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20072026
most citedSparse and stable Markowitz portfolios

502 citations

14 papers

q-fin.ST2026

Integrating granular data into a multilayer network: an interbank model of the euro area for systemic risk assessment

Ilias Aarab, Thomas Gottron, Andrea Colombo +2

Micro-structural models of contagion and systemic risk emphasize that shock propagation is inherently multi-channel, spanning counterparty exposures, short-term funding and roll-ov…

q-fin.ST2025

The Aligned Economic Index & The State Switching Model

Ilias Aarab

A growing empirical literature suggests that equity-premium predictability is state dependent, with much of the forecasting power concentrated around recessionary periods (Henkel e…

q-fin.ST2025

Switching between states and the COVID-19 turbulence

Ilias Aarab

In Aarab (2020), I examine U.S. stock return predictability across economic regimes and document evidence of time-varying expected returns across market states in the long run. The…

q-fin.RM2025

Coherent estimation of risk measures

Martin Aichele, Igor Cialenco, Damian Jelito +1

We develop a statistical framework for risk estimation, inspired by the axiomatic theory of risk measures. Coherent risk estimators -- functionals of P\&L samples inheriting the ec…

cs.IR2025★ 4 cited

LLM-based IR-system for Bank Supervisors

Ilias Aarab

Bank supervisors face the complex task of ensuring that new measures are consistently aligned with historical precedents. To address this challenge, we introduce a novel Informatio…

q-fin.ST2025★ 1 cited

Network topology of the Euro Area interbank market

Ilias Aarab, Thomas Gottron

The rapidly increasing availability of large amounts of granular financial data, paired with the advances of big data related technologies induces the need of suitable analytics th…