This paper examined the bank-specific determinants for commercial bank’s liquidity in Namibia. The
study was based on quarterly data covering the period 2001:Q1 to 2014:Q2, utilizing the technique of unit root and
ordinary least squares. The results of the unit root test showed that all variable were stationary in levels and thus,
the ordinary least squares technique was used to conduct the estimation. The results revealed a statistical
insignificant negative relationship between commercial bank’s liquidity and return on equity as a measure of
commercial bank’s profitability. Furthermore, the results also showed a positive relationship between commercial
bank’s liquidity and capital adequacy as well as between commercial bank’s liquidity and non-performing loans
though statistical insignificant.
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Liquidity Risk Reporting, Measurement and Managementaseemelahi
The objective of this paper is to demonstrate an implementation model for LCR reporting requirements with descriptions, their respective calculations, and caps and haircuts applied to each source of funding and use of liquidity in arriving at the ratio.
IOSR Journal of Business and Management (IOSR-JBM) is an open access international journal that provides rapid publication (within a month) of articles in all areas of business and managemant and its applications. The journal welcomes publications of high quality papers on theoretical developments and practical applications inbusiness and management. Original research papers, state-of-the-art reviews, and high quality technical notes are invited for publications.
Liquidity Risk Reporting, Measurement and Managementaseemelahi
The objective of this paper is to demonstrate an implementation model for LCR reporting requirements with descriptions, their respective calculations, and caps and haircuts applied to each source of funding and use of liquidity in arriving at the ratio.
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This paper studies the shadow banking system and its regulation since the global financial crisis of 2008. The shadow banking system is a newly coined term, that is not yet (or only very scarcely) regulated or defined. It has been remarked that the shadow banking sector played a major part in the leading up to the crisis. While regulators have been quick to introduce stricter rules for banks and insurance companies, the shadow banks have been left largely untouched by new regulations.
Discusses briefly shadow banks, their role in the subprime crisis, their activities in China, and the regulations and measures taken to control or reduce the negative effects of those financial institutions on the world economy.
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Providing the desired inferences and results of the research
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This paper focuses on the measurement of a contemporaneous currency crisis. The analysis covers 14 "emerging" or "transforming" economies that experienced episodes of currency crises over the last decade. It adds to well-known examples relatively littleknown evidence on the crisis depth in some of the CIS countries. Following the Eichengreen, Rose, and Wyplosz (1994) definition of a currency crisis, the emphasis is primarily put on the examination of changes in relative reserves, exchange rates, and real interest rates during periods of exchange rate pressure. Other measures of the depth of a currency crisis as well as measures of external vulnerability are also discussed. The findings support the adequacy of the Eichengreen, Rose, and Wyplosz (1994) definition in analyzing crisis developments in emerging economies.
Authored by: Malgorzata Jakubiak
Published in 2000
CVA Capital Charge under Basel III standardized approachGRATeam
Since the 2007 – 2009, Counterparty Credit Risk (CCR) has become one of the biggest issues and challenges for financial institutions.
As the crisis revealed shortcomings and loopholes in managing CCR, and more specifically CVA risk, new regulations have been issued in the sole intent of capturing this risk and building an extra cushion of capital to absorb losses and consequently to strengthen the resilience of the banking industry.
Basel III framework proposes two ways for measuring CVA Risk: a standardized approach and an advanced approach.
In this paper, the standardized approach will be analyzed and studied. At first, an analysis will be provided to better understand why CCR became so important, what are its characteristics, etc... Then a discussion around the CVA definition from the regulator’s perspective will be presented. Finally, a paragraph will be dedicated to better understand what the standardized formula refers to, what is being computed, and for what purpose.
Our decision to focus on the treatment of counterparty risk in Basel III - standard method only - can be explained by three major observations:
1) A lot of literature already exists, and a certain number of very good specialists refer to the subject. We do not pretend to add other new elements, in all cases not herein;
2) Few banks actually are able to assess their counter party risk under some advanced and internal methodologies. The application of the standard method is highly widespread among financial institutions subject to Basel III;
3) Few people, when they need to assess their risk using the standard approach, really take the time to analyze choices and specific assumptions according to this method.
Our main objective here is to help financial institutions better understand how their regulatory capital levels evolve under this approach and the impact on their day to day business.
The aim of this paper is to analyze the liquidity levels of various banks in the UAE for the period 2005-2009. To understand the behavior of liquidity indicators especially during the financial crisis, the researcher will analyze the four liquidity indicators over the years 2005 to 2009. The findings highlight how the banks in question have been impacted by the 2007-2008 crisis. This can most obviously be seen in the notable decline of each of the banks liquidity level in 2009. The effect of loans to total assets, loans to customers’ deposit, and investment to total assets ratios for the five banks was most notable in 2009. Two liquidity ratios were analyzed in order to determine the banks’ ability to honor its debt obligations, these being loans to total assets and loans to customers respectively. The third ratio was the total equity to total assets to assess the liquidity level in the capital structure, while the fourth ratio was the investment to total assets to measure the managing of liquidity. While Bank liquidity was affected by the crisis, bank performance remained relatively stable, as measured by coefficient of variation, since these banks were able to yield more control over cash flows in comparison to revenues and costs.
Shadow Banking and the Global Financial Crisis: The Regulatory Response (Oxfo...J.P. Reimann
This paper studies the shadow banking system and its regulation since the global financial crisis of 2008. The shadow banking system is a newly coined term, that is not yet (or only very scarcely) regulated or defined. It has been remarked that the shadow banking sector played a major part in the leading up to the crisis. While regulators have been quick to introduce stricter rules for banks and insurance companies, the shadow banks have been left largely untouched by new regulations.
