Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction; Main features of the Portuguese financial system; 2 The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Portuguese Banks: The Problem of Portuguese Sovereign Debt; From the Keynesian pact to a new Laffer curve; Adjustments have unavoidable signals; From Basel II to Basel III and the evolution of the banking sector; From the financing conditions of banking activity to the recapitalization of credit institutions; 3 Consolidation and the Evolution of Governance Models in Portuguese Financial Institutions
Banking performance measurement: Theoretical and empirical backgroundEmpirical implementation; Banking system profitability, risk, and operating performance analysis; 7 Retail Banking for Households in Portugal; Main retail bank operations and their evolution (1990s and 2000s); Multichannel approach and branch capillarity; Portuguese retail banking figures; Portuguese retail banking euro area comparison; Facts and figures after the financial crisis; 8 Corporate and Investment Banking in Portugal; Lending to companies; Corporate and investment banking business segments
Hazard or need: Portuguese banking system nationalizationRequest for EEC accession: Domestic political conflict and new levels of stability; The most relevant impacts of EU integration on the Portuguese banking system; The efficacy of Basel I within the framework of disruption of the former institutional model; Basel II Accords: The evolution of risk management in a framework of national emergency; Basel III Accord: The challenge of profitability; Conclusion; The bailout of Banco Espirito Santo (BES); 6 Performance and Efficiency of the Portuguese Banking System
Portuguese governance modelsGovernance models adopted by Portuguese banks; The impact of the Financial Assistance Programme on banks' governance models; 4 Banking Supervision and Regulation in the Euro Area: The Case of Portugal; Economic rationale for financial services regulationand supervision; Banking regulation and supervision: Is there a role for central banks?; Regulation and supervision in Portugal; 5 Risk Management in Portuguese Financial Institutions; From uncontrolled political risk to the (unsurprising) declaration of disaster
Trends in companies' loan qualityThe economic cycle and lending portfolio management; Trends in Portuguese investment banking; 9 Portuguese Banks and Their Expansion in Portuguese-Language Countries; Banco BIC; Finibanco Angola; Banco Fomento Angola (BFA); Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD); Millennium bcp; Conclusion; Index
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This book explains how banking institutions in Portugal were able to maintain their strength and solubility while undergoing a demanding Program of Financial Assistance from the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and the European Commission from May 2011 and May 2014