Download or read book The New Basel Capital Accord and SME Financing written by Rym Ayadi and published by Centre for European Policy Studies. This book was released on 2005 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The First Basel Capital Accord, implemented in 1988, was aimed at ensuring the soundness and stability of the international banking system. The new accord, Basel II, which is planned for implementation in December 2006, is intended to strengthen the framework for dealing with credit risk. This book provides an informative analysis of what Basel II means for the small and medium-sized enterprize (SME) sector in Europe and its impact on its credit financing conditions. It also presents a detailed analysis of how banks formulate an internal rating system and illustrates how this system works in practice. Finally, it concludes with the key measures that should be taken by banks, SMEs, and public policymakers to improve financing in the new rating culture.

Download or read book The New Basel Capital Accord and the Future of the European Financial System written by Rym Ayadi and published by CEPS. This book was released on 2004 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this report is to provide a detailed, up-to-date and critical analysis of the New Basel Capital Accord framework. It focuses on the limitations and pitfalls that may deserve further investigation, particularly at the European level. Moreover, it provides a provisional assessment of its effects on small- and medium-sized European banks, as well as small- and medium-sized European enterprises. It examines the procyclicality of the new Accord and offers mechanisms to counter it. Finally, it addresses the challenges of implementing the new rules at the EU level.

Download or read book International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards written by and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2004 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Effect of Basel II on SME Financing in Germany written by Bernhard Schmid and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Capital Accord (henceforth, Basel II), is expected to impose dramatic changes on banks and other providers of corporate financing, as well as companies. Literature indicates that small and medium sized enterprises (henceforth SMEs), in general, and in particular German SMEs seem to be affected: Germany has the highest SME density with SMEs comprising 99.6% of all corporations (IMF, 2008), these SMEs are highly dependent on banks for financing (see Jacobson et al, 2006). However, there is huge controversy in the literature concerning how these changes will look, right before Basel II came into effect in the years 2007/2008 in the European Union. In order to explore this effect from a Post-Basel II perspective, the objective of this research project is to establish what effect Basel II will have on corporate financing of SMEs in Germany. The high impact on SMEs (in Germany), combined with controversial evidence from extant Pre-Basel II research, indicates a high relevance to academics and practitioners for this thesis. This thesis is probably the first from a Post-Basel II perspective which covers both the SMEs as well as the financiers' perspective. Based on a structured literature review using the comparative method (Peters, 1998) 'Most Different Systems' evidence is provided that there is no consistent picture regarding the effect of Basel II. Therefore, further research is needed to determine whether the effect in Germany is consistent, from aPost-Basel II perspective, with regards to the conditions which trigger certain mechanisms, from a 'scientific realism' (Smith, 1998) perspective, because the literature indicates that 'positivist generalising' has limited validity. Building on Creswell (2003), an 'exploratory sequential' design was created to test three initial hypotheses (as confirmation or refutation of a theory, see Gujarati, 2003:8): a multi-method design is best suited to the author's philosophical stance of 'scientific realism' by means of triangulation (Robson,2002:174). The result of the initial quantitative phase is based on the analysis of questionnaire data from 125 SMEs and financiers (banks, private equity companies, family offices, providers of alternative means of financing) derived from a probabilistic sample frame in the fourth quarter of 2008. Mathematical models for SMEs and financiers regarding the three initial hypotheses were set-up and tested using the appropriate statistical tests. In order to limit bias by means of a spill-over effect from the financial crises, control questions were used. The subsequent qualitative phase by means of semistructured elite interviews (Saunders et al, 2007:312) between March and May 2009 enabled a valid triangulation and provided in-depth insights into how SMEs can cope best with Basel II. The purposive sample, of 17 'important cases', included company owners and top-level financier executives. In a conclusive quantitative and qualitative synopsis, the three initial hypotheses were acknowledged. However, the qualitative in-depth analysis by means of 'causal networks' (Miles and Huberman, 1994) led to an amendment of the hypotheses as follows: 1. Corporate finance has become different for SMEs because the 'housebank principle' has changed to a 'core bank principle' due to Basel II. Shopping around regarding credits will be more difficult which makes financing more difficult. This could be over compensated by major SMEs, by using non-credit corporate financing which leads to a reduction of the 'house bank' principle. 2. SMEs can cope best with the effect when they: a) proactively engage in rating and improve the parameters, or b) they adjust their strategy as stated in hypothesis 3. 3. Financiers (especially non-bank financiers) will engage in SME corporate finance when they have a sound financial basis/management and when they adjust their strategy in terms of growth with the aim of niche market leadership and when they open up for exit strategies.