Discusses briefly shadow banks, their role in the subprime crisis, their activities in China, and the regulations and measures taken to control or reduce the negative effects of those financial institutions on the world economy.
Writekraft Research and Publications LLP was initially formed, informally, in 2006 by a group of scholars to help fellow students. Gradually, with several dissertations, thesis and assignments receiving acclaim and a good grade, Writekraft was officially founded in 2011 . Since its establishment, Writekraft Research & Publications LLP is Guiding and Mentoring PhD Scholars.
Our Mission
“To provide breakthrough research works to our clients through Perseverant efforts towards creativity and innovation”.
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Writekraft endeavours to be the leading global research and publications company that will fulfil all research needs of our clients. We will achieve this vision through:
Analyzing every customer’s aims, objectives and purpose of research
Using advanced and latest tools and technique of research and analysis
Coordinating and including their own ideas and knowledge
Providing the desired inferences and results of the research
In the past decade, we have successfully assisted students from various universities in India and globally. We at Writekraft Research & Publications LLP head office in Kanpur, India are most trusted and professional Research, Writing, Guidance and Publication Service Provider for PhD. Our services meet all your PhD Admissions, Thesis Preparation and Research Paper Publication needs with highest regards for the quality you prefer.
This paper focuses on the measurement of a contemporaneous currency crisis. The analysis covers 14 "emerging" or "transforming" economies that experienced episodes of currency crises over the last decade. It adds to well-known examples relatively littleknown evidence on the crisis depth in some of the CIS countries. Following the Eichengreen, Rose, and Wyplosz (1994) definition of a currency crisis, the emphasis is primarily put on the examination of changes in relative reserves, exchange rates, and real interest rates during periods of exchange rate pressure. Other measures of the depth of a currency crisis as well as measures of external vulnerability are also discussed. The findings support the adequacy of the Eichengreen, Rose, and Wyplosz (1994) definition in analyzing crisis developments in emerging economies.
Authored by: Malgorzata Jakubiak
Published in 2000
CVA Capital Charge under Basel III standardized approachGRATeam
Since the 2007 – 2009, Counterparty Credit Risk (CCR) has become one of the biggest issues and challenges for financial institutions.
As the crisis revealed shortcomings and loopholes in managing CCR, and more specifically CVA risk, new regulations have been issued in the sole intent of capturing this risk and building an extra cushion of capital to absorb losses and consequently to strengthen the resilience of the banking industry.
Basel III framework proposes two ways for measuring CVA Risk: a standardized approach and an advanced approach.
In this paper, the standardized approach will be analyzed and studied. At first, an analysis will be provided to better understand why CCR became so important, what are its characteristics, etc... Then a discussion around the CVA definition from the regulator’s perspective will be presented. Finally, a paragraph will be dedicated to better understand what the standardized formula refers to, what is being computed, and for what purpose.
Our decision to focus on the treatment of counterparty risk in Basel III - standard method only - can be explained by three major observations:
1) A lot of literature already exists, and a certain number of very good specialists refer to the subject. We do not pretend to add other new elements, in all cases not herein;
2) Few banks actually are able to assess their counter party risk under some advanced and internal methodologies. The application of the standard method is highly widespread among financial institutions subject to Basel III;
3) Few people, when they need to assess their risk using the standard approach, really take the time to analyze choices and specific assumptions according to this method.
Our main objective here is to help financial institutions better understand how their regulatory capital levels evolve under this approach and the impact on their day to day business.
The aim of this paper is to analyze the liquidity levels of various banks in the UAE for the period 2005-2009. To understand the behavior of liquidity indicators especially during the financial crisis, the researcher will analyze the four liquidity indicators over the years 2005 to 2009. The findings highlight how the banks in question have been impacted by the 2007-2008 crisis. This can most obviously be seen in the notable decline of each of the banks liquidity level in 2009. The effect of loans to total assets, loans to customers’ deposit, and investment to total assets ratios for the five banks was most notable in 2009. Two liquidity ratios were analyzed in order to determine the banks’ ability to honor its debt obligations, these being loans to total assets and loans to customers respectively. The third ratio was the total equity to total assets to assess the liquidity level in the capital structure, while the fourth ratio was the investment to total assets to measure the managing of liquidity. While Bank liquidity was affected by the crisis, bank performance remained relatively stable, as measured by coefficient of variation, since these banks were able to yield more control over cash flows in comparison to revenues and costs.
Liquidity risk is one of the major risks inherent in the banking business. It occurs when the bank does not have sufficient liquid assets to meet its commitments at the time of their occurrence. The most critical challenges confronting financial institutions when managing liquidity risk is so-called non-maturity accounts. These accounts are characterized by the fact that they have no specific contractual maturity, and their risk management is complicated by the embedded options that depositors may exercise. As part of an asset-liability management and for the purpose of healthy and prudential management of a liquidity risk, each bank must properly assess the deposits of its customers. Liquidity risk is not the risk that there are massive withdrawals, but the risk they are unanticipated. In this paper, we apply two methods to model non-maturity deposits of a Moroccan commercial bank. We treat separately individual deposits and enterprise deposits aiming an accurate analysis. We then select between the models by means of a selection criteria. Furthermore, we back-test and forecast future deposits using the selected model. Finally, we model the decay rates of non-maturity deposits by elaborating a flowing function of these latter.
