I Debiti Sovrani Nell’Area Euro: Implicazioni Per La Gestione e La Distribuzione Dei Prodotti Di Risparmio (Sovereign Debt in the Euro Area: Implications for Asset Management Companies)
32 Pages Posted: 1 Jul 2011 Last revised: 10 Dec 2011
Date Written: 2011
Abstract
Con la crisi del debito dell'Eurozona il rischio sovrano sulle obbligazioni governative dei paesi area Euro e' radicalmente mutato. I fondi obbligazionari governativi area Euro investono proprio in questi strumenti finanziari e costituiscono una quota significativa del risparmio delle famiglie italiane. La loro performance e' espressa rispetto ad un benchmark di riferimento generalmente costruito a partire da obbligazioni governative pesate per la loro capitalizzazione di mercato. Mostriamo come i pesi dei diversi paesi all'interno dei benchmark siano cambiati durante l'ultima crisi finanziaria in modo da aumentare il rischio sovrano complessivo. Una gestione passiva dei fondi rispetto ai benchmark ha esposto gli investitori ad un incremento del rischio sovrano di portafoglio.
The default risk on Euro area sovereign bonds has significantly changed during the Eurozone debt crisis. Mutual funds specialized in Euro area government bonds invest exactly in these assets and constitute a large share of the financial portfolios of Italian households. Their performance is usually expressed with respect to market-cap weighted benchmarks. We show how country weights in the benchmarks have changed during the last financial crisis, increasing the overall default risk. Investment in passively managed funds has increased the portfolio exposure to sovereign risk.
Note: Downloadable document is in Italian.
Keywords: mutual funds, sovereign risk, market-cap benchmarks
JEL Classification: G1, G2
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