combinations with insurance companies. Bank size is an important and consistent determinant of risk whereas diversification is not …We investigate the risk effects of bank acquisitions of insurance companies and securities firms between 1991 and 2012 … using a newly constructed dataset of M&A deals. We examine risk changes before and after deal announcements by decomposing …

of the risk distribution. This measure is estimated and indicates better diversification benefits for conglomerates …We study the dependence between the downside risk of European banks and insurers. Since the downside risk of banks and … insurers differs, an interesting question from a supervisory point of view is the risk reduction that derives from …

A potential benefit of corporate diversification is internal information sharing among related business units which may … diversification on bank valuation across countries with different external information reporting environments. If diversification … banking (investment banking) activities when negative (positive) credit information is unavailable from external sources. We …

A potential benefit of corporate diversification is internal information sharing among related business units which may … diversification on bank valuation across countries with different external information reporting environments. If diversification … banking (investment banking) activities when negative (positive) credit information is unavailable from external sources. We …

The purpose of this research is to examine the influence of bank life cycle or bank maturity on income diversification ….e. bank life cycle or bank maturity on income diversification (ID) and stability consequence. Data were collected from the …, this research is the first to report specific evidence about bank maturity as an internal driver of income diversification …

Bank profitability in the USA was extremely high in the pre-crisis period, yet this did not prevent the current crisis …' capital bases. This paper analyses the effects of structure on profitability from 1994 to 2005. Bank-level panel data are used … to test the effects of concentration, market power, bank size and operational efficiency on profitability. Efficiency is …

' profitability was also affected, showing up in lower equity returns. The strongest effects were found for the Dodd-Frank Act …

Due to the epidemiological situation, the structure and dynamics of financial performance in the banking sector have … credit institutions were forced to significantly adjust their market strategies. This resulted in a decrease of profitability … of the banking system compared to the previous year …

This study looks at the determinants of profitability in the GCC banking system over the period 1999 to 2012. Variables … regressions. Among the bank-specific variables, capital ratio and credit risk have significant impact on bank profitability. While … higher levels of capital result in higher profitability, credit risk has the opposite impact. Inflation is found to effect …

In this paper, we examine whether financial development is an important determinant of bank profitability. Using the … larger the size of the Nigerian financial system, the lower the profitability of banks in Nigeria. Also, we observe that bank … concentration, nonperforming loans, cost efficiency and the level of inflation are significant determinants of the profitability of …