Effect of Liquidity Risk on Performance of Deposit Money Banks in Nigeriaijtsrd
This study examines the effect of the credit risk ratio on the financial performance of deposit money banks in Nigeria. Ex Post Facto research design was employed for the study. Sample sizes of five banks were selected from twenty banks quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Data were extracted from annual reports and accounts of the selected banks from 2010 to 2019. Using E view statistical tool to test the hypothesis, the study found that credit risk ratio significantly influences the financial performance of quoted deposit money banks in Nigeria It was recommended that bank managers should constantly engage in rigorous credit analysis, checking, default rate, the proportion of non performing loans, regularly or at least quarterly to enable them to maintain high asset quality to enhance the financial performance. Oraka, Azubike O | Ebubechukwu, Jacinta O "Effect of Liquidity Risk on Performance of Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-4 , June 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.compapers/ijtsrd42388.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.commanagement/other/42388/effect-of-liquidity-risk-on-performance-of-deposit-money-banks-in-nigeria/oraka-azubike-o
This presentation will survey and discuss various quantitative considerations in liquidity risk for a financial institution. This includes the concept of liquidity-at-risk (LaR) as a determinant of buffers, as well as how one defines and quantifies such buffers. We will also examine issues such as limit-related input for liquidity policy and transfer pricing as an alternative concept. Two stylized models of liquidity risk are presented and analyzed.
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Interest Rate Risk Management Using Income and Duration Gap Analysis in Banks-
An Empirical Study
Omid Sharifi
1
, Mehdi Saeidi
2
and Hadi Saeidi
3
1
DBA, Department of Business Administration, AMU, U.P., India
2
Labor inspector of the Department of Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare, North Khorasan,
Shirvan
3
Young Researchers and Elite Club, Quchan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Quchan, Iran
ABSTRACT
Banks play a pivotal role in the economic growth and development of countries, primarily through the
diversification of risk for both themselves and other economic agents. Interest rate risk is regarded as one
of the most prominent financial risks faced by a bank. As mainly mentioned by many authors in
professional literature displays, the income and duration gap analysis are considered the most commonly
used IRR measurement tool implicated by banks. This paper examined the different techniques adopted
by banking industry for managing their interest rate risk. To achieve the objectives of the study data has
been collected from secondary sources i.e., from Books, journals and online publications, identified
various risks faced by the banks, Interest Rate Risk types and measure of interest rate risk and managing
net interest income derived by maturity and Duration gap analysis techniques. Finally it can be concluded
that the banks should take risk more consciously, anticipates adverse changes and hedges accordingly, it
becomes a source of competitive advantage, and efficient management of the banking industry.
KEYWORDS: Banking risk, Interest Rate Risk, Interest Rate Risk Management, Gab Analysis
1
Corresponding Author
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INTRODUCTION
Banks can be described as intermediaries
between lenders and borrowers. For competitive
reasons, banks may be obliged to accept client
funds with varying maturities that could
potentially alter the structure of the balance sheet
to an interest rate sensitive position (UBS, 1987:
37). Interest rate risk stems from assets and
liabilities maturing at different times, and
(according to SARB, 2000: 113) can be
encompassed in three elements, namely “the
margin between the rates earned on assets and
paid on liabilities, the reprising potential of assets
and liabilities at different points in time, resulting
in mismatches in various time bands between
assets, liabilities and derivatives, and, finally, the
period during which these mismatches persist”.
Interest rate risk can most aptly be illustrated by
describing the maturity stru ...
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D1: navya
A bank failure is the ending of an insolvent bank by a state or federal regulator. So the only power that closes the national banks is the comptroller who has a higher power in maintaining the currency. It mainly happens when a bank fails where it is assumed by the federal deposit insurance corporation in the insures of deposits. They find a different bank to take it over because various customers will specifically like the continuation using their debit cards, online banking tools, and accounts. So bank failures are mainly often to predict because the federal deposit insurance commission will not announce a particular bank to set go under the profits. Then bank diversification is the procedure that allocates the capital in a specific way because it reduces the exposure to a particular asset or risk. Therefore, the main reason for this bank diversification is to decrease the volatility or risk by investing in various assets (Goetz, 2012).
So considering both of those banking systems can easily relate to the country's economic health by determining the better quality of the loan book of different individual books. Then for maintaining the better quality of advance bank portfolio, there is only one crucial tool where it is credit monitoring. Credit monitoring plays a vital role in protecting the bank's exposures, but it also ensures the various funds that are channeled by maintaining the right purpose. It mainly acts as the guardrail for ensuring the health of banks and countries economically to stay in the right trajectory. Then various technology solutions will be readily available in the market for helping the automated process of credit monitoring to a large extent. They can ensure the functions of credit monitoring to keep the process and objective in the method oriented (Brownbridge, 2002).
References
Brownbridge, M. (2002). Resolving Bank Failures in Uganda: Policy Lessons from Recent Bank Failures. Development Policy Review, 20(3), 279-291. doi: 10.1111/1467-7679.00171
Goetz, M. (2012). Bank Diversification, Market Structure and Bank Risk Taking: Theory and Evidence from U.S. Commercial Banks. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.2651161
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D2: pavani
Diversification helps individual institutions and makes them be benefited. But Wagner says that the systematic risk increases by the degree of diversification. Raffestin also said something about the diversification that diversification can cause risks and any number of failures also. By the above words, we can know the negative aspects or negative effects of diversification. Systematic risks are very broad and complex term. This diversification process has some of the diversification measures. The indicator of diversification is calculated from the bank’s profitability. There are various methods of diversification. Commonly Alas et al proposed method is used (Mirzaei & Kutan, 2016).
