Derivative activities and Chinese banks' exposures to exchange rate and interest rate movements

Adcock, Chris, Hua, Xiuping, Mazouz, Khelifa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6711-1715 and Yin, Shuxing 2014. Derivative activities and Chinese banks' exposures to exchange rate and interest rate movements. The European Journal of Finance 10.1080/1351847X.2014.899260

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Abstract

This study investigates the impact of Chinese banks’ derivative activities on their exposure to exchange rate and interest rate changes. The standard Jorion [1990. “The Exchange-Rate Exposure of U.S. Multinationals.” Journal of Business 63 (3): 331–345] model provides weak evidence of Chinese banks’ exposure to these risks. However, the exposure increases substantially when time-varying exposure regressions with orthogonalised market returns are used. We also show that Chinese banks exhibit linear and nonlinear exposures to the exchange rate and interest rate fluctuations. Further analysis indicates that the use of derivatives reduces banks’ foreign exchange risk, but does not affect their interest rate exposure. Derivative products are more likely to be used as an integrated part of the Chinese banks’ risk management systems, which could thus help to stabilise the banking system.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HF Commerce H Social Sciences > HG Finance
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis
ISSN:	1351-847X
Date of Acceptance:	24 February 2014
Last Modified:	09 Nov 2023 08:35
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/61690

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