New issue of the Risk Governance and Control: Financial Markets & Institutions journal
The editorial team of Virtus Interpress is happy to present a new issue of the journal Risk Governance and Control: Financial Markets & Institutions (volume 15, issue 3, 2025). The issue is represented by studies from Finland, Greece, Iceland, Italy, the USA, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Albania, Jordan, Indonesia, Nigeria, and India.
In this issue journal has introduced 13 new papers on various interesting and timely topics, including efficacy and risks of the commercial banking system, environmental risk and its effects on the financial performance, risk of inflation and gross domestic product (GDP), volatility of currency exchange rate risk in the emerging market, etc.
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Nhat Minh Nguyen and Chi Diem Ha Le evaluate the effectiveness of tree-based machine learning algorithms in predicting personal default risk, with a specific focus on commercial banks in Vietnam.
Esmail Tavakolnia examines the risks and challenges of economic and financial valuation of environmental resources in developing countries, focusing on Iran.
Stavros G. Efthimiou and Eleni Z. Letsou study the resilience and adaptation of the outward foreign direct investment from the European Union countries to the international economic environment.
David Umoru, Malachy Ashywel Ugbaka, Beauty Igbinovia, Anake Fidelis Atseye, Christopher Eyo Ojikpong, Anthony Godwin Bullem, Felix Awara Eke, Chikulirim Eke Ihuoma, Benjamin Odegha, Mabel Ekanem Essien, Joseph Nsabe Ndome, Christian Effiong Bassey, Ferdinand Ite Odey, Helen Walter Mboto, and Chinyere Helen Dede try to forecast the volatility of exchange rates of currencies in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) using asymmetric models.
Yasmeen Ansari and Rohit Bansal explore variations in financial risk tolerance among Saudi Arabian women based on demographics such as age, education, work experience, monthly income, occupation, place of residence, and region.
Sulieman D. Al-Oshaibat aims to test the impact of dividend policy on the financial performance of the economic institutions that trade on the Amman financial market.
Konstantinos Lampiris, Vassiliki Balla, Panagiotis Ballas, and Alina Hyz critically evaluate, drawing from accounting literature, the shift in goodwill accounting treatment following IFRS.
Benny Budiawan Tjandrasa, Andrew Sebastian Lehman, and Vera Intanie Dewi approach to prove whether country risks and inflation rates affected GDP and stock market indices in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand from 2014 to 2022.
Pham Thi Hong Nhung and Bui Thi Ngoc investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the business efficiency of 15 listed commercial banks in Vietnam, from 2016 to 2023.
Már Wolfgang Mixa analyzes the annual management fee of Icelandic mutual funds and its impact on returns from 2012 to 2023.
Ejona Duci, Rovena Vangjel, Eda Tabaku, and Merjeme Zyko examine the key determinants of online banking adoption in Albania, analyzing the impact of factors such as education, income, trust, and technological familiarity.
Ahmad Yusdarani Syamsudin and Lindrianasari aim to understand perceptions of implementing combined assurance at XYZ Banking Company and evaluate its challenges and benefits.
Silvia Bressan and Sabrina Du focus on the moderating role of ESG in determining insurers’ profits, analyzing a panel data set covering insurance companies worldwide during the period 2013 to 2024.
We thank all contributing authors for their rigorous research and we are pleased to share this issue as a reflection of the journal’s commitment to scholarly advancement and policy relevance.