And also the weight average diversification of banks ( AWDI.
Volume of Deposits, A determinant of Total Long-term Loans Advanced by Commer...iosrjce
Commercial banks have exponentially increased their total loans advanced over the period 2002-
2013. However commercial banks in Kenya have shown varying long term lending behavior. The main objective
of this study was to establish the effect of determinants of long term lending in the Kenyan banking industry, a
case of Bungoma County. This study was guided by the following specific objective; to determine the effect of
volume of deposit on total loan advanced, of selected commercial banks in Kenya. The target population
comprised 13 commercial banks in Bungoma County with a sample size of 52 respondents. From the findings,
for every unit increase in volume of deposits, a 10.9%, unit increase in total loans advanced is predicted. The
model hypothesizes that there is functional relationship between the dependent variable and the independent
variable. The study then recommends that commercial banks should focus on mobilizing more deposits as this
will enhance their lending performance.
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L e v e r a g e C o n t r o L a n d Q u a n t i t a t i v e
M a n a g e M e n t : t h e a n a L y s i s o f a M p L i f i C a t i o n
e f f e C t o n f i n a n C i a L s y s t e M
Haidong Feng1, Kaspars Viksne2, Andrea Lunardi3
University of Latvia (Latvia)1,2, University of Verona (Italy)3
ABSTRACT
Maintaining the stability of financial leverage is a task in macro-economic management and also a challenge to be faced. Financial
amplification characteristics dominate financial leverage system with low risk of capabilities, and the efficiency of this ability has
two-sides results and proposes a lot of risks, however, most researchers have not found the best ways to solve this problem. There-
fore, taking positive measures to strengthen the management of the financial system leverage feature becomes very important. In
this paper, authors use comparative study and data analysis to illustrate the main problems of financial system leverage, the effect of
leverage amplification characteristics, bi-amplified comparative analysis of profit and loss, and bi-amplification characteristics of the
risk analysis. Meanwhile, based on five classified management methods, authors put forward countermeasures to the management
of leverage properties in financial system.
KEYWORDS: Financial System, Leverage Characteristic, Leverage Category Management.
JEL CODE: G10
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15181/rfds.v19i2.1279
I n t r o d u c t i o n
Contemporary evolution of the financial system in the outstanding performance, that first developed rap-
idly, is mixed. This situation is largely due to its real economic leverage amplification characteristics. It is the
leverage performance of the financial system, so it has a small risk of capacity, particularly under the effect
of high leverage efforts that people often anticipate. Two financial derivatives, for example, under ordinary
circumstances investors only need to pay a small deposit that can carry a huge amount of the transactions.
Primarily, it can make the money work more efficiently and avoid risks to achieve hedge of gaining huge
profit. Furthermore, the financial derivative transactions or probability also contain a huge risk of losing oc-
curs when the amount of loss is correspondingly expanded several times, and its ripple effect will be spread
like butterfly effect, and it will be difficult to control it. One of the reasons of the global financial crisis is that
five largest investment banks of U.S bankrupted at the same time.
In the current years, financial leverage plays an important role in the financial system. Also financial
leverage must be used appropriately to get far away from the crisis. Both macroeconomic regulators and
1 Haidong Feng – University of Latvia, MsC. Scientific intrests: Marketing
E-mail: [email protected]zu.edu.cn
Tel. +371 253 367 87
2 Kas ...
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The study investigates the impact of team building on organisational productivity. The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of team building among the members of the selected case study and to assess the effect of training and retraining of team members on organisational productivity. The study also x-rayed the absence of team building in a workplace which led to low levels of turnover and productivity. the total population of the study was 750 while researcher employed Yaro Yamane sampling technique to select sample size of 261 because of the large population and hypothesis were tested using Pearson correlation. The finding revealed that if members of the team can work in synergy without considering the differences in the likes of level of educational background and others, the expected productivity will be very high. It was also observed that capabilities of team leader in carrying out the assigned task determined its output especially if the team leader understands the technical knowhow of job and he is friendly with co-team members with a lot of motivation, that this would definitely enhance employees’ efficiencies and productivities. The study recommends that team members should trust, support and respect one another individual differences in order to accomplish group common goals and tasks.
Compared with general commercial reverse logistics operators, the recovery and treatment of expired drugs and medical waste is a complex and highly technically difficult project. The qualifications required by the relevant service providers are also more stringent. For medical institutions, the selection of reverse logistics operators is always a critical issue. On the perspective of sustainability, this paper aims to investigate and explore the critical factors of selecting a medical reverse logistics service provider. Through the process of the Delphi method, the experts’ assessments were collected, and 24 factors affecting the selection of medical reverse logistics service provider were screened and summarized. Then, Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) was employed to calculate the total influence values and net influence values between factors that could be used to draw the visual causal map. Referring the causal map, “Green process operation level” and “Recycling process greening degree” are significantly higher than other factors in terms of total influence value and net influence value. Therefore, they can be regarded as crucial factors. This finding implies that medical reverse logistics providers must have the ability to improve the greening of facilities, as well as equipment, integrating existing processes to make it greener and environmentally friendly.
