A strong capitalized position of financial institutions is essential to ensure their solvency. Because of their unique nature, banks must always keep an optimum level of capital to ensure smooth banking earnings. Consequently, it is mandatory for all types of banks operating in Pakistan to keep...

Purpose: This study sought to explore the effect of capital management risk on value of the firm among private equity financial firms in Kenya. Design/methodology/approach: Anchored on the agency theory and guided by positivism research philosophy, descriptive research design as well as causal...

This paper aims to analyze factors explaining the capital structure puzzle in the banking sector of Pakistan. Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) is used as a proxy for bank capital structure. Secondary data has been collected from the publications of the State Bank of Pakistan and the annual reports...

Recent evidences provoke broad rethinking of the role of banks in money creation. The authors argue that apart from the reserve requirement, prudential regulations also play important roles in constraining the money supply. Specifically, they study three Basel III regulations and theoretically...

After the destructive impact of the global financial crisis of 2008, many believe that pre-crisis financial market regulation did not take the "big picture" of the system suffciently into account and, subsequently, financial supervision mainly "missed the forest for the trees". As a result, the...

In this paper we present an analytical review of the capital adequacy regime and the present state of capital to risk-weighted asset ratio (CRAR) of the banking sector in India. In the current regime of Basel I, Indian banking system is performing reasonably well, with an average CRAR of about...