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1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations |
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Palgrave Macmillan studies in banking and financial institutions |
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Palgrave Macmillan studies in banking and financial institutions.
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| Contents |
1. The Impact of the New Structural Liquidity Rules on the Profitability of EU Banks -- Laura Chiaramonte, Barbara Casu and Roberto Bottiglia 2. Basel III and Banking Efficiency -- Ted Lindblom and Magnus Willesson 3. Estimating the Probability of Financial Distress in European Markets: Prediction Models and Empirical Applications -- Andrea Cerri, Gimede Gigante and Kim Salvadori 4. Performance Management Systems in Swedish Savings Banks: A Longitudinal Study through the Deregulations' First Quarter of a Century -- Viktor Lundberg 5. Does Asset-Backed Securitization Affect the Credit Risk of the Originator Banks? The Italian Case -- Francesca Battaglia and Maria Mazzuca 6. Microcredit Securitization -- Mario La Torre and Fabiomassimo Mango 7. Country Risk: Measurement Approaches and ECAIs Rating -- Pasqualina Porretta, Gianfranco A. Vento and Fabrizio Santoboni 8. Top Players in Central and Eastern Europe: Does their Widespread Presence Enhance Bank Efficiency? -- Katarzyna Mikolajczyk 9. Asset Management Issues in Sovereign Wealth Funds: An Empirical Analysis -- Andrea Paltrinieri and Flavio Pichler 10. A VAR Approach to the Analysis of the Relationship between Oil Prices and Industry Equity Returns -- Joseph Falzon and Daniel Castillo 11. China's Controlled Potential Property Bubble and its Economic Slowdown: Overview of Causes and Policy Options -- Rene W.H. van der Linden |
| Summary |
The latest scholarly developments in research on banking, financial markets, and the recent financial crisis. This selection of papers were presented at the Wolpertinger Conference held in Valletta, Malta, 2012 and provide insights into bank performance, banking risk, securitisation, bank stability, sovereign debt and derivatives. Bank Performance, Risk and Securitisation brings together the latest research on banking, financial markets, and the recent financial crisis. Written by a group of leading scholars, it offers both empirical and theoretical perspectives on topics such as Basel III and bank efficiency; microcredit securitization; asset-backed securitization and credit risk; asset management issues in sovereign wealth funds. It also examines the impact of the new structural liquidity rules on the profitability of EU banks and examines China's controlled potential property bubble and its economic slowdown. The book provides state-of-the-art scholarly research on bank performance, risk and securitisation and is essential reading for scholars, researchers, graduate students and consulting firms interested in banking and financial markets |
| Notes |
Joseph Falzon is Head of the Department of Banking and Finance, and Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy at the University of Malta, Malta. In addition to his academic responsibilities he has also served as a consultant to several leading public and private organizations, and financial institutions in Malta, and is on the Executive Committee of the European Association of University Lecturers in Banking and Finance. Professor Falzon has written extensively on the Maltese economy, publishing his research in several foreign publications and numerous papers, and holds a PhD in Economics from Northwestern University, USA. His main research interests include hedge fund strategies, portfolio management, and economic development |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Banks and banking -- Congresses
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Banking.
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International finance.
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Economic & financial crises & disasters.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Finance.
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Finance and Accounting.
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Banks and banking
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Banking.
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International economics.
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Economic & financial crises & disasters.
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Finance and Accounting.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Falzon, Joseph, editor
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| ISBN |
9781137332097 |
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1137332093 |
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1349461563 |
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9781349461561 |
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