Credit Concentration Risk in the Indian Banking Industry

• Main Authors: Mihir, Dash, Bhavna, Ranjan Ahuja
• Other Authors: Hội thảo quốc tế Ngân hàng và Tài chính thế giới 2015
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Trường Đại học Kinh tế 2020
• Subjects: Credit risk concentration; Correlated defaults; Indian banking industry; Deposits; Exposures and NPAs.
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/97685
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Risk concentration has arguably been the single most important cause of major problems in banks. Banks should be particularly attentive to identifying credit risk concentrations and ensuring that their effects are adequately assessed. There have been many instances where large borrowers such as Enron, Worldcom, and Parmalat have caused sizable losses in many banks. The agricultural loans in US Midwest, oil loans in Texas, East Asian Crisis, and the recent US mortgage crisis are examples of correlated defaults that jeopardized the health of many financial institutions