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title: Inquiring the Extent of Contagion Risks of the Corporate Bonds on the Malawian Financial Holding Companies Subscribed Through Their Subsidiaries Licensed as Portfolio Managers
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4862076/
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identifier: SSRN 4862076
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4862076
featured: 2024-06-12
citations: 0
topic: Portfolio & Allocation
---


# Inquiring the Extent of Contagion Risks of the Corporate Bonds on the Malawian Financial Holding Companies Subscribed Through Their Subsidiaries Licensed as Portfolio Managers

The study exposes financial risks in Malawian holdings due to unregulated corporate bonds and flawed accounting practices.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4862076
- Identifier: SSRN 4862076
- Released: 2023-12-01
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 53 (2024-06-12): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-06-12/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): 0
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Portfolio & Allocation

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