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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare two opposite approaches chosen to regulate an industry. Design/methodology/approach – The approach is based on studying the two selected regulation systems, Basel III and the Eurocodes and identifies how the one system regulates financial...
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announcement of government capital injections to banks (troubled assets relief program) during the 2008 financial crisis, and …/implications – The paper focuses on a short time frame of stock price reactions to specific events, for the largest US banks. Further … examination of longer-term stock price effects on US as well as foreign banks may be of interest. Practical implications – The …
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Purpose – This paper, based on case-studies with five universal banks from Europe and North America, aims to … report discusses current issues faced by global banks when complying with the complex set of financial rules imposed by Basel … five universal banks to explore the strides major banks are taking to introduce CRM modelling while complying with the new …
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envelopment analysis method is used to compute the efficiency of individual banks. Then bootstrap regressions are used to examine …. Findings -It was found that greater freedom to start new businesses tend to impede the efficiency of banks operating in the … Malaysian banking sector. The results indicate that restrictions on the activities of which banks could undertake exert negative …
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Purpose – There is an emerging consensus that systemically important banks should face stricter regulations and … individual banks. The purpose of this paper is to review the proposed measures of systemic importance from the research community … banks, and to evaluate how useful proposed measures of the systemic importance of financial institutions will be to …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the High Court's rejection of claims made against a UK bank by a US-based customer in relation to foreign exchange dealing it carried out as agent for its US affiliate based on common law and breaches of COBS Rules (BankLeumi (UK) plc v....
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Purpose – Governments of many developed and developing countries have designed and implemented various financial reforms to enable the sector to play the role of efficient financial intermediation, thereby helping to bolster economic growth and development. The purpose of this paper is to...
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total of 25 banks operating in Nigeria. A multivariate constant coefficient regression model is adopted as the estimation … and 2008 were exacerbated by the inability of banks to optimally use their huge asset capacity to enhance their earnings … profiles. It shows that excess liquidity syndrome and relatively huge capital bases fueled reckless lending by banks; and that …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report and comment on the High Court ruling on Icelandic bank's challenge to HM Treasury's use of emergency powers during 2008. Design/methodology/approach – The paper outlines the facts surrounding the case and comments on the decision. Findings –...
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Purpose – The global financial turmoil of 2008 spilled over into the British Isles offshore jurisdictions of Guernsey and the Isle of Man resulting in the collapse of two local subsidiaries of major Icelandic banking groups and consequent depositors' losses. The purpose of this paper is to...
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