Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2016

My guess is that while a poor balance sheet might cause restless sleep, it’s the thought of an incorrectly reported balance sheet that brings on night terrors. I’m not against benchmarking and norming. While benchmarks are useful inputs for compensation decisions, they shouldn’t be a straitjacket.

Company 126

Company Benchmarking Balance Sheet Intellectual Property 126

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 13, 2023

A higher ratio of fee income implies less traditional credit risk and less balance sheet usage (therefore higher ROE) but also implies greater market risk related to securities portfolios and potentially higher revenue volatility related to volatility in capital markets.

Metrics 89

Metrics Banking Balance Sheet Efficiency 89

MishTalk

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Rates continued to surge on Monday, however, in China’s money markets — a key source of short-term funding for commercial banks and also for financial institutions engaged in risky, off-balance-sheet shadow lending. One key rate, the seven-day repurchase rate, rose as high as 10 percent on Monday.

Balance Sheet 73

Balance Sheet Banking Benchmarking Financial 73

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The interest rate set by the central bank serves as a benchmark or reference rate for banks. It reflects the bank’s assessment of potential losses it may incur and its commitment to maintaining a strong balance sheet. Banks typically adjust their lending rates based on the central bank’s policy rate.

Banking 89

Banking Balance Sheet Operations Financial 89

MishTalk

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

In addition to holding its benchmark rate at 0.25%, the ECB also left the rate it pays on bank deposits unchanged at zero. The ECB balance sheet has plummeted to 23pc of eurozone GDP from a peak of 32pc in July 2012. ECB president Mario Draghi said: "We have to dispense with this idea of deflation. The answer is no."

Balance Sheet 63

Balance Sheet Banking Retail Policies 63

MishTalk

JULY 11, 2014

Historical evidence shows that this rarely happens following a balance sheet recession. Such episodes often coincide with banking crises, which in turn tend to go hand in hand with much deeper recessions – balance sheet recessions – than those that characterise the average business cycle.

Balance Sheet 68

Balance Sheet Financial Banking Policies 68

MishTalk

MARCH 24, 2014

The next bust will be unlike any other, because the Fed and other centrals banks around the world have taken on all this leverage that was out there and put it on their balance sheets. We produced pretty good numbers, but they’re way behind the benchmark. We have never had this before. Assets are overpriced generally.

Marketing 60

Marketing Balance Sheet Interviews Benchmarking 60