Bank group performance grouping model based on core capital in top banks during the pandemic in Indonesia

This thesis investigates several aspects concerning the financial stability of Islamic and conventional banks. This is important because the strong growth of Islamic banking, notwithstanding their marked uniqueness in operational and financing behaviour, combined with fierce global competition with the prevailing conventional bank system, raises concerns among regulators and practitioners about the long-run sustainability of Islamic banking. First, the thesis compares the level of financial stability in Islamic and conventional banks using three different methods of credit risk measurement. Second, it compares the effect of competition on stability across Islamic and conventional banks. Finally, it investigates whether efficiency significantly modulates the linkage between competition and stability in both Islamic and conventional banks. In the first research question, the thesis considers the levels of credit risk in Islamic and conventional banks, for which existing literature finds no conclusive result. One problem with existing studies is the use of accounting information alone to assess credit risk and this could be especially misleading with Islamic banking. Using a market-based credit risk measure, namely, Merton’s distance-to-default (DD) model, we evaluate the credit risk of 156 conventional and 37 Islamic banks across 13 countries between 2000 and 2012. We also calculate the accounting information-based Z-score and nonperforming loan (NPL) ratio for the purpose of comparison. The results show that Islamic banks have significantly lower credit risk than conventional banks as based on DD. In contrast, and as expected, Islamic banks display much higher credit risk using the Z-score and NPL ratio. These findings suggest that the measure chosen plays a significant role in assessing the actual credit risk of Islamic banks.

Purpose:In this study, a research was conducted to compare  link corporate governance, credit risk, and performance on conventional banking and islamic banking in Indonesia.Methodology:This research used quantitative method with Generalized Structured Component Analysis (GSCA) for testing and analzing. In this study using conventional and sharia banking data in Indonesia for the period 2012-2016 which are listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange and the Indonesian Financial Services Authorit.FindingThe result of  research showed that on the conventional banking, profitability is influenced by the link together of corporate governance, liquidity and credit risk, while on the islamic banking, profitability is influenced by the link together  of liquidity and credit risk.Practical Implication:First, the existence and number of the Board of Commissioners and Audit Committee in conventional banking are able to support the achievement of performance. This should be maintained and improved.Second, supervision is needed to manage distributing of sharia financing. Islamic banking has two indicators that play a role in the formation of credit risk which have the potential to reduce liquidity and profitability.Third, it is necessary to trade-off for the management of islamic banking in managing their liquidity because the increase in liquidity has the potential to reduce profitability.Novelty:The first study comparing the linkage between corporate governance, credit risk and performance in conventional and islamic banking in Indonesia using GSCA. Keywords: corporate governance, credit risk, performance

This study aims to investigate the prominent determinants of Islamic and conventional banks’ profitability. The independent variables are bank size, loan, credit risk, and stability (measured by z-score). The profitability was measured by return on assets. The analysis of data was on annual data of Islamic banks (Islamic commercial banks and sharia business unit of conventional banks) and traditional commercial banks during the period 2014-2016. The statistical description showed that the profitability and loan of the sharia business unit are higher than Islamic and conventional commercial banks. Islamic commercial banks have the highest credit risk. Traditional commercial banks are more stable than Islamic banks. The regression test results found that credit risk and z-score have a significant and robust relationship with the profitability of Islamic and conventional banks. The higher z-score and lower credit risk will increase profitability. The bank size and loan variable do not affect the profitability of conventional banks. But vice versa, the bank size has a positive and significant relationship with the profitability of Islamic commercial banks and negative relationships with the sharia business unit profitability. Likewise, the loan variable has a negative and significant relationship with the profitability of Islamic commercial banks and a positive relationship with the sharia business unit profitability. It can be explained that the profitability of Islamic banks is influenced by all of the independent variables. While conventional bank profitability is only affected by two variables. Thus, it can be concluded that only stability and credit risk variable plays a vital role in increasing the profitability of Islamic and conventional banks.

