scholarly journals BANKING CONCENTRATION IMPACT ON MARKET STRUCTURE OF POST-SOVIET AND EU MEMBER COUNTRY – ESTONIA

2020 ◽  
pp. 77-85
Author(s):  
ILIA BOTSVADZE
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Market Structure ◽  
Member Country ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Banking System ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Banking Market ◽  
Independent Expert

The new wave of mergers and acquisitions after the global financial crisis intensified the interest of policy makers and academics in bank concentration and competition and the role of the state in competition policies and regulations (policies and laws that affect the market structure and degree of competition). It is important to not only make sure that banking sector is competitive, transparent and efficient, but also stable. The purpose of the study was to investigate and analyze the degree of concentration in Estonian banking market and its impact on competition and market structure of financial markets over the period of 2013-2017. Both the structural and the non-structural measurement approaches of concentration and competition, along with the desk research, a case study and interviews with the financial sector professionals and an independent expert was employed to address research purpose. The findings of the study indicate that, in the Post-Soviet and nowadays EU member country – Estonia, high concentration coexist with the high and moderate competition levels and relationship between concentration and stability seems to be positive, meaning that high concentration results high stability of this banking market. The monopolistically competitive Baltic banking market is based on the contestable market equilibrium as banking sector is prone to the existence of high segmentation and product differentiation. Large banks with high share of foreign capital operate as universal banks, providing various services to the different market segments at very competitive rates, while smaller banks concentrate on a specific range of services. The Scandinavian-connected banking system of EU member Baltic country is modern and efficient, with best-regulation and high level of transparency in the region.Estonian financial markets are bank dominated, characterized with monopolistic banking structure, with leading roles of a few universal profile banking institutions, dominating not only banking sector, but whole financial market.

scholarly journals Merger & acquisition in the banking sector

2020 ◽  
pp. 19-23
Author(s):  
Liudmyla SKALOZUB
Keyword(s):  
Mergers And Acquisitions ◽  
Financial Markets ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Current State ◽  
Banking Market ◽  
European Banking ◽  
Banking Institutions

Nowadays there is a considerable amount of information in the literature about mergers and acquisitions of companies in various business fields which gives the world economy an incentive for mergers and acquisitions of financial institutions – banks, which, having large assets, control economic processes in individual countries. The article examines the current state of the market of mergers and acquisitions in the banking sector of Europe and Ukraine. The experience of merging banking structures is examined, the advantages and disadvantages of concluding agreements are identified, factors that may trigger merger or acquisition agreements are identified. The purpose of the article is to investigate the processes of mergers and acquisitions of banks in the Ukrainian and European financial markets. The current market conditions dictate strict rules not only for entry, but also for the functioning of banks in their segment. Globalization processes in today's world are one of the prerequisites for increasing the number of mergers and acquisitions concluded in the banking sector. The article examines the current state of the market of mergers and acquisitions in the banking sector of Europe and Ukraine. The experience of merging banking structures is examined, the advantages and disadvantages of concluding agreements are identified, factors that may trigger merger or acquisition agreements are identified. The merger or acquisition agreements concluded on the European banking market have been analyzed. By analyzing the concluded M&A agreements in the European banking market, we can say that the value of such agreements is gradually reduced over the period 2012-2017. The practice of merger and acquisition agreements in the banking sector of Ukraine is analyzed. Crises in the banking sector and the Ukrainian economy as a whole make it possible to say that investors are less interested in the domestic banking system, which indicates that it is impossible to increase the number of mergers and acquisitions of domestic banking institutions. It is worth noting that there are currently about 100 banks in Ukraine that are declared insolvent, and a significant amount of non-performing loans can be a serious deterrent to increasing M&A transactions.

COVID -19 and Indian Financial Markets: A Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (02) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Kamaldeep Kaur Sarna
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Stock Markets ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
The Impact

COVID-19 is aptly stated as a Black Swan event that has stifled the global economy. As coronavirus wreaked havoc, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted globally, unemployment rate soared high, and economic recovery still seems a far-fetched dream. Most importantly, the pandemic has set up turbulence in the global financial markets and resulted in heightened risk elements (market risk, credit risk, bank runs etc.) across the globe. Such uncertainty and volatility has not been witnessed since the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. The spread of COVID-19 has largely eroded investors’ confidence as the stock markets neared lifetimes lows, bad loans spiked and investment values degraded. Due to this, many turned their backs on the risk-reward trade off and carted their money towards traditionally safer investments like gold. While the banking sector remains particularly vulnerable, central banks have provided extensive loan moratoriums and interest waivers. Overall, COVID-19 resulted in a short term negative impact on the financial markets in India, though it is making a way towards V-shaped recovery. In this context, the present paper attempts to identify and evaluate the impact of the pandemic on the financial markets in India. Relying on rich literature and live illustrations, the influence of COVID-19 is studied on the stock markets, banking and financial institutions, private equities, and debt funds. The paper covers several recommendations so as to bring stability in the financial markets. The suggestions include, but are not limited to, methods to regularly monitor results, establishing a robust mechanism for risk management, strategies to reduce Non-Performing Assets, continuous assessment of stress and crisis readiness of the financial institutions etc. The paper also emphasizes on enhancing the role of technology (Artificial Intelligence and Virtual/Augmented Reality) in the financial services sector to optimize the outcomes and set the path towards recovery.

