policies of UT Bank and other banks that were caught within similar difficulties in the industry must be immediately improved …A robust bank-based financial industry is a major player in the stability of an economy. This is demonstrated by the … importance most countries place on macroeconomic decisions involving the banking sector. In 2017, the Ghana bank industry …

This paper analyzes the characteristics that make a bank more likely to engage in merger activity either as an acquirer … or a target using a sample between the years 1995 and 2019. We first examine the bank merger characteristics during the … different characteristics make a bank more likely to be involved in a merger before, during, and after the 2008 financial crisis …

We find that stricter merger control legislation increases abnormal announcement returns of targets in bank mergers by … other banks. Other merger properties, including the size and risk profile of targets, the geographic overlap of merging … banks and the stock market response of rivals appear unaffected. The evidence suggests that the strengthening of merger …

This paper studies the bilateral drivers of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) between European banks. Two findings … document that banks use M&A as a device to leverage their expertise rather than to diversify. (i) Following the literature on … matrimonial matching by using a binary logit model, the paper examines how the structure of acquiring banks in terms of …

1984 and 2015 on acquiring insurers' default risk. By employing Merton's distance to default, we show that mergers increase … risk on average. This effect is particularly pronounced for pre-merger low-risk insurers and reinsurers. As Solvency II … generally aims to enhance the soundness of the insurance sector and its firms, policymakers should be aware of this merger …

The study examines the impact of mergers on the accounting performance of merger-involved firms in Greece. The study … merger events (with data analysis from 2004 to 2015). The results revealed that mergers have had a negative impact on … impact of the economic crisis on the success of mergers in Greece. There is evidence there is also a negative effect on …