Nonbanking performance of bank holding companies: an update from 1986-1990
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Nonbanking activities of bank holding companies (BHCs) are greatly concentrated among the top five or ten companies within each activity. The top five to ten companies in each of the eleven nonbanking categories studied possess as much as 90% of the category's overall assets. BHCs' underwriting business and insurance agencies posted the most significant growth over a five-year period in 1986-1990.
Publication Name: Managerial Finance
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0307-4358
Year: 1996
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Agency cost, market risk, investment opportunities and dividend policy - an international perspective
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A study of dividend policy, defined as the payout ratio, uses the percentage of the firm's common stocks held as a proxy for agency cost. Beta costs are used for market risk. Investment opportunities, based on sales growth during the past three years and market-to-book value, prove insignificant.
Publication Name: Managerial Finance
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0307-4358
Year: 1999
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