The major objective of any firm is to maximize the shareholders wealth. This is evidence through dividend yield and payout ratio and this encapsulate into the dividend policy of a company. The research purpose aimed at examining the influence that dividend policy has on the volatility of share prices among the listed insurance corporations in Kenya. Research design, approach and method: Data was collected from listed insurance corporations over a 10-year period with a total of 49 data points. The Pearson correlation and ordinary regression analysis were employed. The results reveal the existence of a positive link among the study variables. The correlations were found to be substantial at ninety-five percent confidence level. It is worth noting that the model summary shows forty-three-point one percent of changes in the volatility of stock price are explicated by dividend yield and payout ratio. ANOVA statistics which examines whether the analytical model as set out in the study explains variations in the dependent variable concluded that the model is analytically substantial. The outcome revealed a statistically significant positive link between stock price variations and the ratio of dividend payout. Research also established a statistically substantial negative interrelation between volatility of stock prices and dividend return. Results therefore recommend that companies should have dividend policies which are mapped to shareholders wealth maximization objective. The study suggests further studies be undertaken to determine whether there exists an analytically substantial difference between the dividend policies of various sectors in the economy.
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The Impact of Bank-Specific Determinants on Commercial Banks’ Liquidity in Namibia
1. Business, Management and Economics
Research
ISSN(e): 2412-1770, ISSN(p): 2413-855X
Vol. 2, No. 8, pp: 155-162, 2016
URL: http://arpgweb.com/?ic=journal&journal=8&info=aims
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Academic Research Publishing Group
The Impact of Bank-Specific Determinants on Commercial
Banks’ Liquidity in Namibia
Johannes P. S. Sheefeni Department of Economics, University of Namibia, Namibia
1. Introduction
Bank liquidity can be defined as the ability by the bank to fund increasing assets and meet its obligations on
time, without incurring undesirable losses. A situation where a bank fails to manage its liquidity results in liquidity
risk. In other words, liquidity risk is associated with all risks that results from a bank failing to meet its obligations
when due or even worse only being able to do so by emergency borrowing at a high cost (Chikoko, 2013).
According to Wojcik-Mazur and Szajt (2015) prior to the outbreak of the sub-prime crisis, liquidity risk was
investigated in the context of it being a determinant (explaining variable) of the commercial bank’s profitability.
However, the crisis that erupted as a result of credit crisis associated with the subprime mortgage credit quickly
transformed itself into a liquidity crisis which caused bankruptcies, quasi-bankruptcies and nationalizations of large
financial institutions. Thus, the financial turbulences of 2007 have demonstrated the greater importance of
establishing a level of liquidity sufficient to cope with adverse conditions (Ferrouhi and Lahadiri, 2014).
Historically, considerable effort has been put in designing bank capital regulation. For example, the Basel
Committee has proposed a tighter capital requirement 7.25% for business and consumer loans in 1989. This
requirement increased to 8% even way before 1993 in order to facilitate the insolvency of banks. In particular, the
Basel I Accord (Bank of International Settlement, 1988) set out the regulatory standards on market risk and credit
risk. The Basel II Accord (Bank of International Settlement, 2004) further considered the operational risk and not
liquidity risk. Despite all these efforts and banks having adequate capital, most banks still experienced financial
distress as a consequence of poor liquidity management (Choon et al., 2013). The lesson from this experience is that
proper liquidity management on both financial market and the banking sector is of greater importance.
In addition, the Basel Committee has also instituted mechanism to encourage liquidity creation by commercial
banks in the form of Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR). This was aimed at encouraging short-term tolerance on
liquidity risk profile of banks and to ensure adequate stock of high-quality assets (HQLA) that can be liquidate easily
in private markets in the case of emergency. (Choon et al., 2013).
Abstract: This paper examined the bank-specific determinants for commercial bank’s liquidity in Namibia. The
study was based on quarterly data covering the period 2001:Q1 to 2014:Q2, utilizing the technique of unit root and
ordinary least squares. The results of the unit root test showed that all variable were stationary in levels and thus,
the ordinary least squares technique was used to conduct the estimation. The results revealed a statistical
insignificant negative relationship between commercial bank’s liquidity and return on equity as a measure of
commercial bank’s profitability. Furthermore, the results also showed a positive relationship between commercial
bank’s liquidity and capital adequacy as well as between commercial bank’s liquidity and non-performing loans
though statistical insignificant.
Keywords: Bank-specific; Commercial bank’s liquidity; Namibia; Unit root; Ordinary least squares.
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Figure-1. Liquid Assets and Liquidity Ratio
Source: Bank of Namibia
Figure 1 shows liquid assets and the liquidity ratio for the Namibian banking sector. The figure shows that
during 2014, the banking sector still continued to hold liquid assets well above the statutory minimum liquid asset
requirement of 10% of average total liabilities to the public. The liquidity ratio increased to 12.5% at the end of
December 2014 from 11.7% at the end of December 2013 (Bank of Namibia, 2015). However, the FSR further
reports that there are some potential for liquidity risk due to structural factors in the banking sector. First, the ratio of
wholesale deposits to retail deposits in the banking sector remains asymmetric at approximately 70:30, suggesting a
potential volatile funding source of deposit base. Second, there is an increase in the proportion of the sector’s
deposits of 10 largest depositors from 25.5 percent to 26.0 percent during the period 2014, indicating an increase in
deposit concentration risk. This situation is similar to what Chikoko (2013) describes when there is a mismatch
between maturities of assets and liabilities, both on balance sheet and off balance sheet to form a classic mismatch
gap which constitutes structural risk. This risk is determined by the character of funding sources, which are short or
medium-term, in comparison to long-term lending. Thus, banks are forced to continually roll over short or medium-
term on-balance-sheet funding sources, to match them with the assets maturity profile. This act constitutes a liquidity
risk which is among the major causes of bank failure. Although there are combinations of different factors that
determines liquidity risk. This study draws its primary interest to specifically investigate the bank-specific factors
that determines liquidity risk in Namibia. The paper is organized as follows: the next section presents a literature
review. Section 3 discusses the methodology. The empirical analysis and results are presented in section 4. Section 5
concludes the study.
