Foreign Bank Subsidiaries' Default Risk During the Global Crisis : What Factors Help Insulate Affiliates from Their Parents?

This paper examines the association between the default risk of foreign bank subsidiaries and their parents during the global financial crisis, with the purpose of understanding what factors can help insulate affiliates from their parents. The paper finds evidence of a significant positive correlation between parent banks' and foreign subsidiaries' default risk. This correlation is lower for subsidiaries that have higher capital, retail deposit funding, and profitability ratios and that are more independently managed from their parents. Host country regulations also influence the extent to which shocks to the parents affect the subsidiaries' default risk. In particular, the correlation between the default risk of the subsidiary and the parent is lower for subsidiaries operating in countries that impose higher capital, reserve, provisioning, and disclosure requirements and tougher restrictions on bank activities.

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Main Authors:	Anginer, Deniz, Cerutti, Eugenio, Martinez Peria, Maria Soledad
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014-10
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING, ACQUISITION, AFFILIATE, AFFILIATES, ALLOCATION OF CAPITAL, ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS, AMOUNT OF CAPITAL, ARREARS, ASSET DIVERSIFICATION, ASSET QUALITY, ASSET VALUE, ASSET VALUES, ASSETS RATIO, BALANCE SHEET, BANK ACCOUNTS, BANK BALANCE SHEETS, BANK COMPETITION, BANK HOLDING, BANK HOLDING COMPANY, BANK LENDING, BANK LIQUIDITY, BANK LOANS, BANK OF BOTSWANA, BANK OF GREECE, BANK POLICY, BANK REGULATION, BANK REGULATIONS, BANK SUPERVISION, BANKING CORPORATION, BANKING CRISES, BANKING REGULATIONS, BANKING SUPERVISION, BANKING SYSTEMS, BANKRUPTCY, BANKS, BOARD MEMBERS, BOOK VALUE, BOOK VALUES, CALL OPTION, CAPITAL ADEQUACY, CAPITAL REGULATION, CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS, CAPITALS, CHARTER, CHECKS, COLLATERAL, COMMERCIAL BANK, CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CORPORATE DEBT, CORRECTIVE ACTION, CORRECTIVE ACTIONS, CREDIT BANK, CREDIT MARKETS, CREDIT RATIONING, CREDIT RISK, CREDIT SPREAD, CROSS-BORDER BANKING, DEBT, DEFAULT PROBABILITIES, DEFAULT PROBABILITY, DEFAULT RISK, DEFAULT RISKS, DEFAULTS, DEPOSIT, DEPOSIT INSURANCE, DEPOSITS, DERIVATIVE PRODUCTS, DERIVATIVES, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT BANK, DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS, DIVIDEND, DOMESTIC BANK, DUMMY VARIABLE, DUMMY VARIABLES, EARNINGS, ECONOMIC SHOCKS, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, EMERGING MARKET, EQUITY HOLDERS, EQUITY RATIO, EQUITY RETURNS, EQUITY VALUE, ESTATE, EVENT OF DEFAULT, FACE VALUE, FACE VALUE OF DEBT, FEDERAL RESERVE, FINANCIAL CONTRACTS, FINANCIAL CRISIS, FINANCIAL HEALTH, FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION, FINANCIAL SERVICES, FINANCIAL STABILITY, FINANCIAL STUDIES, FOREIGN BANK, FOREIGN BANK PARTICIPATION, FOREIGN BANKS, HOLDING, HOLDING COMPANIES, HOLDINGS, HOST COUNTRIES, HOST COUNTRY, IMPLIED VOLATILITIES, IMPLIED VOLATILITY, INCOME STATEMENT, INDEPENDENT BANKS, INSOLVENCY, INSURANCE, INTEREST RATE, INTEREST RATE DATA, INTEREST RATE SPREAD, INTEREST RATES, INTERNATIONAL BANK, INTERNATIONAL BANK LENDING, INTERNATIONAL BANKING, INTERNATIONAL BANKS, INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM, INTERPOLATION, INVESTMENT REGULATIONS, ISLAMIC BANK, JURISDICTIONS, LARGE BANKS, LEGAL ENTITIES, LEVERAGE, LIMITED, LIQUID ASSETS, LIQUIDITY RISK, LOAN, LOAN CLASSIFICATION, LOAN LOSS, LOAN LOSS PROVISIONS, LTD., MARKET EQUITY, MARKET INFORMATION, MARKET VALUE, MARKET VALUE OF EQUITY, MONETARY FUND, MULTINATIONAL, MULTINATIONAL BANK, MULTINATIONAL BANKS, MUTUAL FUND, MUTUAL FUND INDUSTRY, NONPERFORMING LOANS, POLITICAL ECONOMY, PROBABILITY OF BANKRUPTCY, PROBABILITY OF DEFAULT, PROFITABILITY, PROXY, PUBLIC BANKS, REAL ESTATE, RECESSIONS, REGULATORY AUTHORITIES, REGULATORY REGIME, REGULATORY REGIMES, REGULATORY SYSTEM, RESERVE, RESERVE REQUIREMENT, RESERVE REQUIREMENTS, RESERVES, RESTRICTIONS ON BANK ACTIVITIES, RETURN, RISK CONTROL, RISK PROFILES, RISK WEIGHTED ASSETS, RISK-FREE RATE, SECURITIES, SHARE OF BANK ASSETS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOLVENCY, STOCK MARKET, STOCK MARKET PRICES, STOCK MARKETS, STOCK RETURN, SUBSIDIARIES, SUBSIDIARY, SUPERVISION OF BANKS, SUPERVISORY AUTHORITIES, SUPERVISORY POWERS, SYSTEM ASSETS, SYSTEMIC RISK, TREASURY, TREASURY YIELD, UNION, USE OF DERIVATIVE, VALUE OF ASSETS, WHOLESALE FUNDING,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/10/20261594/foreign-bank-subsidiaries-default-risk-during-global-crisis-factors-help-insulate-affiliates-parents https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20517
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