<p> This paper investigates whether M&A operations influence the performance of banks. Using a sample of 714 deals involving EU acquirers and targets located throughout the worldover the period 1991-2005, we investigate whether M&A operations are associated withimproved performance (measured using...</p>

     This paper investigates whether investment in Information Technology (IT), hardware,software and other IT services influences the performance of banks. Using a sample of 737European banks over the period 1993-2000 we analyse whether IT investment is reflectedin improved performance...

This paper explores the ability of financial analysts to gauge the risk taken by banks and investigates the impact of the recent financial crisis. Using a sample of 36,343 forecasts issued for 411 European banks over 2003–2009, we find that forecasting abilities are negatively influenced by...