scholarly journals Effects of the Global Financial Crisis on the Agency Cost of Islamic Banks and Conventional Banks

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 44
Author(s):  
Talla M Aldeehani

In this paper, we investigate the effect of the 2008 global financial crisis on the agency cost (AC) of Islamic banks (IBs) and conventional banks (CBs). Many pioneering scholars (see, for example, Archer et al., 1998) have recognized fundamental differences in the capital structures and risks of IBs compared to CBs and called for more empirical testing of these issues. This effort is in response to those calls. Focusing on AC, we collected data for all Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) banks satisfying the period from 2001-2014. The data was split into “before” and “after” the 2008 crisis. Although statistically insignificant, the analysis shows higher AC for IB compared to CBs before and after the crisis. However, we provide evidence of significant differences in AC causal models for the two types of banks. For conventional banks, only profitability factors explain variability in AC before and after the crisis. For Islamic banks, however, in addition to profitability, liquidity, deposits and financing facilities matter depending on the status of the economy. We provide further discussions, implications, and recommendations.

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
pp. 10082 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolas Höhnke

The global financial crisis is expected to be of great relevance for social banks’ growth of deposits. However, it is still unclear why depositors choose social banks in general, and how the global financial crisis has affected depositors’ choice of social banks. The present paper thus explores a comprehensive set of reasons for choosing social banks, the individual relevance of reasons, as well as differences before and after the global financial crisis. Data was collected through a survey of five social banks, interviews with nine industry experts, and an online survey with 108 social and 413 conventional depositors. Using content analysis, a multi-level system of reasons for choosing social banks was identified, which refers to the social banks’ “good” and conventional banks’ “evil” characteristics. Based on a frequency analysis of codings per category, reasons with potential superior relevance for depositors’ decision-making were explored. A comparison with reasons for choosing conventional banks imply that depositors’ reasons for choosing social banks differ from those for choosing conventional banks in general. The results also indicate that the global financial crisis might have helped social banks’ growth by attracting new customer target groups, who chose social banks because of conventional banks’ “evil” characteristics.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 136
Author(s):  
Muh. Rudi Nugroho ◽  
Ibnu Qizam

This research aims to analyze the financial stability especially in dual banking system in Indonesia and discusses the role of Islamic banks in the financial stability of national banks. In addition, this study also focuses on the analysis of the determinants of financial stability namely on the national banking Industry. This research uses panel data in which combined data between time series and cross section with an observation periods are 2005:1 - 2009:1 by using an internal variable of banks and macroeconomic data. Z-score analysis will be used as main tool analysis regressed with internal variable. Empirical results obtained from this research shows that during the period of 2005:1 - 2009:1 banking financial stability, for both conventional and Islamic and categorized based on an asset scale, the movement of the Z-score value is different. From the Z-score values analysis shows that Islamic banks are the most stable bank with a trend increased sharply when compared with other banks, namely conventional couterparts. If viewed from each category, small conventional banks more stable than small Islamic banks, and there are declining trend in 2005:1 to 2009:1. Whereas for large and middle conventional banks the trend of the Z-score movement are in the same patterns. This study also founds that the determinant of the banking stability can be seen from two sides namely bank's internal factors and macroeconomic factors. Internal factors consist of: Income Diversity (ID), Credit or Financing (Loan), Total Assets (TA), Operational Cost (Cost), Cost Income (CI), Loan Asset (LA), Current Liability (CL), Cash to Current Liabilities (CCL), Capital Bank (MDL). While macroeconomic factors consist of: inflation, BI Rate, Exchange Rate, Composite Index (JCI), the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This research also examined the extent to which the role of Islamic banks and the global financial crisis to the financial stability of national banking. This analysis shows that the global financial crisis and Islamic banks affect significantly to the financial stability of banking industries in Indonesia.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 415-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasnan Baber

PurposeThis paper aims to explore Islamic finance’s resilience in times of financial crisis and considers Islamic finance’s viability as an alternative to the current financial system.Design/methodology/approachEstablished on a review of theoretical aspects underlying the notion of Islamic finance being proficient of reducing the harshness of financial crises and a latent solution to financial volatility, this paper assesses actual performance of Islamic and conventional banks during and in the repercussion of the current financial crisis. Interviews were also conducted with managers of Islamic banks.FindingsThe paper concludes that performance of Islamic banks during the global financial crisis is found to be supportive of their argued resilience and consistency. However, the latest financial crisis has brought to light a number of theoretical and realistic issues that challenge Islamic finance and its absorbing capacity against financial crises.Originality/valueThe paper is an original work which suggests about moderating risks and proposing various ways in which the Islamic finance can be made more stable and resilient.


