, an insight into how the ownership structure of a bank affects investment decisions, performance and ultimately insolvency … risk - the focus of this paper - is crucial. Our results show revenue diversification reduces insolvency risk in banks with … personal wealth. The link identified between ownership concentration and revenue diversification is a novel way of analyzing …

determinants include bank-specific characteristics as well as industry-specific and macroeconomic factors, some of which have not … been considered in previous studies. We conclude that the high bank profitability during these years is associated with a …. In addition, higher capital ratios also increase the bank’s return, but only when return on assets and return on equities …

estimation to examine a large sample of banks for a period that includes the recent global crisis and Arab uprising, marked by … MENA economies is vital evidence, at least to a certain extent that bank performance is explained by market concentration … MENA banks. Cost efficiency and bank size have decreased profitability of banks, and banks with foreign ownership are more …

characteristics (size, composition and functioning of the board) and analyze their impacts on bank performance and bank asset quality … positive impacts on both bank performance and asset quality while bank size has a significantly negative impact on bank … performance. We find new evidence that the degree of bank boards' political connection is negatively correlated with bank …

ratio. The results suggest that the reduction in bank ownership enhances the disciplinary role of debt. Finally, firms … achieve better performance improvements when non-Japanese owners replace bank ownership …

constructed and its evolution over time is shown. This indicator aids the estimation of the risks of this sector going forward and … broadens the existing analytical set-up used by the Czech National Bank for its financial stability analyses. The results …