This article investigates the impact of capital requirements and market competition on the stability of financial institutions in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region. We test the hypothesis that capital requirements significantly affect the risk behaviour of both Islamic and conventional banks in the MENA region. We also investigate the moderating effect of market power and concentration on the relationship between capital regulation and bank risk. We find that capital ratio has a strong positive impact on conventional banks’ credit risk, whereas this effect is insignificant in the sample of Islamic banks. Our analysis indicates that, for the conventional banking sector, the increase in the capitalization level is negatively linked to bank credit risk only when banks’ level of market power is high. Regarding the Islamic banks’ behaviour, we find that the relationship between capital and credit risk is weakly moderated by banking competition. This means that Islamic banks are less sensitive to the market’s competitive conditions in the MENA countries, as they still apply their theoretical models, based on prohibition of interest. Our findings inform regulatory authorities concerned with improving the banking sector’s financial stability in the MENA region to strengthen their policies and force banks to better align with regulatory capital requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Purpose This study aims to investigate the distinctive characteristics of credit risk management in conventional and Islamic banks, with a particular focus on the role of internal corporate governance mechanisms. It also explores how risks are identified, accessed, monitored and controlled within these banks, whether they have effective risk monitoring and control systems, and how they manage risks in general. This research is motivated by the fact that effective risk management is critical to the stability of financial institutions. Design/methodology/approach This study uses data from a total sample of 65 banks over the period 2016–2022. The empirical analysis begins with an assessment of the full sample, followed by a decomposition into two subsamples representing conventional and Islamic banks. Initially, static panel data models are used to analyze the impact of corporate governance on credit risk. To ensure robustness, quantile panel regression is used to capture potential nonlinear and heterogeneous relationships between governance mechanisms and credit risk. Findings The results reveal significant disparities between conventional and Islamic banks in terms of how internal corporate governance affects credit risk. For conventional banks, effective governance mechanisms are associated with a notable reduction in credit risk. In contrast, in Islamic banks, these mechanisms show no significant impact on credit risk, suggesting that other specific factors may play a more prominent role in their risk management practices. Originality/value This study contributes to the literature by offering a comparative analysis of the influence of internal governance mechanisms on credit risk across bank types. It provides insights into governance factors uniquely relevant to Islamic banks and offers practical recommendations for aligning governance frameworks with risk management strategies to enhance institutional resilience.

Comparative Analysis of Credit Risk of Islamic and Conventional Banks: (A Case Study of Pakistan)

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to critically evaluate how conventional and Islamic banks trade off risk, efficiency and financial performance in their business models, to investigate how patterns of risk and efficiency vary between conventional and Islamic banks and to critically evaluate how the profitability of conventional and Islamic banks varies following the financial crisis.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses univariate and multivariate statistical techniques by investigating 12 Islamic banks and 34 conventional banks operating in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region has been studied over the period 2011–2018.FindingsThe results suggest that Islamic and conventional banks differ not in the levels of efficiency, risk and profitability, but rather in how risk and efficiency influence banks’ financial performance. Islamic banks are found to be less influenced by the adverse effects of credit risk, which is consistent with the risk-sharing nature of Islamic financing. However, the results only hold for return on assets (ROA) and return on equity (ROE) while the net interest margin is observed to be negatively influenced by credit risk. Lower cost-income efficiency is also found to boost ROA and ROE of Islamic banks which could be attributed to a larger share of non-interest revenues due to Sharīʿah-compliance.Research limitations/implicationsFrom a theoretical point of view, this study helps to understand the risk, efficiency and financial performance of Islamic banks in comparison with conventional banks.Practical implicationsThe results of this study can serve bank managers, regulators and shareholders. Policymakers should encourage a more risk-sharing structure of Islamic financing as it brings less adverse effects of credit risk and increases income sustainability for Islamic banks. The present study may help bank managers to improve the financial performance of their firms by controlling risk and efficiency. The study results also have implications for shareholders and depositors of Islamic and conventional banks as they should have a predetermined position about the level of credit risk and efficiency in each banking system.Originality/valueThe foremost contribution is that this is one of the few studies to compare risk, efficiency and financial performance of Islamic and conventional banks in the GCC region. By using the latest data, this paper hopes that the findings will be more relevant than previous studies to the current situation of the banking industry in the region.

Do Islamic Banks Have Higher Credit Risk?

