Laura Chiaramonte, University of Verona, Italy Barbara Casu, Cass Business School, City University, London, UK Roberto Bottiglia, University of Verona, Italy Ted Lindblom, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Magnus Willesson, Linnæus University, Sweden Andrea Cerri, Cattolica University, Italy Gimede Gigante, Bocconi University, Italy Viktor Lundberg, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Francesca Battaglia, Università Parthenope, Napoli, Italy Maria Mazzuca, Università della Calabria, Italy Mario La Torre, 'La. Sapienza' University in Rome, Italy Fabiomassimo Mango, 'La. Sapienza' University in Rome, Italy Pasqualina Porretta, La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Gianfranco A. Vento, Regent's College, London, UK Fabrizio Santoboni, La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Katarzyna Miko?ajczyk, Cracow Economic University, Poland Andrea Paltrinieri, University of Verona, Italy Flavio Pichler, University of Verona, Italy Daniel Castillo, University of Malta, Malta René W.H. van der Linden, Inholland University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands.

• 1. The Impact of the New Structural Liquidity Rules on the Profitability of EU Banks; Laura Chiaramonte, Barbara Casu and Roberto Bottiglia 2. Basel III and Banking Efficiency; Ted Lindblom and Magnus Willesson 3. Estimating the Probability of Financial Distress in European Markets: Prediction Models and Empirical Applications; Andrea Cerri, Gimede Gigante 4. Performance Management Systems in Swedish Savings Banks: A Longitudinal Study through the Deregulations' First Quarter of a Century; Viktor Lundberg 5. Does Asset-Backed Securitization Affect the Credit Risk of the Originator Banks? The Italian Case; Francesca Battaglia and Maria Mazzuca 6. Microcredit Securitization; Mario La Torre and Fabiomassimo Mango 7. Country Risk: Measurement Approaches and ECAIs Rating; Pasqualina Porretta, Gianfranco A. Vento and Fabrizio Santoboni 8. Top Players in Central and Eastern Europe: Does their Widespread Presence Enhance Bank Efficiency?; Katarzyna Miko?ajczyk 9. Asset Management Issues in Sovereign Wealth Funds: An Empirical Analysis; Andrea Paltrinieri and Flavio Pichler 10. A VAR Approach to the Analysis of the Relationship between Oil Prices and Industry Equity Returns; Joseph Falzon and Daniel Castillo 11. China's Controlled Potential Property Bubble and its Economic Slowdown: Overview of Causes and Policy Options; René W.H. van der Linden