Managing Bank Capital: Capital Allocation and Performance Measurement, 2nd Edition
Author: Chris Matten
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ISBN: 0471851965
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (23 May, 2000)
Sales Rank: 85,274
Average Customer Rating: 4 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 3 out of 5
Helpful Concepts, Lacking Implementatin Steps
With all the attention paid to bank capital management, this book is helpful in describing the concepts. However, it is not quantitative enough. The step-by-step of capital allocation for a given asset class of varying risk levels is lacking. For example, how should the bank treat the sub-prime portion of its credit card or auto loans in the capital allocation? I wish it were more specific. Could Providian or Capital One have directed the capital away from high risk loans, had they followed the advice of the book?
Rating: 5 out of 5
A Must-Read Book for Shareholder Value Management
Chris Matten provides a comprehensive guide to applications of RAROC and shareholder value for managing bank capital and compensating bank executives and traders. The author provides particularly good sections on how EVA, shareholder value, and other earnings based measures can be manipulated and abused. This is not the sort of book which the corporate finance shareholder value crowd would likely read, but is one which they need to read.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Excellent only book on the economic allocation of capital.
Mr. Matten's insightful work highlights how rigid appliction of the Basle Accords can lead to capital misallocation. He then provides insightful suggestions, with good examples, on how to better allocate bank capital by discriminating between borrowers on the basis of risk, all the while remaining within the basle guidelines. Mr. Matten points to the need for sophisticated mathematical-statistical analysis but does not dwell on the technicalities, making the book accessible to non-rocket scientists. All in all, a highly recommended book. Similar Products
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