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countries. The European Central Bank (ECB), jointly with the Banking Supervision Committee (BSC), has an interest in monitoring …
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Bank of Scotland with those at non-ailing banks in the UK; the other compares remuneration policies at UBS and Credit …
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We provide an estimate of the size of the shadow banking sector in Europe. We compare it to the shadow banking sector in the U.S. and discuss potential extensions and open issues related to data availability as well as the inclusion of aspects of hedge funds activities and exchange-traded funds....
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How do concentration and competition in the European banking sector affect lending relationships between small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and their banks? Recent empirical evidence suggests that concentration and competition capture different characteristics of banking systems. Using a...
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The aim of this study is to explore the relation between loan portfolio quality and lending in European banks over 2005-2014. We focus on lending behavior of banks from distressed countries since the Euro sovereign debt crisis. Our results confirm the existence of a negative nexus between poor...
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To help curtail future sovereign exposures to banking losses, the European Union introduced the Bank Resolution and … Recovery Directive, which mandates bail-in of creditors in the event of significant bank losses. In this paper, we examine the …. Significant differences in risk and funding characteristics are apparent between domestic and cross-border European bank …
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with the increase in the size of the bank´s assets …
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This paper aims to analyze the derivatives disclosure in banks' annual risk reports. In this paper, the author uses content analysis to examine the qualitative and quantitative profiles of the derivatives disclosure at a cross-country level, with particular reference to credit derivatives. The...
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banks. We focus on the provisions that are aimed at reshaping bank boards' composition, functioning, and their members …' liabilities, and argue that they are unlikely to improve bank boards' effectiveness or prevent excessive risk-taking. We criticize … diversity requirements will worsen the shortage of bank directors, while requirements for induction and training and board …
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This paper analyzes the changing structure of the Italian and European banking firms and industry. The main aim is to identify the fundamental changes of the underlying economics of banking through the analysis of banks' balance sheets. In this paper, we provide evidence that commercial banks...
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