Does operating performance really improve following financial institutions merger : a case of Malaysian banks / Wan Mansor Mahmood and Rashidah Mohamad

• Main Authors: Mahmood, Wan Mansor, Mohamad, Rashidah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Research, Development and Commercialization (IRDC) 2007
• Subjects: Bank mergers; Special classes of banks and financial institutions; Malaysia
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13028/1/AJ_WAN%20MANSOR%20MAHMOOD%20SMRJ%2007%201.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13028/; https://smrj.uitm.edu.my/

This study examines whether the recent bank mergers exercise in Malaysia create synergies reflected in corporate operating performance measures. Four accrual operatingperformance measures are used, i.e. Return on Asset (ROA), Return on Equity (ROE), Profit Margin (PM), and Earning Per Share (EPS). U...