What was termed government-guided merger was a unique banking sector reform implemented in 2002 by the central bank of Malaysia guiding a larger number of depository institutions to form 10 large banks. This paper identifies the factors entering this massive merger exercise. Similar to the...

This paper used an event study approach to examine the impact of dividend reinvestment plans on shareholders returns in the pre- and post-imputation environment. The daily share return behaviour indicated that the announcement to introduce DRP was received indifferntly by the market prior to the...

Contractual savings institutions include national provident funds, life insurance companies, private pension funds, and funded social pension insurance systems. They have long-term liabilities and stable cash flows and are therefore ideal providers of term finance, not only to government and...

While insurance plays an important role in the financial sector, it is often ignored in the financial development-economic growth literature. This paper examines the relationship between insurance and economic growth via a global cross-country study over 1980 to 2006, using both cross-sectional...

This paper examines the association between bank market power and revenue diversification using a sample of 153 commercial banks from five Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam). The results indicate that banks...

This study examines market discipline in Australian banks and the impact of the 2008 Australian deposit guarantee scheme. Two forms of depositor market discipline were investigated – a quantity impact whereby an increase in bank risk leads to lower deposit volumes, and a price impact whereby...

Prior studies have examined the development of the financial system and its impact on economic growth, but little has been said about the relationship between its four major components: banking, the stock market, the bond market (private and public bond) and insurance (life and nonlife). Using a...

This study examines whether loan terms are jointly determined and if information asymmetries' effects on them across revolving and term loans. A simultaneous equation model is applied for revolving and term loans made by US commercial banks to US corporate borrowers from 1987 to 2009. The...

This study examines the relation of independent directors and their gender diversity, busyness, and experience with risk taking for 112 listed US insurance companies over 2003- 2010. Using OLS, system GMM and 3SLS, we find that board independence, females amongst independent directors and busy...

This study examines the relationship between board structure and performance of Australian listed investment companies (LICs hereafter). With lower fees and simplified taxation over other managed funds, LICs provide a useful investment vehicle. LICs differ from other companies as their customers...