Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Analyzing Bank
Performance
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whole or in part.
Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Bank Assets
Loans
Real Estate
Commercial
Individual
Agricultural
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Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Bank Assets
Adjustment to Loans
Gross Loans and Leases
minus
Unearned Income
Loan and Lease Loss (Allowance for
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Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Bank Assets
Investment Securities
Short-Term Investments
One year or less
Examples:
Interest-Bearing Deposits Due from
Other Banks
Fed Funds Sold
Reverse Repos
T-Bills
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Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Bank Assets
Investment Securities
Long-Term Investments
Over one year
Examples:
T-Notes and T-Bonds
Government Agency Issues
Foreign and Corporate Bonds
Mortgage-Backed Securities
Municipal Securities: General Obligation
Municipal Securities: Revenue
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Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Bank Assets
Investment Securities
Held-to-Maturity
Trading Account
Available-for-Sale
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Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Bank Assets
Investment Securities
Held-to-Maturity
Intent and ability to hold until maturity
Recorded at cost (Book Value)
Changes in value (unrealized gains or
losses) are NOT reflected on the balance
sheet or income statement
May be a current or long-term asset,
depending on maturity
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Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Bank Assets
Investment Securities
Trading Account
Objective is to generate trading profits
Marked-to-Market
Changes in value (unrealized gains and
losses) ARE reflected on the Income
Statement
Always a current asset, regardless of
maturity of the underlying security
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Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Bank Assets
Investment Securities
Available-for-Sale
For those securities that do not fall into the
HTM or
Trading categories
Market-to-Market
Change in value (unrealized gains or losses)
ARE reflected on the Balance Sheet (Change to
Shareholder’s Equity)
May be a current or long-term asset, depending
on maturity
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Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Bank Assets
Non-Interest Cash and Due From
Banks
Vault Cash
Deposits held at the Federal Reserve
(CIPC)
Largest component of this category
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Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Bank Assets
Other Assets
Bank Premises
OREO
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Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Bank Liabilities and Stockholder’s Equity
Transaction Accounts
Demand Deposits
Pays no interest
Available to all customers
NOW Accounts
Pays “market” interest rate
Not available to for-profit corporations
ATS Accounts
Pays “market” interest rate
Not available to for-profit corporations
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Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Bank Liabilities and Stockholder’s
Equity
Transaction Accounts
MMDAs
Pays market interest rate
Limited to six checks per month
Available to all customers
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Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Bank Liabilities and Stockholder’s
Equity
Savings and Time Deposits
Savings Deposits
No Maturity
Time Deposits (CDs)
“Large” or Jumbo CDs
Negotiable
“Small” CDs
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Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Bank Liabilities and Stockholder’s
Equity
Other Borrowings
Fed Funds Purchased Repurchase
Agreements
Brokered Deposits
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Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Bank Liabilities and Stockholder’s Equity
Core Deposits
Deposits that are NOT very interest rate
sensitive
Represent permanent funding base
Made up of:
Demand Deposits
NOW and ATS accounts
MMDAs
Savings Accounts
“Small” Time Deposits
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Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Bank Liabilities and Stockholder’s
Equity
Non-Core Deposits
Deposits that are very interest rate
sensitive
AKA
Volatile Liabilities
Hot Money
Purchased Liabilities
Short-Term Non-Core Funding
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Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Bank Liabilities and Stockholder’s
Equity
Non-Core Deposits
Consist of:
Federal Funds Purchased
Repos
“Large” Time Deposits
Brokered Time Deposits
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Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Bank Liabilities and Stockholder’s
Equity
All Common and Preferred Equity
Preferred Stock
Common Stock
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Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Income Statement
Interest Income (II)
Includes interest and fees from:
Loans
Deposits at other institutions
Trading Account Securities
Municipal Securities
Estimated Tax Benefit =
Municipal Interest Rate/(1 – Marginal Tax
