Hidden in plain sight: Correspondent banking in the 1930s*

Abstract

We present novel quantitative evidence on the number and location of correspondent banking relationships in the 1930s, a neglected area of international banking. Our data, collected from Thomas Skinners’ Bankers’ Almanac, captures over 2000 correspondent banking connections primarily based on London and New York and a smaller cohort of multinational banks. We draw on the new institutional economics and international business literature to explain the relative ubiquity of correspondent banking and the relative scarcity of multinational banks. Our argument that bilateral trade flows drive correspondent banking is tested empirically using an instrumental Poisson pseudo-maximum likelihood estimation.     

我国村镇银行可持续发展模式与策略抉择

作为微观金融创新方式,村镇银行对我国培育多元竞争性农村金融市场体系有着重要现实意义。文章揭示了现阶段我国村镇银行运行中的突出问题及可持续发展的制约因素,借鉴孟加拉乡村银行GB模式,设计了适合我国国情的村镇银行发展的优化模式,提出现阶段促进村镇银行可持续发展的配套对策。     

The solvency of financial institutions in Spain: lessons from securitization

On analysing a sample of Spanish banks, we find that securitization has a slightly negative impact on the soundness of the issuing entity. An unbalanced dynamic panel model was estimated using the forward orthogonal deviations GMM method and used to analyse 537 traditional securitizations issued by 61 banks between 1998 and 2012. The analysis revealed that the entities’ soundness became weaker immediately prior to the crisis, but this effect became insignificant after 2007. Securitization has facilitated a process of regulatory capital arbitrage leading to lower capital requirements while, at the same time, giving rise to a slight worsening of the quality of the originators’ portfolios. It was found that profitability, liquidity and inflation positively affect solvency, while changes in short-term interest rates affect it negatively.     

物流金融发展趋势研究

资金周转是生产、流通企业的生命线.物流金融能将物流服务与金融服务有机结合为一体,同时也将物流与资金流有效结合在一起.发展物流金融是我国中小企业融资的需要.是第三方物流企业增强竞争力的需要,也是银行金融创新的需要.物流金融正是基于物流增值链中供应商、终端用户、金融机构及物流企业等各方的共同需要而产生和发展的.物流金融作为一种新型融资模式.正在成为金融机构和物流企业共同关注的目标.从近年来物流金融业务创新的发展趋势来看,目前我国的物流金融尚处于发展的初期阶段.主要从事单一货物质押.今后应朝着更为深入的供应链物流金融服务方向发展.从监管方面看.要从静态质押监管向动态质押监管方向发展;从客户方面看,要从流通型客户向生产型客户发展;从质物方面看,要从现货质押向买方信贷发展;从环节上看,要从单一环节向供应链全过程发展.     

外资银行与中资银行的比较分析

随着我国银行业全面对外开放,中资银行与外资银行在本土的竞争日趋激烈。外资银行的优势主要表现为经营体制的灵活性和强大的国际化竞争能力。中资银行既有本土经营的优势,也存在经营管理体制上的严重缺陷。面对银行业激烈竞争的严峻形势,中资银行应同外资银行建立战略联盟,推动金融创新,优化人事机制,克己之短,扬己之长,缩小与外资银行存在的差距。     

商业银行操作风险度量问题思考

操作风险日益受到专家学者的关注,新巴塞尔协议规定操作风险为银行业面临的三大风险之一。操作风险的种类主要有内部欺诈、外部欺诈;雇员活动和工作场所安全问题;客户、产品和业务活动问题;实物资产的损坏;业务中断和系统错误、执行、交付和过程管理等九类。操作风险度量模型主要有基本指标法、标准法、高级度量法三种方法。我国商业银行应选择适当的度量方法,建立损失数据库,加强对高级度量方法的研究,结合我国商业银行实际开发出新方法。     

Determinants of retail bank choice in Nigeria: a focus on gender-based choice decisions

As the Nigerian retail banks customers become more sophisticated, it is now very important that retail banks determine the factors that are important and relevant to the customers’ retail bank choice decisions. By using a survey of retail bank customers, this study evaluates the relative importance attached to retail banks’ choice criteria used by male and female customers in Nigeria. The results show that there are some differences in choice factors used by male and female customers in selecting a retail bank for patronage. The recommendation is that bank managers should take both female and male market segments into consideration when making retail bank strategic planning in order to become competitive. The findings can assist retail bank managers in refining their marketing strategies as a means of overcoming the intense competition that exists in the Nigerian banking system.     

重塑县域金融体系的途径分析

县域金融体系中国有商业银行发展重心向城市转移,政策性金融职能弱化,其他地方性的中小金融机构尚未进入县域市场,农村信用社由于难以独立承担起支持县域经济发展的重任,影响了金融对县域经济发展的支持。重塑县域金融体系要从明确和强化政策性金融对县域经济的支持作用,建立适应县域经济发展的商业银行经营管理体,增强农村信用社的实力,发展多样化的县域金融机构入手。     

消费者偏好是商业广告的传播导向

本文根据国有商业银行现状 ,提出了通过管理创新 ,增强国有商业银行竞争力的三个途径 :构建强有力的企业组织文化 ;推进定量化的目标管理 ;实行全面的质量管理。     

商业银行退市方式及其适用条件解析

一般公司退市,人们关注的是在其解散之后把它的所有资产分配给其债权人。商业银行承担着大量的储蓄、信贷和支付等职能,在经济生活中起着重要作用。对商业银行退市各国都持相当谨慎的态度,建立了商业银行的风险防范和最后援助法律制度。在银行陷入危机时采用各种手段对其进行拯救,尽量避免其破产。