scholarly journals PANDEMIC CRISIS AND ITS EFFECTS ON BULGARIAN BANKING SYSTEM’S EFFICIENCY

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gergana Mihaylova-Borisova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Interest Rates ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Debt Crisis ◽  
Parametric Method ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis

The economies are once again facing the challenges of another crisis related to the spread of coronavirus in 2020. The banking sector, being one of the main intermediaries in the economies, is also affected by the spread of the new crisis, which is different compared to the previous crises such as the global financial crisis in 2008 and the European debt crisis in 2012-2013. Still, the banking sector in Bulgaria suffers from the pandemic crisis due to decelerated growth rate of loans, provided to households and non-financial enterprises, as well as declining profits related to the narrowing spread between interest rates on loans and deposits. The pandemic crisis, which later turned into an economic one, is having a negative impact on the efficiency of the banking system. To prove the negative impact of the pandemic crisis on the efficiency of banks, the non-parametric method for measuring the efficiency, the so-called Data envelopment analysis (DEA), is used.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BANKING SYSTEM IN POLAND DETERMINED BY THE PROCESSES OF ADJUSTMENT TO THE NORMATIVE AND TECHNOLOGICAL STANDARDS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND CONTEMPORARY PROCESSES OF ECONOMIC AND INFORMATIONAL GLOBALIZATION

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 339-367
Author(s):  
Jan Grzegorek ◽  
Dariusz Prokopowicz ◽  
Adrian Chojan ◽  
Mirosław Matosek
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Capital Flows ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
International Monetary System ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Market Institutions ◽  
Main Determinants

The current processes of economic and information globalization are mainly related to the successively progressing integration of financial markets, the development of ICT and Internet technologies. The liberalization of capital flows, progressing since the 1970s, was determined by many economic and political factors, including the modification of the international monetary system. The main determinants of economic and information globalization include such processes as liberalization of capital flows, deregulation of international financial markets and progress in the field of ICT. These processes constituted favorable conditions for the reconstruction of the market financial system, including the banking sector in Poland in the 1990s. Since the beginning of the systemic and economic transformation that has been taking place in Poland since 1989, the banking system and capital market institutions have been rebuilt. It referred to the Warsaw Stock Exchange market institutions, taking into account the opening of the economy to foreign capital. Foreign financial corporations taking over domestic banking entities in Poland have introduced their modern transactional and teleinformation technologies and new standards for entering into financial transactions. These processes were the main determinants of economic and information globalization that has been made in Poland since the 1990s.

scholarly journals Institutional development and bank competitive transformation in late industrializing economies: the Spanish case

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Garcia Calvo
Keyword(s):  
Banking Sector ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Institutional Development ◽  
The State ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Strategic Coordination ◽  
The Government ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Late Industrializing

This paper explores the contribution of national institutions to the competitive transformation of big commercial banks in late industrializing countries through the analysis of the Spanish case. The paper uses a comparative historical analysis to establish that strategic coordination between the state and large banks is a structural feature of the banking sector but may be articulated differently depending on the balance of power between states, banks and industry, the preferences of these actors, and their resources. Using evidence from Spain since the late 1970s, the paper argues that in this country, state-bank coordination was articulated as a non-hierarchical system of negotiated interactions and mutual exchanges of benefits between small groups of decision-makers at the government, the central bank, and big banks. Under the Spanish model, large banks contributed to the fulfillment of public policy objectives to develop the central bank's capacity to conduct monetary policy, strengthen supervision of the banking system, and modernize the financial sector. In exchange, big banks benefited from a favorable regulation that enabled them to restructure, consolidate the leadership of a new generation of bankers, and reach the efficiency frontier of their industry. The paper contributes to the literature of institutionalism by questioning the traditional dichotomy between market and strategic coordination. It also contributes to the literature of competitiveness by stimulating debate about the role of the state in supporting the transformation of big business.

scholarly journals Disclosure of risk information in the European banking sector

2016 ◽  
pp. 350-366
Author(s):  
Emilia Klepczarek
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
The Public ◽  
Market Participants ◽  
European Banking ◽  
Adequate Quantity ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Risk Disclosures ◽  
Working Out