Rate) = Tax-Equivalent Municipal Interest
Income
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Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Income Statement
Interest Expense (IE)
Includes interest paid on all interest-
bearing liabilities:
NOW Accounts
ATS Accounts
MMDAs
Savings Accounts
Time Deposits
Non-Core Liabilities
Long-Term Debt
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Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Income Statement
Interest Income (II)
minus
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Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Income Statement
Non-Interest Income (OI)
Includes:
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Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Income Statement
Non-Interest Expense (OE)
Includes:
Personnel
Occupancy
Technology
Utilities
Deposit Insurance Premiums
Intangible Amortizations
Goodwill Imparement
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Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Income Statement
Non-Interest Expense (OE)
minus
Burden
Non-interest expense is typically larger
profitability
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Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Income Statement
Provision for Loan and Lease Losses (PLL)
Estimate of potential losses on loans
Relationship between PLL and ALL
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Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Income Statement
Provision for Loan and Lease Losses
(PLL)
Relationship between PLL and ALL
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Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Income Statement
Net Interest Income (NII)
minus
Burden
minus
PLL
plus
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Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Income Statement
Pre-Tax Net Operating Income (te)
minus
Taxes (T)
minus
Extraordinary Items
equals
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Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Income Statement
Total Revenue (TR) or Total Operating
Income (TOI)
Includes:
Interest Income
Non-Interest Income
Realized Security Gains (Losses)
Analogous to Net Sales
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Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Income Statement
Total Operating Expense (EXP)
Includes
Interest Expense
Non-Interest Expense
PLL
Analogous to COGS + Operating
Expenses
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Commercial Bank Financial
Statements
Income Statement
NI = NII – Burden – PLL + SG – T
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Relationship Between Balance
Sheet & Income Statement
n m
A L
i 1
i
j 1
j NW
n
Interest Income yi Ai
i 1
m
Interest Expense c j L j
i 1
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Relationship Between Balance
Sheet & Income Statement
Net Interest Income
Changes with changes in:
Composition
Volume
n m
Net Interest Income yi Ai c j L j
i 1 i 1
n m
Net Income yi Ai c j L j Burden - PLL SG - T
i 1 i 1
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Return on Equity Model
Profitability Analysis
Return on Equity (ROE)
Return on Assets (ROA)
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Return on Equity Model
Profitability Analysis
Return on Equity
Net Income/Average Total Equity
ROA x EM
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Return on Equity Model
Expense Ratio and Asset Utilization
Asset Utilization (AU)
Total Revenue/Average Total Assets
TR/aTA
Expense Ratio (ER)
Total Operating Expenses/Average
Total Assets
EXP/aTA
Tax Ratio (TAX)
Taxes/Average Total Assets
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Return on Equity Model
Expense Ratio and Asset Utilization
Net Income/Average Total Assets
NI TR EXP Taxes
ROA
aTA aTA aTA aTA
ROA = AU – ER – TAX
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Return on Equity Model
Expense Ratio and Asset Utilization
Expense Ratio (ER)
Total Operating Expense/Average Total
Assets
EXP/aTA
EXP IE OE PLL
ER
aTA aTA aTA aTA
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Return on Equity Model
Expense Ratio and Asset Utilization
Expense Ratio (ER)
IE can change due to changes in:
Volume
Different levels of liabilities versus
equity
Composition
Different mix of liabilities
Rates
EXP IE OE PLL
ER
aTA aTA aTA aTA
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Return on Equity Model
Expense Ratio (ER)
Non-Interest Expense
Personnel Expenses
Occupancy Expenses
Technology Expenses
Other Overhead Expenses
EXP IE OE PLL
ER
aTA aTA aTA aTA
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Return on Equity Model
Income: Asset Utilization Components
Total Revenue
Includes:
TR II OI SG
AU
aTA aTA aTA aTA
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Return on Equity Model
Income: Asset Utilization Components
II can change due to changes in:
Volume
Fees
Trust Activities
Service Charges
Other Non-Interest Income
TR II OI SG
AU
aTA aTA aTA aTA
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Return on Equity Model
Aggregate Profitability Measures
Net Interest Margin (NIM)
Net Interest Income/Average Earning
Assets
Spread
Interest Income/Average Earning
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Return on Equity Model
Aggregate Profitability Measures
Burden
(Non-Interest Expense – Non-Interest
