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Derivatives and Risk Management in the Banking Industry

The purpose of this study is to examine issues surrounding the enactment of Financial Accounting Statement 133 (SFAS 133) in managing risk in the banking industry. It examined the financial statements of ten major U.S. banks by investigating their 10Ks and 10Qs from 1999 to 2002. It found out that b...

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Main Authors: Mulugetta, Abraham, Hadjinikolov, Hristo
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Published: Universiti Utara Malaysia Press 2004
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Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/25111/
http://ijbf.uum.edu.my/index.php/previous-issues/133-the-international-journal-of-banking-and-finance-ijbf-vol-2-no-1-june-2004
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spelling my.uum.repo.251112018-11-01T01:24:03Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/25111/ Derivatives and Risk Management in the Banking Industry Mulugetta, Abraham Hadjinikolov, Hristo HG Finance The purpose of this study is to examine issues surrounding the enactment of Financial Accounting Statement 133 (SFAS 133) in managing risk in the banking industry. It examined the financial statements of ten major U.S. banks by investigating their 10Ks and 10Qs from 1999 to 2002. It found out that banks that had large hedge positions before SFAS 133 reduced their exposures for a while and increased their positions in 2002. Interestingly, those banks with small hedged positions before the rule, increased their positions after the adoption of SFAS 133. As expected the statement increased the degree of disclosure and transparency of derivatives activities which compliments the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. Universiti Utara Malaysia Press 2004 Article PeerReviewed Mulugetta, Abraham and Hadjinikolov, Hristo (2004) Derivatives and Risk Management in the Banking Industry. International Journal of Banking and Finance (IIJBF), 2. pp. 45-61. ISSN 1675-7227 http://ijbf.uum.edu.my/index.php/previous-issues/133-the-international-journal-of-banking-and-finance-ijbf-vol-2-no-1-june-2004
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Mulugetta, Abraham
Hadjinikolov, Hristo
Derivatives and Risk Management in the Banking Industry
description The purpose of this study is to examine issues surrounding the enactment of Financial Accounting Statement 133 (SFAS 133) in managing risk in the banking industry. It examined the financial statements of ten major U.S. banks by investigating their 10Ks and 10Qs from 1999 to 2002. It found out that banks that had large hedge positions before SFAS 133 reduced their exposures for a while and increased their positions in 2002. Interestingly, those banks with small hedged positions before the rule, increased their positions after the adoption of SFAS 133. As expected the statement increased the degree of disclosure and transparency of derivatives activities which compliments the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.
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author Mulugetta, Abraham
Hadjinikolov, Hristo
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title Derivatives and Risk Management in the Banking Industry
title_short Derivatives and Risk Management in the Banking Industry
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title_full_unstemmed Derivatives and Risk Management in the Banking Industry
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publisher Universiti Utara Malaysia Press
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