Asset Insulators
Key Insights
- We propose that financial institutions can act as asset insulators, holding assets for the long run to protect their valuations from consequences of exposure to financial markets.
- We demonstrate the empirical relevance of this theory for the balance sheet behavior of a large class of intermediaries,.
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@misc{ acaciamarkets-research-asset-insulators,
title = { Asset Insulators },
author = { NBER },
year = { 2026 },
url = { https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3244286 },
note = {Summarized and classified by AcaciaFund}
}
TY - GEN TI - Asset Insulators AU - NBER PY - 2026 UR - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3244286 ER -
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Overview
We propose that financial institutions can act as asset insulators, holding assets for the long run to protect their valuations from consequences of exposure to financial markets. We demonstrate the empirical relevance of this theory for the balance sheet behavior of a large class of intermediaries, life insurance companies. The pass-through from assets to equity is an especially informative metric for distinguishing the asset insulator theory from Modigliani-Miller or other standard models.
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