Consolidation and Competition in the Banking Industries of the EU Member and Candidate Countries

This paper investigates competitive conditions in the banking markets of all EU member and candidate countries over the period 1995-2007. The Panzar and Rosse (1987) model is implemented on bank-level data. In particular, the unscaled revenue equation is employed to assess market structure. Country-specific empirical results suggest a wide variation in the competitive conditions of the banking systems in the sampled countries. Nineteen banking systems are characterized as monopolistically competitive, nine as monopolies or perfectly colluding oligopolies, and two as perfectly competitive over the sample period. This study also investigates whether competition conditions changed over the sample period, using 2001 as an endogenously determined break year. The empirical evidence reveals that banking systems became less competitive after that time.     

法国公开要约收购制度的最新改革——以2006年《公开要约收购法》为中心

2006年3月31日，依欧盟转化《要约收购指令》之要求，法国颁布了《公开要约收购法》，对现有的公开要约收购制度进行了多方位、深层次的改革。从宏观上看，此次改革主要涉及四个方面，即金融证券管理局监管范围的改革、强制要约收购制度的改革、要约透明机制的改革以及反要约收购防御措施的改革。尽管改革的效果仍有待评估，但法国在此次改革中所体现的提高欧盟范围内企业竞争力的决心和表率作用无疑为欧盟经济一体化注入了新的活力。     

对新《保险法》理赔程序与时限法律规制的研究

新《保险法》关于理赔程序和时限的法律规制,体现了公平理赔、尽速理赔的价值目标,对解决理赔难问题发挥了重要作用,但仍存在与保险理赔实践不够契合、法律责任设置不完善等问题。本文从分析新《保险法》理赔程序与时限的相关规定人手,将其与保险理赔实践进行对比,并研究违反程序与时限的法律后果,最后对如何进一步完善相关规定、增强法律的执行效果提出了建议。     

金融品牌、差异化营销与银行核心竞争力--对深圳银行业品牌竞争的实证分析及其策略思考

导入品牌战略管理、创新品牌营销手段、树立品牌核心价值和创建品牌企业文化,是国内银行业在入世后进行市场竞争的重要特征.作者回顾了深圳银行业品牌竞争从法人品牌竞争到产品品牌竞争再到客户品牌竞争阶段的发展进程;同时,分析了深圳银行业中国有商业银行、中小股份制商业银行和外资银行三大竞争群体所实施的差异化竞争策略;进而从操作层面提出了将品牌策略纳入银行整体战略、建立专业的品牌管理部门、明确并全力维护品牌的核心价值、推行产品全面质量管理、建立协调的品牌体系和全面整合品牌的沟通和营销等六大品牌竞争策略.     

IMF Bank-Restructuring Efficiency Outcomes: Evidence from East Asia

We report new findings on bank efficiency in East Asian countries for the pre- and post-IMF restructuring periods. We find that bank efficiency has improved, but only to the pre-IMF intervention level, and that restructured banks are not more efficient than their unrestructured counterparts. Different restructuring measures have different effects. Bank closures are economically justified, but mergers show short-term efficiency losses. Recapitalization and reprivatization of badly performing banks lead to efficiency improvement, but also increase government ownership. Ease of entry that has allowed for more foreign bank participation results in slightly improved performance of badly performing banks.

从境外交易所经验看我国企业社会责任的推进和发展

在企业社会责任的推进和发展过程中,境外交易所通过发布企业社会责任指南及报告要求,直接或间接发布企业社会责任指数,以及建立精英板块提升溢价等途径,开展了卓有成效的工作。但是,其中揭示出的问题也值得思考,如公司化交易所能否中立行使监管者职责,企业上市地具有可替代性,以及企业社会责任报告质量受质疑等。综观我国企业社会责任的开展情况及其问题,在借鉴境外经验的基础上,本文就推进企业社会责任披露、企业社会责任投资,以及形成各方协同努力的社会责任运作体系等方面提出政策建议。     

构建符合我国国情的持续性监管工作框架

我国银行业监督管理委员会核心原则评估小组指出:持续性监管是有效银行监管的重要手段。如何充分借鉴先进国家和地区的经验,建立符合我国国情的持续性监管工作框架,实施对银行业的有效监管,是当前银行业监管面临的一个重要课题。为此,本文在对持续性监管的内涵进行深入细致分析,并总结了前期我国持续性监管的工作成果,在此基础上提出了我国持续性监管的工作框架,即包括监管环境、监管基础设施、监管过程和监管措施四个方面,通过监管法规和监管理念的落实,以及监管手段和监管措施的实施,按照监管标准的要求,取得最终监管目标。     

Social networks in the global banking sector

We show that banks with shared social connections partner more often in the global syndicated loan market and that central banks in the network play dominant roles in various interbank transactions, indicating that social connections facilitate business connections. However, more centralized banks in the network also contribute significantly to the global systemic risk. Moreover, we find the soft information generated by social networks is particularly valuable when potential partners operate under different accounting and regulatory standards. Finally, we show that the recent banking crisis significantly limited the positive soft information effects of social networks in the global banking system.     

Evergreening in banking

In the dynamic model of banking, a bank's option to hide its loan losses by rolling over non-performing loans is shown to worsen moral hazard. Contrary to the classic theory, moral hazard may arise even when a bank cannot seek a correlated risk for its loans. The loans seem to be performing and the bank makes a profit although it is de facto insolvent. When the bank's balance sheet includes hidden non-performing loans, the bank may optimally shrink lending or gamble for resurrection by growing aggressively. To eliminate this type of moral hazard, which is broadly consistent with evidence from emerging economies, a few regulatory implications are suggested.     

钻石贸易洗钱与恐怖融资：方式、监管及工作建议

本文对钻石贸易及其洗钱活动进行了概述和深入研究,分析了钻石贸易的脆弱性和洗钱漏洞以及利用钻石贸易进行洗钱和融资的不同方式。在此基础上,介绍了目前各国针对钻石交易和跨境运输等方面的监管现状,并为规范钻石贸易行业和加强反洗钱及反恐怖融资监管提出具体建议。