Download or read book The Basel Capital Accords in Developing Countries written by R. Gottschalk and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-12-18 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the new capital adequacy framework – known as Basel II – approved by the Basel Committee in 2004. It aims to discuss Basel II implementation in different categories of developing countries, including emerging market economies, such as Brazil and low-income countries such as Ethiopia and Zambia.

Download or read book Financial Markets SME Financing and Emerging Economies written by Giusy Chesini and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) access to credit, the earning quality, and the cost of debt in the European Union. It also examines two important risk measures in financial markets: the volatility index (VIX) and Credit Default Swaps (CDS). Finally, it deep dives inside one of the most important emerging markets, China, to assess monetary policy and the relationship between financial institutions and real estate firms. This work will appeal to both academics and practitioners in the areas of SME financing, financial markets and emerging economies.

Download or read book The New Basel Capital Accord written by Benton E. Gup and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2004 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jonathan Edwards was a preacher, pastor, revivalist, and theologian. This volume unpacks his magnificent theological vision, which starts with God’s glory and ends with all creation returning to that glory. Sean Michael Lucas has converted his years of teaching on Edwards into this valuable work, which places Edwards’s vision in an accessible, two-part framework. Part one focuses on Edwards’s understanding of redemption history-God’s cosmic, grand work from eternity past to eternity future, where all things are united in Christ. Part two examines Edwards’s perspective on “redemption applied”-how that gracious, divine work unfolds in space and time to personally transform individuals, stirring their affections, illuminating their minds, and moving their wills to form new habits and practices. This overview of Edwards’s theology will prove to be a thought-provoking, encouraging guide to contemporary believers at every stage of their spiritual journey.

Download or read book Financing SMEs in Developing Countries written by Pietro Calice and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Consequences of basel II for small and mid sized enterprises written by Björn Schlüter and published by diplom.de. This book was released on 2002-06-26 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inhaltsangabe:Abstract: At present, rating is the number-one-topic discussed, both within the banking community and also, even more frequently, at enterprises. The second consultative package of the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision provides a basic change in equity capital contribution of banks. It is expected to change the rules of the credit business with institutional customers considerably. As a result, especially small and mid-sized enterprises are forced to enhance their credit standing in order not to struggle with the serious consequences of Basel II. This case study shows how! Inhaltsverzeichnis:Table of Contents: 1.INTRODUCTION4 1.1Overview4 1.2Definition of the new Basel Capital Accord4 1.3Targets5 1.4Structure5 2.BASICS6 2.1Small and mid-sized Enterprises (SMEs)6 2.1.1Definition of SMEs6 2.1.2EconomicSituation andImportance ofSMEs7 2.2Rating7 2.2.1Credit ratings7 2.2.2External ratings by rating agencies8 2.2.3Bank-internal ratings9 2.2.4Function of credit ratings10 2.2.5Rating procedure and structure12 2.2.6Rating as an opportunity to prepare for Basel II16 3.BASEL II - THE NEW BASELCAPITAL ACCORD18 3.1The Basel Committee of Banking Supervision18 3.2The way from Basel I to Basel II18 3.3Overview of the new Capital Approach19 3.3.1The first Pillar: Minimum Capital Requirements19 3.3.1.1In context of granting credits to small and mid-sized companies23 3.3.1.2Possibilities of asset securitisation26 3.3.2The second Pillar: Supervisory Review Process27 3.3.3The third Pillar: Market Discipline27 4.THE CONSEQUENCES OF BASEL'S RESOLUTIONS29 4.1Current financial requirements of the small to medium-sized business sector29 4.2Internal vs. external rating of SMEs31 4.3Actual preparation status of SMEs35 4.4Rating under aspects of Investor Relations42 4.5Alternative financing possibilities for SMEs44 4.5.1Effects on banks45 4.5.2Effects on interest rates for SMEs46 4.6Possibilities for SMEs to prepare for Basel II48 4.6.1Implementation of a value-based management50 5.CONCLUSION55 6.APPENDIX57 6.1Index of Abbreviations57 6.2Index of Literature58

