concern. To create a basis for solving the troubles caused by the loan loss crisis, this study investigated the managerial … discretionary use of loan loss provisions (LLPs) by Nigerian deposit money banks (DMBs). This is considered in the context of … manipulatingloan loss provisions. However, the reforms embedded in IFRSs revealed the use of LLPs for managerial discretions despite …

IFRS 9 substantially affects the financial sector by changing the impairment methodology for credit losses. This paper … analyzes the implications of the change from IAS 39 to IFRS 9 in the context of bank resilience. We shed light on two effects … only recognized with hindsight, and thus late and abruptly. IFRS 9 was designed to mitigate this issue through a staging …