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Observatory

Contributions on corporate funding and on overcoming states of crisis. Technical notes, readings of the regulatory framework and observations drawn from professional engagements, published when there is something verified to say.

Contributions

Published contributions

All four contributions below are published in full in English. The Italian original of each is one click away, via the language selector.

28.02.2026Systemic risk

Spreading or concentrating: where the risk that leaves the banks ends up

Every tightening of capital requirements moves credit towards unsupervised intermediaries. Risk does not dissolve: it is repackaged, and often returns to the very institutions that transferred it.

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02.11.2025Fund finance

Fund finance in Luxembourg: subscription lines, NAV facilities and hybrid structures

Three instruments for three phases of a fund's life cycle, with an effect on returns that must be disclosed and documentation that has to contemplate them from inception.

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22.02.2025Economic theory

Modigliani's forgotten lesson: saving, financial structure and restrictive policy

The life-cycle hypothesis and the Modigliani-Miller theorem read together: financial structure matters precisely because of the imperfections the theorem isolates, and that is where structured finance lives.

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13.09.2026Structured finance

From asset-backed securities to structured finance: why the topic concerns small and medium-sized enterprises

Securitisation separates the asset from the company that originated it, which changes what the investor prices. For SMEs the obstacle is dimensional and informational, not legal.

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Observatory contributions are for study purposes and do not constitute professional advice or an investment solicitation.