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Commonality under pressure: banks and funds

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  • Matteo Aquilina
  • Giulio Cornelli
  • Nikola Tarashev

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We study the joint evolution of financial strain at banks and investment funds. When market pressure on banks intensifies from an elevated level, net flows decline at open-ended corporate bond mutual funds (MFs), corporate bond exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and prime money market funds alike. This commonality has risen materially over time for all three fund types. That said, bond ETFs can be a stabilising force, as salient features of their business model help attract investor inflows in times of stress. By contrast, outflows from bond MFs tend to contribute to a tightening of market conditions when banks are already under pressure.

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  • Matteo Aquilina & Giulio Cornelli & Nikola Tarashev, 2025. "Commonality under pressure: banks and funds," BIS Quarterly Review, Bank for International Settlements, March.
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    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G22 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies
    • G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors

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