Download or read book Studies on the Potential Impacts of the New Basel Capital Accord written by Katalin Mérő and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Impact of Basel II on Small and Medium sized Enterprises in Germany written by Nickels Wieneke and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2005-01-14 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bachelor Thesis from the year 2004 in the subject Business economics - Banking, Stock Exchanges, Insurance, Accounting, grade: 1,7 (B+ 68%), Oxford Brookes University, language: English, abstract: This dissertation examines the current discussion about the introduction of the New Basel Capital Accord and the impact it will have on Small and Medium sized Enterprises in Germany. SMEs or the ‘Mittelstand’ are the carrying pillar for the German economy: 20 million employees work for SMEs and produce a value added subject to VAT of 49% of the German economy. These establishments are not only innovative and progressive in the way they conduct their business; its owners and managers are also an important factor for the aggregate demand in Germany. With reflection on the requirements of Basel II the major weaknesses of SMEs are revealed: their provision with own funds is traditionally low compared to large companies and bank loans present a main source of debt finance. Minimum capital requirements are an essential part of banking supervision and banking regulation and help ensuring the financial stability of an economy. Financial stability is vital for a country because it helps to absorb losses and protects consumers from the loss of their investments. This was not so in Thailand when the Asian Crisis started in 1997. One reason for the Asian Crisis, among others, was inadequate banking supervision. The Basel Committee has produced a set of minimum requirements for effective banking supervision which can be applied to every country. The so called ‘1988 Accord’ or ‘Basel I’ is currently being modified into ‘Basel II’ and likely to be introduced in the beginning of 2007. This paper is mainly concerned with the change in the calculation of minimum capital requirements (MCR), i.e. how much capital credit institutes put aside as a cushion against future losses. The main impact of Basel II on SMEs in Germany is that the future calculations of the MRC will depend on the company’s individual solvency and not on a fixed percentage of a loan.

Download or read book The Impact of Basel II Reforms written by Apolline Charpentier and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The implementation of Basel II reforms has been designed to protect the international financial system from major bank collapses through the enforcement of minimum capital adequacy ratios. This new set of rules has raised concerns of triggering changes in institutions' business models leading to credit contraction, which in turn could potentially contribute to slower global economic development. Small and Middle Enterprises, which have traditionally been engines of growth, innovation, and R&D in Europe, are highly reliant on bank loans as opposed to equity funding. This thesis focuses on the specific impact of Basel II reforms on SME access to financing. The paper is structured around four sections. Part I provides a technical summary of the regulation, focusing on the specific capital requirements for SMEs. Part II reviews today's literature on the topic. Finally, parts III and IV respectively provide a theoretical and empirical examination of the consequences of the reforms on SME financing. Based on these analyses, this thesis supports the conclusion that Basel II reforms have not been the cause of a contraction in SME lending.

Download or read book SME Funding written by Gianluca Oricchio and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores current financing options for small and medium size enterprises (SMEs), with particular insight into the European market. The authors position SME funding within a risk-averse lending environment with high regulatory costs on business loans, which has arisen from the recent financial crisis and new European bank capital regulations. Chapters in the book demonstrate how and why SMEs may be forced to leave the market and posit that shadow banking and other alternative funding options are viable channels for raising funds. A new and innovative SME credit risk model is also presented. This book will appeal to all who share an interest in sustainable solutions to issues in SME financing.

