41 research outputs found
DOGS: Reaction-Driven de novo Design of Bioactive Compounds
We present a computational method for the reaction-based de novo design of drug-like molecules. The software DOGS (Design of Genuine Structures) features a ligand-based strategy for automated âin silicoâ assembly of potentially novel bioactive compounds. The quality of the designed compounds is assessed by a graph kernel method measuring their similarity to known bioactive reference ligands in terms of structural and pharmacophoric features. We implemented a deterministic compound construction procedure that explicitly considers compound synthesizability, based on a compilation of 25'144 readily available synthetic building blocks and 58 established reaction principles. This enables the software to suggest a synthesis route for each designed compound. Two prospective case studies are presented together with details on the algorithm and its implementation. De novo designed ligand candidates for the human histamine H4 receptor and Îł-secretase were synthesized as suggested by the software. The computational approach proved to be suitable for scaffold-hopping from known ligands to novel chemotypes, and for generating bioactive molecules with drug-like properties
Sovereign credit ratings, emerging market risk and financial market volatility
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Boom and Bust and Sovereign Ratings
The 1990s have witnessed pronounced boom-bust cycles in emerging-markets lending, culminating in the Asian financial and currency crisis of 1997-98. By examining the links between sovereign credit ratings and dollar bond yield spreads over 1989-97, this paper aims at broad empirical content for judging whether the three leading rating agencies â Moodyâs, Standard ' Poorâs and Fitch IBCA â can intensify or attenuate boom-bust cycles in emerging-market lending. First, an event study exploring the market response for 30 trading days before and after rating announcements finds a significant impact of imminent upgrades and implemented downgrades for a combination of ratings by the three leading agencies, despite strong anticipation of rating events. Second, a Granger causality test, by correcting for joint determinants of ratings and yield spreads, finds that changes in sovereign ratings are mutually interdependent with changes in bond yields. These findings are based on many more ... Les annĂ©es 90 ont Ă©tĂ© marquĂ©es par une succession de cycles dâexpansion-contraction de grande ampleur dans les opĂ©rations de prĂȘts destinĂ©s aux marchĂ©s Ă©mergents. Cette volatilitĂ© a culminĂ© avec la crise monĂ©taire et financiĂšre qui a atteint lâAsie en 1997-98. La relation entre les notations de crĂ©dit souverain et les Ă©carts de rendement des obligations en dollar sur la pĂ©riode 1989-97 est examinĂ©e dans ce document. Sur la base de ces donnĂ©es empiriques, les auteurs visent Ă Ă©valuer si les trois principales agences de notation â Moodyâs, Standard ' Poorâs et Fitch IBCA â amplifient ou attĂ©nuent les cycles dâexpansion-contraction des opĂ©rations de prĂȘt sur les marchĂ©s Ă©mergents. En premier lieu, la rĂ©ponse du marchĂ© avant et aprĂšs la diffusion des notations est Ă©tudiĂ©e sur 30 jours ouvrables. Il en ressort que, en dĂ©pit dâune anticipation Ă©levĂ©e des annonces, lâimpact des hausses pressenties et des notations Ă la baisse est important, pour une combinaison des cotes des trois agences ...credit rating, emerging markets, currency crisis, sovereign risk
Emerging Market Risk and Sovereign Credit Ratings
In principle, the sovereign credit rating industry could help mitigate the congestion externalities common to world capital markets that arise from the failure of market participants to internalise the social cost of external borrowings. This would require that modifications in ratings on government bonds convey new information to market participants, with changes in credit ratings leading to changes in country risk premia. Using panel data analysis and event studies this paper presents econometric evidence that changes in credit rating have a significant impact on international financial markets. In line with earlier studies, our event study finds a highly significant announcement effect when emerging-market sovereign bonds are put on review with negative outlook. Our findings imply that the sovereign rating industry has the potential to help dampen excessive private capital inflows into the emerging markets with negative rating announcements ... En principe, lâexistence dâagences dâĂ©valuation financiĂšre ( the sovereign credit rating industry ) pourrait contribuer Ă limiter les externalitĂ©s dues Ă lâafflux de capitaux Ă©trangers et communes Ă tous les marchĂ©s des capitaux du fait de lâincapacitĂ© des acteurs du marchĂ© Ă internaliser le coĂ»t social des emprunts extĂ©rieurs. Toute nouvelle cotation des obligations dâĂtat devrait transmettre de nouvelles informations aux intervenants sur le marchĂ© et les changements dans les Ă©valuations financiĂšres devraient se rĂ©percuter sur lâĂ©volution du risque pays. Ce document technique repose sur une analyse en donnĂ©es de panel et sur des Ă©tudes de cas ; il ressort de lâanalyse Ă©conomĂ©trique que les changements dans les cotations ont des rĂ©percussions importantes sur les marchĂ©s financiers internationaux. Notre analyse, qui sâinscrit dans le prolongement des travaux prĂ©cĂ©dents, met en Ă©vidence un effet dâannonce trĂšs significatif quand les perspectives dâĂ©volution des obligations dâĂtat sur ...