2. Literature Review
2.1. Theoretical Literature
The theoretical framework of this study is based on three theories namely inventory theory of capital and
liquidity buffer, shift ability theory and risk absorption hypothesis.
The inventory theory of capital and liquidity buffer predicts that the size of liquidity buffer should reflect
opportunity cost of holding liquid assets rather than loans as well as the cost of raising funds at a short notice.
Furthermore, it should also take into account the distribution of liquidity shocks that commercial banks may
encounter. In particular, the size of liquidity should be positively related to the volatility of the funding basis and the
cost of raising additional funds. It is for this reason that commercial banks are encouraged to keep a buffer of liquid
assets to enable them to adequately manage the liquidity risk underlying their balance sheet structure (Mugenyah,
2015). In support of this argument is Baltensperger (1980) who stated that though it may be costly for commercial
banks to keep a stock of liquid assets, it is more beneficial in the sense that it minimises risk of being out of stock in
case of deposit withdrawals. Furthermore, Diamond and Dybvig (1983) and Diamond and Rajan (2001) also
advocate for commercial banks to keep sufficient liquidity to insure them against liquidity risk that may arise from
unexpected massive deposit withdrawal which might be costly for banks to counter on short notice. Hence, keeping a
buffer of liquid assets by commercial banks equates the marginal benefit of holding liquid assets to the marginal cost
of alternative form of financing.
The shift ability theory of liquidity is also of the view that banks can insulate themselves against massive
deposit withdrawals by holding, credit instruments for which there is a ready secondary market as a form of liquidity
reserve. Among the liquidity reserve are commercial paper, prime bankers’ acceptances and Treasury bills. These
instruments are marketable because of their short-terms to maturity and capital certainty (Mugenyah, 2015).
Furthermore, this theory enhanced the framework that accommodates new and innovative approaches to business
lending by commercial banks. For example the practise of commercial bank loan commitment as it is done and
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prevails today is because of the shift ability theory of liquidity. Thus, holding liquid assets with a ready market
enables commercial banks to minimize vulnerability to liquidity risk.
The theory is directly linked to function of risk-transformation which commercial banks undertake (Okpala,
2013). This theory follows two strands of literature. The first strand is that liquidity creation exposes commercial
banks to risk (Allen and Gale, 2004; Diamond and Dybvig, 1983). It basically implies that the more liquidity is
created the higher the probability and greater severity of losses associated with having to sell-off illiquid assets in
order to meet the demand of clients. The second strand argues that commercial banks capital absorbs risk and
expands banks’ risk-bearing capacity (Okpala, 2013; Von Thadden, 2004). The risk absorption hypothesis predicts
that higher capital ratios are positively related to liquidity levels and enhances the ability of banks to create liquidity
(Mugenyah, 2015).
Literature also highlight on a number of bank-specific determinants of liquidity risk. Among these are bank size,
liquid assets ratio, asset quality, capital adequacy and ownership type. Mugenyah (2015) discussed each of the
determinants as briefly explained as follow. First, bank size measured in terms of total assets has an impact on
liquidity levels as it has an effect on the commercial banks’ ability to mobilise funds and the cost that comes along.
Second, the nature of the commercial banks’ assets, especially the propensity or flexibility to transform them into
very liquid assets also affects its liquidity risk. Third, the quality of loan portfolio determines the commercial banks’
liquidity risk since loans are the major assets of commercial banks where huge incomes are derived. Fourth, capital
adequacy is said to be the measure of commercial banks’ internal strength so as to withstand losses during crises,
operational costs and fund liquidity. Thus, higher capital ratio is associated with less liquidity risk while the opposite
applies. Lastly, ownership structure of the commercial banks also determines liquidity risk. For instance, commercial
banks with external affiliation tend to manage their liquidity much better, because of opportunity of getting
assistance from their foreign partners in times of need. This may not be the same for local owned banks.
2.2. Empirical Literature
A number of studies have empirically looked at the various bank-specific determinants of commercial bank’s
liquidity. Below is a list of few selected empirical studies on the abovementioned subject.
Table-1. List of selected empirical studies
Author Country Period and
Frequency
Methodology Findings
Vodova (2011a) Czech
Republic
2001-2009
(annual)
Panel data
model
There is a positive
relationship between bank
liquidity and capital
adequacy, share of non-
performing loans and
interest rates on loans and
on interbank transaction.
However, the relation
between size of banks and
liquidity is ambiguous.
Vodova (2011b) Slovakia 2001-2010
(annual)
Panel data
model
Bank liquid assets
decreases with higher bank
profitability, higher capital
adequacy and with the size
of bank. Liquidity of banks
increases with bank
profitability while interest
margin and the level of
non-performing loans have
no statistically significant
effect on the liquidity.
Al-Khouri (2012) Gulf
Cooperation
Council
countries
1998-2008
(annual)
Panel data
model
Credit risk, equity, market
concentration and gross
total assets positively
influence liquidity.
However, bank size and
bank profitability
negatively affects liquidity.
Bhati et al. (2013) India 1996-2012
(annual)
Panel data
model
Capital to total assets and
log of total assets are
significant in affecting
liquidity. Others factors
have very little influence
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on liquidity of banks.
