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concordance with the Basel guidelines as applied by a bank supervisor. The findings show that SRISK produced a more consistent …
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.6$$percentage points for key regulatory capital ratios in the most adverse scenario while only addressing 36% of the bank's total …
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Using supervisory data for US banks, we evaluate the alignment of Basel II/III AIRB (Advanced Internal Ratings Based) risk estimates with portfolio risk. We use loan performance as a direct measure of portfolio risk as well as less direct market-based measures. Our results document that loan...
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Risk management is essential part of health of Islamic Bank (IB) and the health of entire financial market. One … important tools in risk management to avoid the failure of a bank is the capital held by the bank. Understanding the importance …
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The Basel capital adequacy ratios lost credibility with financial markets during the crisis. This paper argues that failure was the result of the reliance of the Basel standards on overstated asset values in reported equity capital. The United States' stress tests were able to assist in...
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The article describes the use of a Value at Risk measure to analyze the effectiveness of a bank. Among various existing … possibilities of using this measure, the use of a new method has been proposed, namely, correcting various indicators of bank … of risk-adjusted bank interest margins were calculated, which provided a way to set the minimum levels that can be …
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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 diversification within large banks and financial...
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This research discusses risk management and its importance to the fundamental operation of banks in UAE. It also considers whether the Basel II agreement is still relevant in the current financial crisis, and whether it has helped contribute to the severity of the downturn by creating capital...
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Switzerland has a systemically important financial sector. This paper analyzes the financial soundness and risk dynamics of Swiss banks and insurance companies for the past five years. The cross-country comparisons show that despite the recovery in profitability and capital for banks and...
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the only bank that had information on operational risk in 2006 and 2007. The number of words banks used in the disclosure …
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