Download or read book Effects of the New Basel Capital Accord on Bank Capital Requirement for SMEs written by Edward I. Altman and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using data from three countries (US, Italy and Australia) and surveying related studies from several other countries in Europe, we investigate the effects of the New Basel Capital Accord (Basel II) on bank capital requirements for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). For each country, we analyze different possibilities that banking organizations have in considering SMEs, as either retail or as corporate, with a special discount linked to the firm's sales size. We find that, for all the countries, banks will have significant benefits, in terms of lower capital requirements, when considering small and medium sized firms as retail customers. But they will be obliged to use the Advanced IRB approach (providing their own estimates of probability of default (PD) and loss given default (LGD) for each counterparty) and to manage them on a pooled basis. For SMEs as corporate, however, the results show that capital requirements will be slightly greater than under the existing Basel I Capital Accord. We believe that most eligible banks will use a blended approach (considering some SMEs as retail and some as corporate). Through a breakeven analysis, we find that for all of our countries, banking organizations will be obliged to classify as retail at least 20% of their SME portfolio in order to, at a minimum, maintain the current capital requirement (8%). Moreover, we show that the percentage of SMEs to be classified as retail increases to at least 40% if banks will want to enjoy lower capital requirements by implementing the Advanced IRB instead of the Standardized approach. Since one of the main goals of the new Basel Capital Accord is to improve the efficiency of banks risk management systems, we conclude that a likely impact will be an additional motivation for banks to consider and manage their SMEs clients as retail customers.

Download or read book Importance of Basel III for lending alternatives to SMEs written by Daniel Hosp and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Business economics - Investment and Finance, grade: 1, University of Innsbruck, course: Aktuelle Themen in Banking and Finance, language: English, abstract: Basel III is currently on everyone’s lips. Some weeks before the introduction of the first requirements it is still not fully clear how and which parts of it will be implemented. Several studies about the impact of Basel III on bank loan availability for small and medium sized companies (SMEs ) do exist (e.g. McKinsey (2010)) which have shown that the introduction of those new regulatory requirements hamper the access for SMEs to sufficient sources of funding. This raises the question if these restrictions for bank lending can be substituted by some alternative funding source or if the availability of external finance to SMEs will be constrained under Basel III. This seminar paper focuses on the lending alternatives apart from bank loans and the possibility of gathering additional equity capital. This is basically the so called asset based finance. Thereby the paper concentrates on European SMEs as long as their conditions are quite similar to those of Austrian SMEs and the introduction of Basel III can be expected to be most strict for European financial institution and thus may hit those SMEs the most. Before starting with the explanation of different lending alternatives the importance of SMEs for the global economy should be pointed out. The importance is especially present in Europe. SMEs account for two third of the total employment in the EU-27 area and they generated more economic growth from 2002 to 2008 than large firms did (Oxford Economics, 2011). Moreover they represent 99% of all businesses that exist in Europe (European Commission, 2005). So SMEs are the main driver of economic growth, employment and wealth in Europe. Apart from that each single SME does not have a systematic risk and they were also not responsible for the current financial crisis. Thus SMEs should generally be supported to sustain growth and employment. Nevertheless the rules of Basel III may have highly negative influences on their financing possibilities which moreover has a negative effect on the real economy...

Download or read book Basel III and Bank Lending Evidence from the United States and Europe written by Mr.Sami Ben Naceur and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using data on commercial banks in the United States and Europe, this paper analyses the impact of the new Basel III capital and liquidity regulation on bank-lending following the 2008 financial crisis. We find that U.S. banks reinforce their risk absorption capacities when expanding their credit activities. Capital ratios have significant, negative impacts on bank-retail-and-other-lending-growth for large European banks in the context of deleveraging and the “credit crunch” in Europe over the post-2008 financial crisis period. Additionally, liquidity indicators have positive but perverse effects on bank-lending-growth, which supports the need to consider heterogeneous banks’ characteristics and behaviors when implementing new regulatory policies.

Download or read book The SME Financing Gap Vol I Theory and Evidence written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2006-10-25 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes the lack of funding for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and recommends measures to foster an improved flow of financing.