Chikoko (2013) Zimbabwe 2009-2012
(monthly)
Panel data
model
Capital adequacy and size
have negative significant
influence on liquidity risk.
Non-performing loans have
a positive significant
relationship with liquidity
risk.
Choon et al. (2013) Malaysia 2003-2012
(annual)
Panel data
model
The bank-specific factors
used in this study include
size of bank, capital
adequacy, profitability and
credit. The results revealed
that all factors included are
significant except
interbank rate. Among
these factors non-
performing loans and
profitability positively
affects bank liquidity. On
the other hand bank size
and capital adequacy
influence bank liquidity
negatively.
Ferrouhi and Lahadiri (2014) Morocco 2001-2012
(annual)
Panel data
model
Liquidity is mainly
determined by size of
banks, share of own bank’s
capital of the bank's total
assets, external funding to
total liabilities and return
on assets. In this regard,
liquidity is positively
correlated with bank’s size,
share of own bank’s capital
of the bank's total assets,
external funding to total
liabilities while negatively
correlated with return on
assets. However, bank’s
return on equity and equity
to total assets has no
impact on bank’s liquidity.
Vodova (2013) Hungary 2001-2010
(annual)
Panel data
model
Bank liquidity is positively
related to capital adequacy,
interest rate on loans and
bank profitability, while
negatively related to the
size of the bank, interest
margin and interest rate on
interbank transactions.
Mousa (2015) Tunisia 2000-2010
(annual)
Panel data
model
Financial performance,
capital, loans / total assets
and operating expenses /
total assets have a
significant impact on bank
liquidity, however size,
total deposits/total assets,
financial expenses / total
loans does not have
significant impact on bank
liquidity.
Source: compiled by the author
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Table 1 reports the empirical studies on the subject matter. The lessons to be learnt from these studies are that
there is evidence of the existence of the relationship between commercial bank’s liquidity and bank-specific
determinants. Among the determinants that were identified include capital adequacy, non-performing loans, interest
rates on loans, interest rates on interbank transactions, size of the banks, bank profitability, credit risk, market
concentration, gross total assets and share of owner’s capital. The extent to which the effect occurs varies from
country to country. For example in some instances the effect appears to be positive while in other appears to be
negative. However, the most notable trend observed is that capital adequacy, size and bank profitability appeared to
negatively affect commercial bank’s liquidity in most cases. To date the researcher is not aware of any study on
Namibia that has specifically examined this relationship. This in itself is a good reason for a research on this subject
in Namibia to answer the question about the main bank-specific determinants of commercial bank’s liquidity in
Namibia.
3. Methodology
In order to analyse the long-run relationship between bank-specific factors and commercial bank’s liquidity
variables, time series econometric methods has been used. In particular, the study employed the error correction
model. The methodology applied is dictated by the nature of the data available. Thus, unlike most empirical studies
highlighted in the empirical literature, the study did not follow panel data modelling approach.
3.1. Econometric or Analytical Framework and Model Specification
Prior to the estimation of the ARDL model, the first step is to construct the liquidity ratio that will represent the
regressand. This approach has also been use by Ferrouhi and Lahadiri (2014), Vodova (2013) and many others. The
study acknowledges that there numerous ratios that can be used but this study used the one type as presented below:
100*1
assets
Total
assets
Liquid
L , measures the ability of a bank to absorb liquidity shocks. A high ratio means a high
ability to absorb shocks which can be interpreted as bank’s efficiency since liquid assets yield lower income and
incur high opportunity costs for the bank.
The aim is to identify the determinants of commercial bank’s liquidity in Namibia. Therefore, upon constructing
the different measures of liquidity, the next step would be to estimate each of the previously defined ratios using the
error correction model. The equation for the bank-specific determinants of commercial bank’s liquidity can be
specified as:
ttttt ROENPLCALQA 3210 …1
Where tLQA represents liquidity ratio of liquid assets to total assets, tCA represents capital adequacy ratio,
tNPL represents non-performing loans, tROE is return on equity representing bank’s profitability.
Equation (1) may be estimated using the Engle-Granger two-step procedure to obtain the coefficients of interest
(for the regressors). However, it is not automatic, since most financial data are trended and they are potentially non-
stationary. Granger and Newbold (1974) have established that regression analysis from non-stationary variables
yield spurious (nonsensical) results. Hence, the first step is to investigate the unit root properties of the variables in
question. This suggests that the econometric technique to be used for estimating Equation (1) will be dictated by the
properties of time series data. There are numerous tests for unit root but the ADF and PP were used in this study.
Upon establishing that the series are stationary at levels, Equation (1) will be estimated using Ordinary Least
Squares (OLS) technique. But should the series be found non-stationary at level, but stationary at first difference, the
test of cointegration will be conducted to establish whether or not the pair of the series is cointegrated. If the pair of
the first differenced stationary series is not cointegrated, then Equation (1) will be estimated with the first
differenced series to avoid the problem of spurious regression. There are various tests for cointegration, however, the
residual based to cointegration test was used in this case. If there is cointegration relationship among the variables, it
can be re-parameterised as an Error-Correction Model (ECM) which will contain both short- and long-run effects.
