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Determinants of Bank Capital in Dual Banking Systems

Bitar, Mohammad - 2017

We report new evidence on the bank and country-level determinants of Islamic bank capital ratios in 28 countries … correspond with higher Islamic bank capitalization. The results shed light on the impact that Sharia'a law restrictions have on … economic and political systems play in improving bank capitalization and reducing financial sector risk. By reducing political …

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Basel II and Creditor Protection in Company Law : The Role of Banks as Financial Intermediaries in the Protection of Third Creditors of Debtor Companies

Tarelli, Elis - 2017

What is a good and effective creditor protection system? Can a creditor protection system, understood as a variety of mechanisms employed jointly or individually to protect the interests of creditors, deliver for all creditors, or are there different systems of creditor protection needed for...

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Banking on the Lawyers

Guernsey, Scott - 2020

lawyers as bank directors. That rise has been precipitous, raising the question of why lawyer-directors now sit on most bank … management and significant increases in bank value. In particular, banks with lawyer-directors assume more risk in ordinary (non … face today. They are also more likely to make complex information, sourced from multiple experts, more accessible to a bank …

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Banks and M&A in China : An Analysis of Chinese Banking System as a Catalyst for the Development of One of the World's Most Promising Markets

Agamennone, Edoardo - 2014

The paper deals with Chinese banks and in particular the role Chinese banks have in the development and functioning of those particular corporate transactions collectively defined as "mergers and acquisitions" (M&A). M&A transactions have a close and complex interconnection with banks, firstly...

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Banking reform

Jackson, Patricia; Davies, Howard; Miles, David; … - SUERF Conference on Banking Reform <2015, London>; … - 2016

On 3 December EY hosted a SUERF conference on banking reform with Sir Howard Davies, the Chairman of RBS, and Dame Colette Bowe, the Chairman of the Banking Standards Board, as the two keynote speakers. Professor David Miles (Imperial College) gave the SUERF 2015 Annual Lecture on Capital and...