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Chapter 2 Financial Institutions, Apuntes de Economía gerencial

Asignatura: Economía Financiera, Profesor: , Carrera: Derecho + Administración y Dirección de Empresas, Universidad: UC3M

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2014/2015

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Financial Institutions and
Regulations
Thomas Wiedmer
Master of Science in International and
Monetary Economics (MIME), Fall 2013
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Financial Institutions and

Regulations

Thomas Wiedmer Master of Science in International and Monetary Economics (MIME), Fall 2013

Course overview (1)

  1. Motivation
  2. What is a bank?
  3. Banks as liquidity providers
  4. Banks as delegated monitors
  5. Financial intermediation and growth
  6. Systemic risk and contagion
  7. Is financial globalization beneficial?
  8. The theory of capital structure

1. Motivation

Goals

Introduction to

  • modern banking theory
  • stylized facts about banking, with a special emphasis on Switzerland
  • Macroeconomic effects of financial intermediation (growth)
  • current issues in regulation
  • Financial crisis in historical perspective

Prerequisites

  • Basic knowledge of
    • Microeconomics
    • Macroeconomics
    • Game theory
  • Additionally useful, acquaintance with
    • Economics of information
    • Finance
    • Corporate finance

2. What Is a Bank?

2.1 Main Functions of Banks

Banks

  • provide liquidity and payment services
  • transform assets
  • manage risks
  • monitor and process information

Transforming Assets

  • Convenience of denomination
  • Quality transformation
  • Maturity transformation

Managing Risks

  • Credit risk
  • Interest rate risk
  • Market risk
  • Liquidity risk
  • Off-balance-sheet operations

2.2 Types of Banks

  • Retail banks
    • Client deposits and loans/mortgages
  • Commercial banks
    • Deposits and loans from large businesses
  • Private banks
    • Asset management
  • Investment banks
    • Underwriting and financial markets activities

Combination of Types

  • Universal banks (financial services companies)
    • Combine some or all of the various types
  • Bancassurance
    • Combine banking and insurance

 Separation of types

  • E.g., the separation of commercial and investment banking in the USA up to 1999 (Glass-Steagall Act of 1933)

Example: Balance Sheet of Valiant

Source: Valiant, Annual Report 2012 (^16)

  • Source: Valiant, Annual Report

Market Shares in Switzerland

Source: Financial Stability Report 2012, Swiss National Bank.

Banks‘ Sources of Income

Source: Financial Stability Report 2012, Swiss National Bank