Special Emphasis on Credit Information Abstract This paper examines the significance of Basel 1 and Basle 2 for the future of the banking industry. Both accords promote safety and soundness in the financial system with Basel 2 utilize approaches to capital adequacy that are appropriately sensitive to the degree of risk involved in a banks’ positions and activities. These approaches –and especially the one to measure credit risk- will require information from external credit assessment institution
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b) Problem statement and objectives. In this paper we are going to assess the performance of ATF Bank during period from 2004 till 2011. This period of time will be divided into two parts. First 2004 till 2007 when ATF Bank was fully Kazakhstani bank, and second from 2008 till 2011, when Italian UniCredit Group become owner of ATF Bank. The main purpose of this paper is identify the difference in efficiency and profitability of ATF Bank between these two periods. Till 2007 ATF Bank was the third
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Appendix A BANK ALFALAH LIMITED – BANGLADESH BASEL II DISCLOSURES UNDER PILLAR-III BASED ON 31 DECEMBER 2011 These qualitative and quantitative disclosures have been made in accordance with Bangladesh Bank BRPD Circular no. 10 dated 10 March 2010 and BRPD Circular no. 24 dated 3 August 2010. The purpose is to comply with the requirement for having adequate capital and the Supervisory review process under Pillar II. These disclosures are intended to assess information about the Banks exposure to
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Wall Street Financial Crisis Student’s Name Institution Date Paper Draft Introduction Background of the crisis. The effects and impact of the financial crisis. Results of preliminary reports. Sociological perspective of financial crisis The aspect of sociology in financial crises Senate’s investigative report The key players and their roles Why the workers remained unknowing The sociological explanation of the unpredictability of the crisis Conclusion Introduction The Financial
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was repealed, which allowed banks to operate as brokerage. Glass-Steagall, adopted in 1933, separated brokerages and banks to ensure banks would no longer be involved in risky transactions. And credit rating agencies were slow to downgrade the credit rating of the securities. Because the rating agencies did not disclose the downgrades in time, many investors were misled to think that securities were still safe to invest in, and it accelerated the market crisis uncontrollably. The initial intention
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and the three rating agencies (Moody’s, Standard & Poor's, Fitch). Investment banks bundled mortgages with other loans and debts into collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), which they sold to investors. Rating agencies gave many CDOs AAA ratings. Subprime loans led to predatory lending. Many home owners were given loans they could never repay. During the housing boom, the ratio of money borrowed by an investment bank versus the bank's own assets reached unprecedented levels. The credit default swap
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After the Great Depression, Unstated States had 40 years or economic growth without a single financial crisis. One of the main reasons of that achievement was that the financial sector was tightly regulated. Investment banks were small private partnerships. Thus, the money cycle was carefully observed. One of the few financial innovations was introduced in the 1970s when the Government National Association (Ginnie Mae) put together the first mortgage-backed securities (Mihm & Roubini, 2010).
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creating money. The banking institutions are the major sources of providing loans and other credit facilities to the clients. Apart from the banking financial institutions, there are a number of specialized financial institutions in India that have been incorporated for a definite purpose. These institutions include the insurance companies, the housing finance companies, mutual funds, merchant banks, credit reporting and debt collection companies and many more. Apart from these, there are several
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Disadvantages: • It is time consuming to the management to check the every client’s status and credit ratings. • It is costly in providing the data base and other things needed to check the credit ratings of every client. Countrywide Financial must make sure to recognize and remove any employee from top management up to rank and file staff guilty of unethical and illegal conduct. Terminating employees
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Basel I The Basel Accords are some of the most influential—and misunderstood—agreements in modern international finance. Drafted in 1988 and 2004, Basel I and II have ushered in a new era of international banking cooperation. Through quantitative and technical benchmarks, both accords have helped harmonize banking supervision, regulation, and capital adequacy standards across the eleven countries of the Basel Group and many other emerging market economies.
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