PurposeThe study of credit risk has been of the utmost importance when it comes to measuring the soundness and stability of the banking system. Due to the growing importance of Islamic banking system, a fierce competition between Islamic and conventional banks have started to emerge which in turn is impacting credit riskiness of both banking system.Design/methodology/approachUsing the system GMM technique on 283 conventional banks and 60 Islamic banks for the period of 2006–2017, this paper explores the important impact of size and competition on the credit risk in 15 dual banking economies.FindingsThe authors found that as bank competition increases credit risk seems to be reduced. On the size effect, the authors found that big Islamic banks are less risky than big conventional banks whereas small Islamic banks are riskier than small conventional banks. The results are robust for different panel data estimation models and sub-samples of different size groups. The findings of this paper provide important insights into the competition-credit risk nexus in the dual banking system.Originality/valueThe paper is specifically focused on credit risk in dual banking environment and tries to fill the gap in the literature by studying (1) do the Islamic and conventional banks exhibit a different level of credit risk; (2) does competition in the banking system impact the credit risk of Islamic and conventional banks and finally (3) do the big and small banks exhibit similar levels of credit risk.

The impact of credit risk (CR) on bank-specific factors (BSF’s) and banks in the event of conventional and Islamic banks of Pakistan is an essential motivation behind this learning. These banks are chosen by their value commitment. The financial explanation investigation of chosen Islamic and conventional banks is contemplated from 2007 to 2017. Relapse examination of non-performing loan (NPL) proportion and Z-Score is utilized to discover the connections of BSF’s on chosen banks. The Islamic banking system consists of (return on equity (ROE), ROA, liquidity, spread and bank size) having a significant relationship toward credit risk. Therefore, the impact of the Z-score is less for Islamic banks relatively compared to conventional banks. The increased risk of bank debt reflects a strong NPL. In this examination bank, certain factors, for instance, efficiency, return on assets (ROA) and bank dimension, have a significant liaison through credit card risk in the conventional selected banking system, and this process affects overall banking performance. These findings provide valuable insights for policymakers, regulators, and banking professionals to manage credit risk effectively in the context of Pakistan's banking system. The originality of this study lies in its focus on the comparison between conventional and Islamic banks in Pakistan, which has yet to be extensively explored in the literature.

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between liquidity risk and credit risk of Islamic and conventional banks in a predominantly Muslim country (Indonesia) adopting a dual banking system. Design/methodology/approach To investigate liquidity-credit risk nexus, this study used a sample of 72 Islamic and conventional banks in Indonesia for a period between 2019 Q4 and 2022 Q1. This paper used a generalized method of moments (GMM) and generalized least square (GLS) estimators. Findings This study found that there is a nonlinear (inverted U-shaped) relationship between liquidity risk and credit risk in dual banking system. Liquidity risk was found to increase credit risk if it is below the optimal threshold, and above this optimal threshold, liquidity risk begins to decrease credit risk, both before and during the pandemic. In addition, the impact of liquidity risk on credit risk is higher in Islamic banks compared to conventional banks. Originality/value This paper reinvestigates the puzzle between credit risk and liquidity risk by taking a sample of a dual banking system country and by considering the period of the COVID-19 pandemic. To the authors’ knowledge, this approach has not been addressed in prior empirical studies.

