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 of risk management and capital adequacy, Basel Committee...

We examine the relationships among religious governance, especially Islamic governance quality (IGQ), national governance quality (NGQ), and risk management and disclosure practices (RDPs), and consequently ascertain whether NGQ has a moderating influence on the IGQ-RDPs nexus. Using one of the...

We use a classic Merton credit risk framework to argue that Islamic Banking Institutions (IBIs) face less incentive to take on risks than Conventional Banking Institutions (CBI). IBIs have less incentive for risk shifting both in and outside of distress situations. We test and confirm this...

We use a classic Merton credit risk framework to argue that Islamic Banking Institutions (IBIs) face less incentive to take on risks than Conventional Banking Institutions (CBI). IBIs have less incentive for risk shifting both in and outside of distress situations. We test and confirm this...

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...

The determinants of default risk of banks in emerging economies have so far received inadequate attention in the literature. This paper seeks to study the determinants of bank asset quality and profitability using panel data techniques and robust data sets for the period between 1997 and 2009....

In this paper, we develop a new voluntary operational risk management disclosure (ORMD) framework for the Islamic banks by incorporating five dimensions related to operational risk: personnel risk, information technology/system risk, legal risk, social risk, and business performance...

The main aims of this paper are, firstly, to investigate the extent to which Yemen's banks, in particular its Islamic banks, are applying Risk Management Practices (RMPs) and related techniques to deal with various types of risk, and secondly, to compare and distinguish between the RMPs used in...

Islamic banking is interest-free banking which makes it necessary for Islamic banks to take active part in the operations of the business, i.e. share profits as well as losses. Banks including Islamic banks prefer to take minimum risk. On the surface, it may seem that Islamic banks face more...

This study aims to address the issue of liquidity risk management in Algerian Islamic banks. This research was dealt with by addressing the risks of bank liquidity, and then on how to manage liquidity risk in As Alsalam Bank-Algeria. In this study, we have relied on two descriptive and...