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Managing Risks and Returns
Risk Management
Credit Risk
Liquidity Risk
Market Risk
Operational Risk
Reputation Risk
Legal Risk
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Managing Risks and Returns
Risk Management
Credit Risk
Historical Loss Rate
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Managing Risks and Returns
Risk Management
Credit Risk
Expected Future Losses
Past-Due Loans
Interest and Principal has not been paid but it
is still accruing interest
30-89 days
90 days and over
Non-Performing Loans
90 days or more past-due
Non-Accrual Loans
Not accruing interest
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Managing Risks and Returns
Risk Management
Credit Risk
Expected Future Losses
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Managing Risks and Returns
Risk Management
Credit Risk
Preparation for Losses
Lack of Diversification
High Loan Growth
Country Risk
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Managing Risks and Returns
Risk Management
Liquidity Risk
Funding Liquidity Risk
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Managing Risks and Returns
Risk Management
Liquidity Risk
Holding Liquid Assets
Pledging Requirements
Cash Assets
Not a good source of liquidity for a bank
Ability to Borrow for Liquidity
Volatile Liabilities
“Hot Money” versus Core Deposits
Large CDs
Fed Funds Purchased
Repos
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Managing Risks and Returns
Risk Management
Market Risk
Interest Rate Risk
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Managing Risks and Returns
Risk Management
Market Risk
Equity and Security Price Risk
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Managing Risks and Returns
Risk Management
Operational Risk
Business Interruptions
Transaction Processing
Client Liability
Legal Risk
Reputation Risk
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Managing Risks and Returns
Risk Management
Capital or Solvency Risk
Risk of becoming insolvent
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Evaluating Bank Performance:
An Application
Profitability Analysis for PNC in 2007
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Maximizing the Market Value of
Bank Equity
Effective Management of:
Assets
Liabilities
Off-Balance Sheet Activities
Interest Rate Margin
Credit risk
Liquidity
Non-Interest Expense
Taxes
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Maximizing the Market Value of
Bank Equity
CAMELS Ratings
Capital Adequacy
Asset Quality
Management Quality
Earnings
Liquidity
Sensitivity to Market Risk
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Maximizing the Market Value of
Bank Equity
CAMELS Ratings
Ratings from 1 (best) to 5 (worst)
1 & 2
Sound banks
3
Some underlying problems
4&5
Problem banks
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Maximizing the Market Value of
Bank Equity
Performance Characteristics of Banks
by Size
Large Banks versus Small Banks
Higher ROE
Lower NIM
Higher Charge-offs
Lower Capital
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Financial Statement Manipulation
Off-Balance Sheet Activities
Window Dressing
Preferred Stock
Non-Performing Loans
Allowance for Loan Losses
Securities Gains and Losses
Non-Recurring Extraordinary Items
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Shadow Banking in EA and SEA
FSB found that HK SAR and Singapore were among
the largest shadow banking sectors in the world.
Concerns of shadow banking in China arise from:
Shadow banks are not supervised or poorly supervised.
They have linkages with authorized banks.
Through their bank linkages, they have exposure to
market, credit, maturity and liquidity risks.
They cause social unrest because of their high interest
rates and unscrupulous debt collection practices.
They have the potential to undermine the monetary policy
of the economy.
The government in China (as with other countries) is
formulating policies to rein in shadow banks by controlling
and regulating them.
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Role of Credit Rating Agencies in
Global Recession from Asian View
Credit rating agencies have been misunderstood
in what they do. They played an important part in
misdiagnosis of the early warning signs of the
global recession.
So what are credit ratings?
An opinion on an entity’s ability to meet to meet its
financial commitments on a timely basis, such as:
Interest, Repayment of Principal & Preferred dividends
Like a building inspection, a rating tells you if the
building (rated entity) is structurally sound, but not if
it is a good buy.
They are not recommendations to buy or sell, or
guarantee the worth of a stock or business.
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Credit Rating Agencies continued
What can be rated?
Any financial instrument for which the issuer
is obligated to meet a commitment
E.g. fixed income securities
Senior debt, subordinated debt, debt-like
preference shares (i.e. with non-deferrable
dividends)
Hybrid instruments (stapled securities)
Capital guaranteed annuities
These should not be rated: Shares or equity-
like preference shares.
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Credit Rating Agencies continued
Why get a rating?
Issuers say they get ratings to have deeper access
to the market and to lower their funding costs
Investors find ratings agencies useful in managing
their internal risk.
