Did Canadian Corporate Bond Funds Increase their Exposures to Risks?

Rohan Arora (), Nadeem Merali and Guillaume Ouellet Leblanc ()

No 2018-7, Staff Analytical Notes from Bank of Canada

Abstract: Canadian corporate bond mutual funds have rapidly increased in number and size in recent years. Their holdings have also become riskier, increasing their exposures to credit risk, interest rate risk and liquidity risk. We also briefly discuss financial stability implications.

Keywords: Financial markets; Financial stability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G G1 G2 G20 G23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13 pages
Date: 2018
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