Macro-Networks: An application to euro area financial accounts

This paper develops a financial network, designated the “Macro-Network”, that depicts the connections between the main financial and non-financial sectors of the economy in the various financial instruments of the euro area. The Macro-Network comprises of linkages across financial and non-financial sectors in each country. These country-level sector networks are then connected by the cross-border links between the individual banking sectors. Using the Macro-Network to simulate financial shocks, we find that the propagation effects depend on the underlying network structure, which evolves over time. After the financial crisis, bilateral linkages contracted sharply, reflecting the surge in counterparty risk and the de-leveraging processes. Nonetheless, our analysis suggests that even after this process, vulnerabilities remained in the euro area financial system, while a more diversified portfolio of cross-border exposures might mitigate the shock effects. We identify sectors which are most relevant for the propagation of financial shocks in the Macro-Network.     

Hedge fund seeding via fees-for-seed swaps under idiosyncratic risk

We develop a dynamic valuation model of the hedge fund seeding business by solving the consumption and portfolio-choice problem for a risk-averse manager who launches a hedge fund through a seeding vehicle. This vehicle, i.e. fees-for-seed swap, specifies that a strategic partner (seeder) provides a critical amount of capital in exchange for participation in the funds revenue. Our results indicate that the new swap not only solves the serious problem of widespread financing constraints for new and early-stage funds (ESFs) managers, but can be highly beneficial to both the manager and the seeder if structured properly.     

A Generalized Nash Equilibrium network model for post-disaster humanitarian relief

We develop a Generalized Nash Equilibrium network model for post-disaster humanitarian relief by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). NGOs derive utility from providing relief supplies to victims of the disaster at demand points in a supply chain context while competing with each other for financial funds provided by donations. The shared constraints consist of lower and upper bounds for demand for relief items at the demand points to reduce materiel convergence or congestion. This game theory problem is reformulated as an optimization problem and numerical examples and a theoretical case study on Hurricane Katrina given.     

The economic benefits of market timing the style allocation of characteristic-based portfolios

Many exchange traded funds track simple characteristic-based equity portfolios such as the market capitalization, the fundamental value or the inverse volatility portfolio. This paper provides theoretical and empirical evidence for the economic benefits in exploiting the timing-gains that result from the time-varying relative performance of these characteristic-based portfolios. Under a factor model for expected returns, we show that this dynamic portfolio allocation can be efficient across the low-dimensional set of characteristic-based portfolios. We assess the out-of-sample performance on the S&P 100 universe over the period 1990–2013 and show gains in stability and significant positive risk-adjusted returns for the dynamic style portfolio. We conduct several robustness tests and extensions confirming the benefits of dynamic style allocation across characteristic-based portfolios.     

浅论财务监督在国家财产安全中的地位与作用

在地勘单位企业化进程中，财务部门对单位经济活动、资金运行具有极其重要的监督职能，把好财务这道闸门，对于防止国有资产流失具有举足轻重的作用。目前地勘单位财务部门财务监督尚存在对预算编制不够重视，费用支出管理制度不够健全，会计信息模糊，财务人员索质不高等问题。应从依法理财，健全内部控制制度，完善内部监督，加强社会监督，加大违法违规的处罚力度，提高会计人员素质等方面入手加强财务监督。     

基于经费限额的备件订货方法研究

由于受国家经济体制和经济条件等因素的影响,器材备件的供应主要采取＂实物限额与经费限额相结合,以经费限额为主＂模式,要求器材管理部门,根据经费限额量,制定科学合理的器材订货计划,使有限的资源得到更充分的利用,以达到更好的军事经济效益。     

我国钢铁集团资金集中管理模式研究

文章通过分析集中管理资金的常用模式、以及选择模式的前提,试图找出与我国钢铁集团战略和特点相符的模式。分析得出相融式资金集中管理模式是提高我国钢铁集团管理资金的能力,提升集团的外部竞争力的有效方式。     

高校科研项目经费管理中的问题与对策

高校科研项目经费的管理存在着项目负责人管理素质不高、管理制度不完善、财务管理部门对项目经费管理缺乏效率等问题,这些问题对高校科研活动产生的消极影响非常明显,其改进与改善刻不容缓。相应的,改进高校科研项目经费的管理也应该从三个方面展开,即提高项目负责人的管理素质、完善科研项目经费的管制制度和强化财务管理部门对科研项目经费的管理等。     

房地产开发企业融资管理问题探讨

如何融资是众多房地产开发企业关注的首要问题,由于利润丰厚,使得很多开发商主观认为能融资成功就代表有利可图。但现实中,近年来随着企业之间竞争的加剧并不是融到资就一定能获得利润。因此,在融资可行性的前提下,兼顾合理的融资成本和适当的融资风险是整个开发项目成功运作的重要手段之一。文章重点从融资管理角度对国内房地产开发企业融资进行分析,在相关理论的基础上,提出通过有效的资金管理确保融资成功的途径和方向。