We investigate whether ownership concentration influences bank profitability in a developing country context. We focus … on bank ownership concentration measured as the amount of direct equity held by a majority shareholder categorised into …

owner may obtain only a share of the target's profit but influence the target's strategy significantly. We show that the … merger, depending on how the protection of minority shareholders and transfer price regulations affect the scope for profit …

We investigate whether ownership concentration influences bank profitability in a developing country context. We focus … on bank ownership concentration measured as the amount of direct equity held by a majority shareholder categorised into …

This report expands into early 2013 studies of the raw performance (profitability) of $457.6 billion of buybacks …. For the group overall, after 13 years, repurchased shares today are worth 13.0% more than their cost. That profit on … significantly worse. This survey ranks each of 232 individual companies' buyback statistics by:• Percentage buyback profit (return …

MENA banks. Cost efficiency and bank size have decreased profitability of banks, and banks with foreign ownership are more … profitability for commercial banks operating in the MENA economies over the period 1999-2012. This paper uses panel analysis via GMM … MENA economies is vital evidence, at least to a certain extent that bank performance is explained by market concentration …