler-Lubomira.pdf
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description Looking into the concept of a risk-free rate we distinguish the two different streams. One takes into account a store of value in a safe investment (e.g. for pension funds or minimum provisioning via accumulation of cheap zero-risk weight assets) and another makes use of such measure as a proxy for quantification of risk. We are addressing a discrepancy between the two concepts since it creates a gap that may triggers imbalances in financial markets.
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spelling doaj.art-a948d66edad942a5aeac6ca7ac863b202023-09-06T20:28:41ZcesTrnava University, Faculty of LawSocietas et Iurisprudentia1339-54672013-12-0111246254Roles and Uses of Risk-Free AssetsĽubomíra Gertler0University of Economics in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak RepublicLooking into the concept of a risk-free rate we distinguish the two different streams. One takes into account a store of value in a safe investment (e.g. for pension funds or minimum provisioning via accumulation of cheap zero-risk weight assets) and another makes use of such measure as a proxy for quantification of risk. We are addressing a discrepancy between the two concepts since it creates a gap that may triggers imbalances in financial markets.http://sei.iuridica.truni.sk/archive/2013/01/SEI-2013-01-Studies-Gertler-Lubomira.pdfrisk-free assetsconcepts of risk-free assetsrisk-free rategerman bundovernight indexed swapquantification of riskimbalances in financial markets
spellingShingle Ľubomíra Gertler
Roles and Uses of Risk-Free Assets
Societas et Iurisprudentia
risk-free assets
concepts of risk-free assets
risk-free rate
german bund
overnight indexed swap
quantification of risk
imbalances in financial markets
title Roles and Uses of Risk-Free Assets
title_full Roles and Uses of Risk-Free Assets
title_fullStr Roles and Uses of Risk-Free Assets
title_full_unstemmed Roles and Uses of Risk-Free Assets
title_short Roles and Uses of Risk-Free Assets
title_sort roles and uses of risk free assets
topic risk-free assets
concepts of risk-free assets
risk-free rate
german bund
overnight indexed swap
quantification of risk
imbalances in financial markets
url http://sei.iuridica.truni.sk/archive/2013/01/SEI-2013-01-Studies-Gertler-Lubomira.pdf
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