Will the advanced internal rating based (A-IRB) approach lead to increase in US bank mergers?

• Main Authors: Chen, Junli, Lim, Bey An, Neo, Jasmine Wei Ling
• Other Authors: Lee, Hon Sing
• Format: Final Year Project
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Finance::Banking::Mergers and acquisitions
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/10509
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Our paper examined whether there would be an increased likelihood of banks merging to improve their post-A-IRB financial performance after adopting the Advanced Internal Rating Based (A-IRB) approach. We used return on equity (ROE), return on assets (ROA) and credit risk (CR) as indicators of banks’...