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A practical approach to blend insurance in the banking network

Artikis, Panayiotis G.; Mutenga, Stanley; Staikouras, … - In: Journal of Risk Finance 9 (2008) March, pp. 106-124

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to look at the main empirical findings related to the bank-insurance model and to outline the market practices across the world. The market dynamics underpinning the bancassurance phenomenon are analyzed alongside discussions of the various bancassurance...

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Universal banks and stock-market reaction: Some evidence from major announcements

Harissis, Harilaos F.; Merikas, Andreas; Mutenga, Stanley; … - In: Journal of Risk Finance 10 (2009) May, pp. 244-260

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the interface between the banking and insurance sectors. Using capital market data, the paper aims to discover any significant equity returns around the announcement date of these bank-insurance interfaces. Design/methodology/approach –...

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Ten years' analysis of sovereign risk: noise-rater risk, panels, and errors

Carneiro, Pedro Erik - In: Journal of Risk Finance 10 (2009) March, pp. 107-130

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the informative power of rating agencies in the process of establishing sovereign risk, over a ten-year period (1997-2006). Design/methodology/approach – First, following an earlier model, the concept of noise-rater risk is introduced....

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Differences in the risk management practices of Islamic versus conventional financial institutions in Pakistan: An empirical study

Shafique, Owais; Hussain, Nazik; Hassan, M. Taimoor - In: Journal of Risk Finance 14 (2013) February, pp. 179-196

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an insight into the differences in the risk management practices of Islamic financial institutions (IFI) and conventional financial institutions (CFI) in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach – The study makes use of primary data collection...

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Liquidity=Diversity

Mainelli, Michael - In: Journal of Risk Finance 9 (2008) March, pp. 211-217

Purpose – This paper aims to offer a commentary on recent failures in financial markets. Design/methodology/approach – The approach is that of critical commentary on the present situation. Findings – Current market dynamics reinforce the fact that there are few greater issues for financial...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004966317

Work in progress?: How the credit crunch has its roots in the lack of integrated governance and control systems

Gentle, Chris - In: Journal of Risk Finance 9 (2008) March, pp. 206-210

Purpose – This paper aims to focus on recent developments within the financial markets. Design/methodology/approach – The approach is that of critical commentary on the present situation. Findings – Current market dynamics reinforce the fact that there are few greater issues for financial...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004966324

A generalized ROC approach for the validation of credit rating systems and scorecards

Xanthopoulos, Stylianos Z.; Nakas, Christos T. - In: Journal of Risk Finance 8 (2007) November, pp. 481-488

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to introduce Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) surfaces and hyper-surfaces within a banking context as natural generalizations of the ROC curve. Design/methodology/approach – Nonparametric ROC analysis using U-statistics theory was used....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004987498

Best execution compliance automation: towards an equities compliance workstation

Mainelli, Michael; Yeandle, Mark - In: Journal of Risk Finance 7 (2006) May, pp. 313-336

Purpose – Forthcoming requirements in MiFID and RegNMS mean that buy-side and sell-side firms need to find ways of showing regulators that they are sifting through their trading volumes in a justifiable, methodical manner looking for anomalous trades and investigating them, in order to prove...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005002441

The impact of capital structure on the performance of microfinance institutions

Kyereboah-Coleman, Anthony - In: Journal of Risk Finance 8 (2007) January, pp. 56-71

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of capital structure on the performance of microfinance institutions. Design/methodology/approach – Panel data covering the ten-year period 1995-2004 were analyzed within the framework of fixed- and random-effects techniques....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005002464

Risk management practices of Islamic banks of Brunei Darussalam

Hassan, Abul - In: Journal of Risk Finance 10 (2009) January, pp. 23-37

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to assess the degree to which Islamic banks in Brunei Darussalam use risk … two questions based on an ordinal scale dealing with two topics: methods of RI and risk facing the sample banks. Findings … – This study found that that the three most important types of risk that the Islamic banks in Brunei Darussalam facing are …

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