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Bank Syndication – A Premise for Increasing Bank Performance or Diversifying Risks?

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  • Nitescu Dan Costin

    (Department of Money and Banking, Doctoral School of Finance, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, 010374, Romania)

  • Anghel Cristian Marius

    (Department of Money and Banking, Doctoral School of Finance, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, 010374, Romania)

Abstract

The objective of this research is to identify whether the risks associated with bank syndications can contribute to the increase or decrease in bank profitability and also whether bank syndications can contribute to the dispersion of risks associated with this activity, within the three most important financial markets: the USA, Europe, and China. To identify the interdependencies between bank profitability and risk diversification, the article analyses a panel vector autoregression estimated over the period 2008–2020 and a quantile regression. The factors considered are consistent with the relationship between risk and return in bank syndications: return factors (return on assets, volume of syndicated loans) and risk factors (non-performing loans, foreign exchange rate, interest rate). The results of the research reflect that risks assumed in bank syndications can be dispersed among syndicate participants and also bank syndications contribute to bank profitability. The results of this research can be further utilized to develop risk management capabilities and adjust financial mechanisms to manage vulnerabilities in the dynamic context of crises.

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  • Nitescu Dan Costin & Anghel Cristian Marius, 2025. "Bank Syndication – A Premise for Increasing Bank Performance or Diversifying Risks?," Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment Journal, De Gruyter, vol. 19(1), pages 1-23.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:econoa:v:19:y:2025:i:1:p:23:n:1003
    DOI: 10.1515/econ-2025-0144
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    Keywords

    syndicated loans; profitability; economic growth; risk diversification; credit risk;
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    JEL classification:

    • C58 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Financial Econometrics
    • E51 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Money Supply; Credit; Money Multipliers
    • F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business

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