Author(s):  
Norzitah Abdul Karim ◽  
Syed Musa Syed Jaafar Alhabshi ◽  
Salina Kassim ◽  
Razali Haron

The present study, grounded in theory of financial intermediation, provides new empirical evidence on comparison of bank stability measures of Islamic banks, conventional banks and other bank models in Indonesia. Specifically, 72 conventional banks, 4 Islamic banks, 3 conventional banks with Islamic subsidiaries and 2 subsidiary Islamic banks in Indonesia are considered, focusing on the sample period of 1999-2015. The study adopts z-score as a measure of bank stability, while a non-parametric multiple comparison analysis was used to test the significance of the differences in the bank stability of the different bank models, namely Islamic banks, conventional banks, Subsidiary Islamic banks and conventional banks with Islamic subsidiaries. The sample period is further divided into three sub-periods, namely, before the global financial crisis (1999-2006), during the global financial crisis (2007-2009) and after the global financial crisis (2010-2015) so as to gain more detail findings on the impact of the global financial crisis on the banks’ stability. The impact of local crisis periods (1999-2001) on bank stability of different bank models is also investigated. Findings of this study contribute towards extending the theory of financial intermediation through empirical works of stability of different banking models namely Islamic banks, conventional banks, Subsidiary banks and conventional banks with Islamic subsidiaries.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 407-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Ebrahim Hussien ◽  
Md. Mahmudul Alam ◽  
Md. Wahid Murad ◽  
Abu N.M. Wahid

Purpose The purpose of this study is to analyze the profitability performance of Islamic banks (IBs) of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region during 2008 global financial crisis. Design/methodology/approach Bank-specific data are taken from the Bank Scope database and macroeconomic data are collected from International Financial Statistics. Using a panel data series of 30 banks for the period of 2005 to 2011, the study shows the evidence of structural break for the crisis year as well as the factors that impact the profitability of IBs. Findings The performance of GCC IBs was significantly influenced during the crisis period by capital adequacy, credit risk, financial risk, operational efficiency, liquidity, bank size, gross domestic product, growth rate of money supply, bank sector development and inflation rate. The study also finds that there is a structural change before and after the global financial crisis. Originality/value This is an original study that shows that the Sharīʿah-compliant banks have performed better during the crisis and are not affected based on their internal performance records; rather, they have been affected indirectly from the macro shock owing to the overall economic crisis.


SAGE Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824402098229
Author(s):  
Y. Sree Rama Murthy ◽  
Saeed Al-Muharrami

Identifying financial strategies, which help a bank to survive a crisis, is the main purpose of the article. Low oil prices and the COVID-19 pandemic is the latest crisis being faced by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) banks. This article examines the financial strategies of those banks that managed to retain good credit ratings both before and after the global financial crisis, so as to throw light on the characteristics of banks that managed to remain steady and stable. This article analyzes the Fitch credit ratings of 51 Islamic and conventional banks, operating in the GCC, divided into pre–global financial crisis (2002–2007) and post–global financial crisis (2008–2013) periods. Trend and behavior of average ratios of top-rated banks in both the periods is first attempted before moving to the “Ordered Choice Logit” regression method to further analyze the data. Regression results indicate that size and cost management are very important factors in ratings both before and after the financial crisis. As long as asset quality is under control, liquidity is the focal point in achieving good ratings. Top-rated Islamic banks seem to be following a strategy of allowing capital ratios to trend down during a crisis as long as capital is well above the regulatory requirements. The article is the first of its kind, which examines credit rating strategies of GCC Islamic banks and conventional banks. The findings of the article are useful for banks as they throw light on appropriate strategies to be adopted by banks during crises.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hassan Mohamed Mohamed Hafez

This paper aims to investigate the relationship between the efficiency of banks in Egypt and capital adequacy ratios. We collected data on a sample of 40 banks comprising Islamic banks, conventional and conventional banks with Islamic windows pre and post the global financial crisis from year 2002 to 2015. We used data envelopment analysis liner programming (DEA) to calculate the efficiency of banks then we used a panel regression analysis through the application of Eviews software to investigate the relationship between the efficiency of banks and capital adequacy ratios. Pre the financial crisis, results, concluded that, there is a significant positive relationship between the efficiency of banks and capital adequacy ratios, credit risk, profitability, bank size and the quality of management. Whilst a significant negative relationship with the liquidity. The efficiency of conventional banks outperformed the efficiency of Islamic and conventional banks with Islamic windows. The increase in capital follows an increase in the level of risk borne by banks and increases capital adequacy ratios which leads to a rise in the loan portfolio and therefore, increase the level of loans provisions, which confirms the high level of efficiency for banks. Capital increase provide an additional protection against any additional risks. Post the financial crisis, the efficiency of banks has been affected especially for conventional banks. The efficiency of conventional and conventional banks with Islamic windows shows a negative significant relationship with capital adequacy ratios. The efficiency of Islamic banks outperformed other banks and shows a positive significant relationship with capital adequacy ratios. Results revealed that the efficiency of banks determines the level of capital and risk borne by banks.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-136
Author(s):  
Adnan Bashir ◽  
Arshad Hassan

This paper examines and compares the relationships between capital regulations, risk and efficiency of Islamic banks with conventional banks in Pakistan from 2003 to 2015. By employing seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) this study finds that capital regulations have no significant effect on the risks taken by Pakistani Islamic banks. Capital regulations have increased the operational efficiency, while it has neither decreased nor increased the cost efficiency of the banks. The results of this study find no major difference in the capital regulations, risk and efficiency relationships between Islamic and conventional banks. The findings of this study also highlight the significant difference in the effect of capital regulations on the bank risks before and after the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, while there is no difference in the impact of capital regulations on bank efficiency before and after the 2008 crisis.


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