Following Hendry (1995), the error correction model is reparameterized as:
tt
q
i
t
q
i
t
q
i
t
p
i
tt
EC
ROENPLCALQALQA
1
1
14
1
13
1
12
1
110 )()()()()(
…2
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In equation (2), is the speed of adjustment parameter and EC is the residual that are obtained from the
estimated a long-run model. The error correction coefficient is expected to be less than zero, which implies
cointegration relation. The model will be tested for robustness by employing various diagnostics tests such as serial
correlation, functional form and heteroscedasticity. The CUSUM and CUSUMSQ tests to the residuals of the
equation will be applied in order to test the stability. For stability of the long-run and short-run coefficients, the plot
of the two statistics must stay within the 5% significant level.
3.2. Data, Data Sources and Data Measurements
The study used quarterly frequency for the period 2001:Q1 to 2014:Q2. Secondary data were obtained from the
Bank of Namibia’s various statutory publications. The liquidity indicator (liquid assets/total assets (LQA)) was used
as a regressand. The regressors are capital adequacy (CA), non-performing loans (NPL) and return on equity (ROE).
4. Empirical Analysis and Results
4.1. Unit Root Test
The Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) and the Phillips-Perron (PP) tests were used to investigate the statistical
characteristics of the variables as well as to ascertain the order of integration. The use of more than one test is to
ensure robustness of the results thereof. Table 2, reports the results of both the ADF and PP unit root tests. The
results show that all variables are stationary in levels suggesting they are integrated of order zero.
Table-2. Unit root tests: ADF and PP in levels and first difference
Variable Model Specification ADF PP ADF PP
Order of
Integration
Levels Levels
First
Difference
First
Difference
NPL
Intercept -2.78** -2.76** -6.13** -6.13** 0
Intercept and Trend -3.51** -3.57** -6.25** -6.29** 0
ROE
Intercept -5.07** -5.06** -8.96** -19.90** 0
Intercept and Trend -5.52** -5.49** -8.87** -22.12** 0
LQA
Intercept -3.50** -4.23** -8.90** -9.33** 0
Intercept and Trend -3.36** -3.41** -9.07** -11.49** 0
CA
Intercept -3.62** -3.60** -9.36** -15.07** 0
Intercept and Trend -3.75** -3.74** -9.27** -14.83** 0
Source: author’s compilation and values obtained from Eviews
Notes:(a)*, ** and *** means the rejection of the null hypothesis at 10%, 5% and 1% respectively.
4.2. Regression Model Results
Upon establishing that the series are stationary at levels, Equation (1) was estimated using Ordinary Least
Squares (OLS) technique on the account that the series are integrated of order zero (i.e. I(0)). This is exactly what
the OLS requires and thus, it was appropriate to conduct such estimations. In other words, the estimations resulting
from these data are reliable. On this basis, there was no need to conduct a test for cointegration as it was only going
to be necessary if the series were found to be non-stationary in levels, but stationary when differenced once or a
number of times.
Table-3. Model Results with LQA as a Regressand
Variable Coefficient Std. Error t-Statistic Prob.
C 1.183990 2.664041 0.444434 0.6587
LQA(-1) 0.696879 0.103255 6.749114 0.0000
ROE -0.004726 0.010292 -0.459197 0.6482
CA 0.105078 0.159304 0.659608 0.5127
NPL 0.031871 0.125740 0.253467 0.8010
R-squared 0.530992 Mean dependent var 8.869979
Adjusted R-squared 0.491908 S.D. dependent var 0.894987
S.E. of regression 0.637952 Akaike info criterion 2.028481
Sum squared resid 19.53517 Schwarz criterion 2.214357
Log likelihood -48.75474 Hannan-Quinn criter. 2.099960
F-statistic 13.58592 Durbin-Watson stat 2.100082
Prob(F-statistic) 0.000000
Source: Author’s compilation and values obtained from Eviews
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Table 3 shows the results of the relationship between bank liquidity and its covariates. The notable finding in
this study is that all the regressors appears to be statistical insignificant except for the lagged regressand. To be
specific, the study shows a negative relationship between bank liquidity and bank’s profitability measured by return
on equity similar to the findings of Vodova (2011a) for Czech Republic. This suggests that bank liquidity decreases
with higher bank profitability. Moreover, the study revealed a positive relationship between bank liquidity and
capital adequacy in the Namibian context. This finding is similar to that of Chikoko (2013) for the Zimbabwean
economy. In addition, the relationship between bank liquidity and non-performing loans was found to be positive,
similar to the findings by Vodova (2013) for the Hungarian economy. The r-squared of 0.53 shows that about 53%
of variation in bank liquidity is due to variation in return on equity, capital adequacy and non-performing loans. The
Durbin-Watson statistic test shows no evidence of autocorrelation as confirmed by the d-value of 2.1
5. Conclusion
This study examined the bank-specific determinants for commercial bank’s liquidity in Namibia. This was done
with the purpose of establishing which of the determinant mainly affects commercial bank’s liquidity. The study was
based on quarterly data covering the period 2001:Q1 to 2014:Q2, utilizing the technique of unit root and ordinary
least squares. The results of the unit root test showed that all variable were stationary in levels. Thus, the basic
ordinary least squares technique was used to conduct the estimation and not the autoregressive distributive lag model
technique. The results revealed a statistical insignificant negative relationship between commercial bank’s liquidity
and return on equity as a measure of commercial bank’s profitability. Furthermore, the results also showed a positive
relationship between commercial bank’s liquidity and capital adequacy as well as with non-performing loans.
Although the results are statistical insignificant the direction of the relationship conveys a strong and important
message for policy decision. In this regard, the study recommends that Namibia should continue closely monitoring
the determinants identified. These results should be interpreted with caution due to the fact that aggregated data.
Therefore, this study recommends that future studies should use disaggregated data to conduct similar analysis.
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