A debate on the scope of bank information disclosures seems to be essential, especially after the Global Financial Crisis. The adequate quantity of data provided to the public domain is a condition of transparency of the banking sector which should assure the optimization of market participants’ decisions. There is also a tendency to unify global accountancy standards, and they are expected to ensure the same scope of disclosed information for the global financial market. The aim of the study is to investigate if there are any differences with the number of risk disclosures among the banks using GAAP and IFRS accounting standards, and if more stable banking sectors tend to report a wider scope of data. Finding out the nature of the determinants of disclosures is an important aspect in terms of working out the procedures which will increase the transparency and stability of the financial markets.

scholarly journals Transformation of the Ukrainian banking system regulation: a new horizon of compliance with the international framework

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 22-33
Author(s):  
Lyubov Khudoliy ◽  
Oleg Bronin
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Basel Iii ◽  
Banking Supervision ◽  
Macroeconomic Shocks ◽  
Bank Supervision ◽  
Banking Institutions ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis

This article discusses the latest methodological recommendations of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision developed in response to the effects of the global financial crisis and known as Basel III. The purpose of the study is to explore scientific approaches to justifying bank regulation as a key condition for overcoming the economic crisis and improving financial sustainability. The object of research is Basel III instruments that will be implemented in the bank regulatory policy of Ukraine. The systematic approach and systemic thinking used in the article allow one to substantiate the expediency of Ukrainian banking institutions’ governance based on the risk-oriented approach and to determine the strategy of bank supervision for the next 1-3 years. The study evaluates the results of stress testing of the largest banks in Ukraine. Thus, the results confirm that the banking sector in Ukraine is sufficiently capitalized in the absence of macroeconomic shocks, but in case of a crisis, some of these banks are not protected. Therefore, the article formulates recommendations for improving the regulation of these banks, the phased implementation of Basel III, the application of new principles, standards, tools and methods, corporate governance and risk management in Ukrainian banks.

scholarly journals Appraisal of Financial Situation of the Polish Banking Sector from 2008 to 2012

Management ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-189
Author(s):  
Paweł Trippner
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Financial Markets ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Financial System ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Financial Situation ◽  
Financial Condition ◽  
European Union Countries

Summary Appraisal of Financial Situation of the Polish Banking Sector from 2008 to 2012 The banking system is a very important element of the financial system of a country. As institutions of public trust, banks play a crucial role in the process of transforming savings into investments, which directly affects the country’s economic development. Maintaining the banking sector in a good financial condition guarantees stability of the financial system and economic development of Poland. The article aims to present the essence of operations of banks as financial institutions, present their role in the economy, and describe various methods of appraising their financial condition. In order to fulfil the above goals, a research hypothesis is put forward stating that the financial condition of the banking sector in Poland deteriorated in the analysed period as a result of an adverse impact of turbulence in financial markets and problems in banking sectors in the European Union countries.

scholarly journals Risks and stability of the banking system of the Republic of Moldova

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grigore Duhlicher ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Financial Crises ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Republic Of Moldova ◽  
Banking Systems ◽  
The Republic ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Financial Balance

The banking sector is constantly affected by a multitude of risks, which jeopardize its stability and performance. The multiplication, diversification and continuous intensification of banking risks emphasizes the need to define, identify, analyze and manage these phenomena, this process having a major impact on the stability of national banking systems and global financial balance. Efforts to this end must maintain the stability of financial-banking systems, characterized by a lack of major imbalances, which could lead to systemic financial crises, the inability of financial institutions to conduct financial operations, or the collapse of financial markets.

scholarly journals The level of financial inclusion in Ukraine: Measuring access, quality, and usage of financial products and services

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-67
Author(s):  
Yuliia Shapoval ◽  
Andrii Shkliar ◽  
Oleksii Shpanel-Yukhta ◽  
Kateryna Gruber
Keyword(s):  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Financial Products ◽  
Medium Level ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis

While financial inclusion is seen as a goal of socio-economic development, there is still no clear understanding of how to measure it. Following this concern, the paper deals with the computation of the financial inclusion index of the Ukrainian economy using an annual dataset spanning from 2008 to 2020 and following the Sarma methodology. The object of the study is a set of indicators of usage, access and quality of financial products and services. The obtained results demonstrate the medium level of financial inclusion. The improvement of financial inclusion is observed in 2012, 2013, 2020 (namely 0.55 – 0.56 in the range of 0 and 1). From 2015 (0.38) till 2018 (0.39), the revealed downward trend affirms that the withdrawal of banks from the market has deteriorated the level of quality and usage of financial products and services. Financial inclusion declined during the cleaning up of the banking system in 2014–2016, just as it did after the global financial crisis in 2009–2010. Despite the development of the payment infrastructure, there is a need to diversify access, increase quality, and quicken the usage of financial products and services due to existing distrust in national financial institutions. Improving financial literacy and consumer protection, and closing regulatory gaps in the non-banking sector are seen as ways to enhance financial inclusion. Thus, financial regulators should establish an upward trend in financial inclusion that will ensure full access to formal financial services and will not adversely affect the stability of financial system.

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