Using Risk Disclosures of Lage GCC Bank to Evaluate Information Content

Mahmoud Haddad () and Sam Hakim ()
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Mahmoud Haddad: University of Tennessee-Martin

No 863, Working Papers from Economic Research Forum

Abstract: This paper evaluates the risk disclosure made by GCC banks based on the belief that the information they release is meaningful to investors, regulators, and market participants. We assess how well their disclosure captures variation in risk exposure across banks and over time. We find that both the core capital and market risk capital ratios are key indicators. Specifically, these ratios contain information not reflected in at least 5 traditional risk metrics about the size of a banks (1) trading account, (2) derivatives positions (3) value-at-risk, (4) individual risk components (credit, market and operational), and (5) volume of risk-weighted assets. These observations lead us to conclude that disclosing these ratios adds transparency to GCC banks because their level is both informative and meaningful. Our paper complements and reinforces current supervisory efforts in the GCC to foster safe and sound institutions and a stable banking system.

Pages: 16
Date: 2014-11, Revised 2014-11
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