Bank and risk are two things that cannot be separated from each other. Both conventional and Islamic banks are more or less similar in risk summary. One of the critical risk is liquidity risk that caused by bank disabilities on meeting their maturity dates of depositors. Therefore it needs...

We explore the capital structure and governance of a mortgage-insuring securitization utility operating with government reinsurance for systemic or “tail” risk. The structure we propose for the replacement of the GSEs focuses on aligning incentives for appropriate pricing and transfer of...

We identify, measure and compare the characteristics of Global Systemically Important Banks (G-SIBs) vis-à-vis banks not chosen by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) to be in the 2011 G-SIB group; investors' responses to banks being classified as a G-SIB and how these responses relate to...

This paper (i) provides evidence on the procyclical investment behavior of major institutional investors during the global financial crisis; (ii) identifies the main factors that could account for such behavior; (iii) discusses the implications of procyclical behavior; and (iv) proposes a...

This paper presents a small macroeconomic model describing the main mechanisms of the process of credit creation by the private banking system. The model is composed of a core unit — where the dynamics of income, credit, and aggregate demand are determined — and a set of sectoral accounts...

Companies that are going to thrive must have a soul. Those that are only concerned with “maximizing shareholder wealth” or “maximizing profit” will find themselves going the way Enron went. CEOs will have to lead the revolution and should be the ones exhorting executives to make...

This paper seeks the nature of the relationship between Development financing and Economic Growth including case study for the Kazakhstan at different levels: (a) industry level; (b) regional level and (c) intra-regional by industry level. The paper determines the hypotheses, methods and data...

The aim of the Internal Ratings Based Approach (IRBA) of Basel II was that capital suffices for unexpected losses with at least a 99.9% probability. However, because only a fraction of the required regulatory capital (a quarter to a half) had to be loss absorbing capital, the actual solvency...

This paper seeks the nature of the relationship between financial development and economic growth in Kazakhstan at different levels: (a) industry level; (b) regional level and (c) intra-regional by industry level. In this paper, we set up the hypotheses, methods and data, which are appropriate...