PurposeThis paper aims to investigate the impact of regulation and market competition on the risk-taking Behaviour of financial institutions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.Design/methodology/approachThe empirical framework is based on panel fixed effects/random effects specification. For robustness purpose, this study also uses the generalized method of moments estimation technique. This study tests the hypothesis that regulatory capital requirements have a significant effect on financial stability of Islamic and conventional banks (CBs) in the MENA region. This study also investigates the moderating effect of market power and concentration on the relationship between capital regulation and bank risk.FindingsThe estimation results support the view that capital adequacy ratio (CAR) has no significant impact on credit risk of Islamic banks (IBs), whereas market competition does play a significant role in shaping the risk behavior of these institutions. This study report opposite results for CBs – an increase in the minimum capital requirements is followed by an increase in a bank’s risk level, which has a negative impact on their financial stability. Furthermore, the results support the notion of a non-linear relationship between banking concentration and bank risk. The findings inform the regulatory authorities concerned with improving the financial stability of banking sector in the MENA region to set their policy differently depending on the level of concentration in the banking market.Research limitations/implicationsThis study contributes to the literature on the effectiveness of regulatory reforms (in this case, capital requirements) and market competition for bank performance and risk-taking. In regard to IBs, capital requirements are less effective in requiring IBs to adjust their risk level according to the Basel III methodology. This study finds that IBs’ risk behavior is strongly associated with market competition, and therefore, the interest rates. Moreover, banks operating in markets with high banking concentration (but not necessarily, low competition), will decrease their credit risk level in response to an increase in the minimum capital requirements. As a result, these banks will be more stable compared to their conventional peers. Thus, regulators and policymakers in the MENA region should restrict the risk-taking behavior of IBs through stringent capital requirements and more intense banking supervision.Practical implicationsThe practical implications of these findings are that the regulatory authorities concerned with improving banking sector stability in the MENA region should proceed differently, depending on the level of banking market concentration. The findings inform regulators and policymakers to set capital requirements at levels that would restrict banks from taking more risk to increase their returns. They are also important for bank managers who should avoid risky strategies in response to increased regulatory pressure (e.g. increase in the minimum required capital level of 8%), as they may lead to an increase in the level of non-performing loans, and therefore, a greater probability of bank default. A future extension of this study will focus on testing the effect of bank risk-taking and market competition on the capitalization levels of banks in the MENA countries. More specifically, this study will investigates if banks raise their capitalization levels during the COVID-19 pandemic.Originality/valueThe analysis of previous research indicates that there is no unambiguous answer to the question of whether IBs perform differently than CBs under different competitive conditions. To fill this gap, this study examines the influence of capital regulation and market competition (both individually and interactively) on bank risk-taking behavior using a large sample of banking institutions in 18 MENA countries over 14 years (2005–2018). For the first time in this line of research, this study shows that the level of market power is positively associated with the level of a bank’ insolvency risk. In others words, IBs operating in highly competitive markets are more inclined to take a higher risk than their conventional peers. Regarding the IBs credit risk behavior, this study finds that market power has a limited impact on the relationship between CAR and risk level. This means that IBs are still applying in their operations the theoretical models based on the prohibition of interest.

This study was conducted to measure and compare the productivity level between conventional and Islamic commercial banks in Indonesia during the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of samples used in this study was 105 banks consisting of 95 conventional banks and 10 Islamic banks. The level of productivity was measured using the Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI) method and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) with an intermediation approach, while the productivity of conventional and Islamic commercial banks was compared using normality and different tests. The results showed that the productivity level of the Islamic banks with a Total Factor Productivity Changes (TFPCH) value of 1.001 was driven by technological advances. Meanwhile, the conventional banks were not productive. On the other hand, the results of the different tests showed that there was no significant difference between the productivity level of the conventional and Islamic banks. Conventional banks must enhance innovations in the use of technology in their operational activities to improve their productivity and maintain their high efficiency achievement. Meanwhile, Islamic banks could improve their efficiency in the operational activities so that they would achieve higher productivity and to innovate continually with the use of technology. During the study observation, there was no study comparing between the productivity level of conventional and Islamic commercial banks during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia. Therefore, this research was the first study to discuss the comparison of productivity level between conventional and Islamic commercial banks in Indonesia during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In Indonesian banking system, conventional banks are operating side by side with Islamic banking in a dual banking system. In terms of the credit risk determinants, Islamic banks should be affected by the different factors as conventional banks. However, the similarity of Islamic banks and the conventional bank in terms of contracts might lead to the opinion the same variables are affecting the performance of Islamic and conventional banks. The objective of the study is to examine and obtain an understanding on how the credit and financing in Indonesian dual banking system responses to changes in bank-specific variables. The main approach to fit the model used in this study is the dynamic panel data. Based on the result of the combined model, there are some independent variables that significantly affect credit risk. Profitability significantly affects credit risk with a negative relationship. While size significantly affects credit risk with a positive relationship. When it comes to the dummy variable, it can be said that the type of bank doesn’t play a significant role in determining the credit risk. In other word, there is no difference between Islamic bank and conventional banks in terms of credit risk. To analyze the crisis effect deeper, we compare the result of conventional banking model 2016-2020 and Islamic banking model 2016-2020. There is no independent variable that significantly affect the credit risk in the conventional banking model 2016-2020, three out of four independent variables affect credit risk significantly in the Islamic banking model 2016-2020. This is because conventional banks tend to play safe by avoiding the disbursement of credit and focusing on derivatives. However, this strategy is not suitable for Islamic banking as they are not allowed to do speculative activities. Islamic banking are still focusing on traditional banking activity.

Comparative Credit Risk in Islamic and Conventional Banks