<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The simultaneous activation of many sources of risk can slow bank operations and even lead to bankruptcy. Credit risk is the greatest threat to the orderly functioning of a bank. To protect against its materialization banks spend nearly 90% of their total capital requirement. Concentration of credit exposure to single entities, as well as to single economic sectors, can be a source of additional risks. Estimation of the additional portion of the capital requirement in selected banks in Poland in 2008-2013 indicates that banks should assign additional 4% and 2% of the capital requirement to cover the risk of exposure concentrations in: respectively, individual entities and individual economic sectors. For banks with a retail profile more important was the risk of large exposures in individual economic sectors, and for banks with a corporate profile in individual entities. Estimates were carried out according to the procedure used by the Bank of Spain and the Bank of Slovenia, and the data derived from the annual financial reports of selected banks listed on the WSE.</p></abstract>

The simultaneous activation of many sources of risk can slow bank operations and even lead to bankruptcy. Credit risk is the greatest threat to the orderly functioning of a bank. To protect against its materialization banks spend nearly 90% of their total capital requirement. Concentration of credit exposure to single entities, as well as to single economic sectors, can be a source of additional risks. Estimation of the additional portion of the capital requirement in selected banks in Poland in 2008-2013 indicates that banks should assign additional 4% and 2% of the capital requirement to cover the risk of exposure concentrations in: respectively, individual entities and individual economic sectors. For banks with a retail profile more important was the risk of large exposures in individual economic sectors, and for banks with a corporate profile in individual entities. Estimates were carried out according to the procedure used by the Bank of Spain and the Bank of Slovenia, and the data derived from the annual financial reports of selected banks listed on the WSE.

Concentration of Credit Exposure as a Significant Source of Risk in Banking Activities: The Idea and Methods of Estimation

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The simultaneous activation of many sources of risk can slow bank operations and even lead to bankruptcy. Credit risk is the greatest threat to the orderly...

Concentration of Credit Exposure as a Significant Source of Risk in Banking Activities: The Idea and Methods of Estimation

Publié en ligne: 08 févr. 2017

Pages: 103 - 115

Reçu: 17 févr. 2015

Accepté: 10 nov. 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fiqf-2016-0122

Mots clés
Poland, banks, credit risk

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Concentration of Credit Exposure as a Significant Source of Risk in Banking Activities: The Idea and Methods of Estimation

Publié en ligne: 08 févr. 2017

Pages: 103 - 115

Reçu: 17 févr. 2015

Accepté: 10 nov. 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fiqf-2016-0122

Mots clésPoland, banks, credit risk

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
Poland, banks, credit risk