Exhibits 3-16 and 3-17 compare long-term ratings
tables for the “Big 3” ratings agencies
The “Big 3” act independently in their assessments
though normally very close.
When they differ, issuers and investors usually look
at two or more ratings to gain better insight and
understanding of the capital market.
Banks need them to assess counterparties and local
governments and sovereigns for awarding contracts.
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Comparison Tables of the “Big 3”
Rating Agencies – Investment Grade
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Comparison Tables of the “Big 3”
Rating Agencies – Speculative Grade
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Credit Rating Agencies continued
The following two PPTs give detailed
descriptions of what the different Fitch long-term
investment and non-investment ratings denote.
Similar descriptions may be obtained from both
Moody’s and S&P’s websites.
The “Big 3” credit ratings agencies are
dominant globally and have 95% of the market.
US law and many EU member governments
give them sole responsibility for dealing with
major government institutions.
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Long Term Investment Grade Ratings - Fitch
AAA- Highest Credit Quality
‘AAA’ ratings denote the lowest expectation of credit risk. They are assigned
only in case of exceptionally strong capacity for timely payment of financial
commitments. This capacity is highly unlikely to be adversely affected by
foreseeable events.
AA - Very High Credit Quality
‘AA’ ratings denote a very low expectation of credit risk. They indicate very
strong capacity for timely payment of financial commitments. This capacity is
not significantly vulnerable to foreseeable events.
A - High Credit Quality
‘A’ ratings denote a low expectation of credit risk. The capacity for timely
payment of financial commitments is considered strong. This capacity may,
nevertheless, be more vulnerable to changes in circumstances or in economic
conditions than is the case for higher ratings.
BBB - Good Credit Quality
‘BBB’ ratings indicate that there is currently a low expectation of credit risk.
The capacity for timely payment of financial commitments is considered
adequate, but adverse changes in circumstances and in economic conditions
are more likely to impair this capacity. This is the lowest investment-grade
category.
Note - “+” or “-” may be appended to a rating to denote relative status within
major rating categories. Such suffixes are not added to ‘AAA’ rating category or
to categories below ‘CCC’.
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Long Term Non-Investment Grade Ratings -
Fitch
BB - Speculative
’BB’ ratings indicate that there is a possibility of credit risk developing,
particularly as the result of adverse economic change over time; however,
business or financial alternatives may be available to allow financial
commitments to be met. Securities rated in this category are not
investment grade .
B - Highly Speculative
‘B’ ratings indicate that significant credit risk is present, but a limited margin
of safety remains. Financial commitments are currently being met;
however, capacity for continued payment is contingent upon a sustained,
favourable business and economic environment.
CCC, CC, C - High Default Probability
Default is a real possibility. Capacity for meeting financial commitments is
solely reliant upon sustained, favourable business or economic
developments. A ‘CC’ rating indicates that default of some kind appears
probable. ‘C’ ratings signal imminent default.
D - Default
Indicates an entity has defaulted on its obligations
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The Difference Between National and
International Ratings
National Ratings may only be used on the local bond
market. For example, RAM Ratings (Malaysia) rates
many hundreds of debt issues but these ratings are
only used by Malaysian investors.
National Ratings are usually higher than International
Ratings. Using the above example, RAM Ratings rates
Telekom Malaysia as “AAA”. Fitch rates Telekom
Malaysia as “A-” (A minus) as at February 2014.
Reason: International Ratings Agencies, such as
Fitch applies its “AAA” rating to the best in the world.
RAM Ratings applies its “AAA” to the best in the
country.
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The Global Recession and Global Annual
Default Rates by Rating Category: 2004-2012
Exhibit 3-19 shows S&P’s Global Corporate
Annual Default Rates by category for 2004 to 2012.
Investment grade entities were relatively stable
apart from 2008 and 2009 ( worst years ).
Non-investment grade entities (BB-CCC/C) were
quite severely impacted by defaults for a
number of years.
Exhibit 3-20 shows S&P’s global default rates of
investment grade versus speculative grade entities
between 1981 and 2011.
Speculative grade entities are much more
volatile than investment grade entities.
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Global Corporate Annual Default Rates by
Rating Category: 2004 -2012
Default Rates (%)
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Chapter 3
Analyzing Bank
Performance
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