Since the beginning of the financial crisis, multinational banks have been accused of being among the major causes of the financial system’s destabilization. But the available empirical evidence on the relationship between international diversification, value creation and riskiness of...

The creation of a Financial Stability Fund, issuing bonds secured by real and financial assets, would produce a reduction in interest payments on public debt and mitigate the link between bank and sovereign risks. Purchases of securities on the secondary market could also determine a reduction...

Despite some recent signs of stabilization, the 2012-2014 ABI Financial Outlook Report highlights that the global economic situation remains fragile. Domestically, Gdp will further decline in 2013 and it is expected to return to a very slow growth only in 2014. Bank’s profitability continues...

The literature that examines target prices issued by equity research analysts is vast, and the role of the analytical process and valuation model used to determine target prices has received growing attention by scholars. However, the specific evidence that indicates how professional analysts...

In recent years, many companies, also in the banking sector, are adopting more developed operational risk management models, responding to the logic of a rational business growth and in line with their risk appetite

The on-going asset-quality review process implemented by the European Central Bank may seriously affect the possibility of easing bank credit. This paper examines debt and profitability of firms in the four major countries of the Euro area, using data available in Bach database from 2000 to...

Multiple lending relationships, largely common in Italian markets, are a practice that should evolve towards lesser fragmentation and an improvement of credit evaluation

Cooperative banking has produced, in more than a century, significant value in terms of proximity to clients and local communities. A governance reform is now necessary to solve interest conflicts and redefine the cooperative model in the present scenario

The Basel Agreements, designed to pursue financial stability, have been instead a cause of instability, revealing fundamental analytical and operational weaknesses. The idea to define a constant capital ratio through complex statistical models implies serious dangers. A radical change is...

The article examines the determinants of capital-assets ratios for credit unions in the United States, before and after the implementation of current framework for capital adequacy regulation in the year 2000. Credit unions appear to hold capital in excess of what is required by current capital...