A bad bank is an entity that purchases distressed assets from a bank at sizeable discounts to book value and then searches for buyers for those assets. A proposal to establish a bad bank was outlined in the Indian Union Budget 2021-22. In this paper, an attempt has been made to explore the...

Das Bail-in-Instrument soll Europa und die USA vor der Ausweitung der nächsten Bankenkrise in eine Finanzmarkt- oder Staatsschuldenkrise bewahren. Doch mit der amerikanischen Single-Point-of-Entry-Strategie und der europäischen Open-Bank-Bail-in-Strategie stehen sich zwei Bail-in-Strategien...

The paper investigates whether impaired asset segregation tools, otherwise known as bad banks, and recapitalisation lead to a recovery in the originating banks' lending and a reduction in non-performing loans (NPLs). Results are based on a novel data set covering 135 banks from 15 European...

When a bank is burdened with Non Performing Loans, an underinvestment problem may arise. Banking Authorities often take the initiative to segregate these Non Performing Loans into a Bad Bank (BB), so that the remaining part of the bank, the Good Bank, finds it profitable to make new loans. These...

The outbreak of COVID-19 has made it essential to think of various mechanisms in every aspect so that the situation that has worsened can be bought back into the track. One such initiative is the establishment of the bad banks for settling the non-performing assets of the banks. There has been a...

Kreditinstitute in Deutschland: Markt- und Strukturdaten -- Die Besonderheiten der deutschen Kreditwirtschaft -- Deutsche Kreditwirtschaft im internationalen Vergleich -- Chancen, Risiken und prognostizierte Branchenentwicklung -- Notlagen von Kreditinstituten und Marktaustrittsmöglichkeiten im...

During the 2008 financial crisis, the legislators faced the challenge to sanitise the banking sectors, and in some case to remove banks from the landscape. In order to workout the toxic portfolios, the Parliaments created "bad banks". This articles analyses these so-called bad banks regarding...

This paper examines the factors which contribute to banks being perceived as being “good” or “bad” in terms of their impact on the political economy and society as a whole. We first review some of the historical antecedents for public approbation against banks, then consider how changes...

This article considers the Irish National Asset Management Agency established under the Act of the same name (2009) as a case study which raises interesting questions about how taking the option of creating a 'bad bank' has worked in practice in the current economic context. This article focuses...

Italy’s banks are struggling under high amounts of non-performing loans on their balance sheets and the Italian government is fighting with the European Commission over putting 50 billion Euro of problem loans into a bad bank, which needs funding of 10 billion Euro with public money....

This paper examines the experience of three asset management companies (AMCs) or ʽbad banksʼ established in the euro area following the 2008 global financial crisis. Specifically, it studies NAMA, Sareb and FMS Wertmanagement (FMS). These AMCs were set up to purchase growing nonperforming...

In this paper, we analyze how sources of political influence relate to the actual regulatory treatment of distressed banks and to the expectation of bank support provided by the government. We assemble a unique dataset that links U.S. banks' sources of influence (e.g., lobbying expenditures,...

Addressing the buildup of nonperforming loans (NPLs) in Italy since the global financial crisis will remain a challenge for some time and be important for supporting a sustained, robust economic recovery. The buildup reflects both the prolonged recession as well as structural factors that have...

In this paper, we analyze how sources of political influence relate to the actual regulatory treatment of distressed banks and to the expectation of bank support provided by the government. We assemble a unique dataset that links U.S. banks' sources of influence (e.g., lobbying expenditures,...

In this paper, we analyze how sources of political influence relate to the actual regulatory treatment of distressed banks and to the expectation of bank support provided by the government. We assemble a unique dataset that links U.S. banks' sources of influence (e.g., lobbying expenditures,...

Исследованы условия возникновения нежизнеспособных банков, охарактеризованы современные подходы к управлению проблемными банками и проблемными активами,...

Systemic banking crises often continue into recessions with large output losses. In this paper we ask whether the way governments intervene in the financial sector has an impact on the economy's subsequent performance. Our theoretical analysis focuses on bank incentives to manage bad loans. We...

At least 12 European Union member states used publicly created asset management companies (AMCs), otherwise known as a "badbanks" to respond to the recent financial crisis. This tool remains an option for future bank resolutions under the EU Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive. We assess the...

Indian banking is passing through a difficult phase of twin balance sheet problem and depleting capital base. As defined by the IMF in its Global Financial Stability Report, October 2017, Indian banking is placed on a par with the leveraged banking system of PIIGS (Portugal, Italy, Ireland,...

With banking sectors worldwide still suffering from the effects of the financial crisis, public discussion of plans to place toxic assets in one or more bad banks has gained steam in recent weeks. The following paper presents a plan how governments can efficiently relieve ailing banks from toxic...

The Indian debt overhang issue is one of the major reasons that fresh investments are currently not being made in the scale required to promote higher growth and boost employment. Among banks the public sector banks (PSBs) are burdened with the bulk of net non-performing loans (NNPAs). These...

The Indian debt overhang issue is one of the major reasons that fresh investments are currently not being made in the scale required to promote higher growth and boost employment. Among banks the public sector banks (PSBs) are burdened with the bulk of net non-performing loans (NNPAs). These...

This paper develops a model to analyze two different bad bank schemes, an outright sale of toxic assets to a state-owned bad bank and a repurchase agreement between the bad bank and the initial bank. For both schemes, we derive a critical transfer payment that induces a bank manager to...

This paper develops a model to analyze two different bad bank schemes, an outright sale of toxic assets to a state-owned bad bank and a repurchase agreement between the bad bank and the initial bank. For both schemes, we derive a critical transfer payment that induces a bank manager to...