In the midst of global economic and financial integration, there are increasing cross-border capital flows between China and the rest of the world. Foreign financial businesses also start to play more important roles in the nation's market after waves of financial reforms. Within such a background, this study aims to investigate the agglomeration and location choice of overseas financial institutions in Chinese cities. Data from the 2004 China Economic Census show that foreign financial establishments, including banks, insurance companies, and other financial service businesses, were mainly agglomerated in coastal cities. In particular, three major urban areas, Shanghai, Beijing, and Guangzhou, concentrated a majority of overseas financial institutions. Results from regression models show that foreign businesses' location choice is greatly influenced by a city's urban economy, involvement in the global market, and telecommunication infrastructure. However, we do not find a significant link between foreign financial institutions' market entry and the size of domestic financial centers in China.

A research report submitted to the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management of the University of the Witwatersrand, in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree Master of Laws in Labour Law, 2018 / This paper examines whether there is any role for financial education of the members of the public in the legal mandate of the Central Bank of Lesotho. The traditional functions of the central banks have been discussed to see first whether Central Bank of Lesotho performs functions similar to those of its sister banks. All the statutes that enshrine the functions of the central bank are analysed and interpreted in order to conclude whether and how financial education of the members of public forms part of the legal mandate. Conclusions and recommendations on how best to address financial education in Lesotho are made at the end of this report. / XL2019

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Yes / Following the recent financial crisis, Walker (2009) recommended that financial institutions should form a separate board level risk committee (RC) to manage various risks and prevent excessive risk taking. This research focuses on investigating how firms with separate risk committees differ from those that do not have one. The main research question we address is whether RCs have a fundamental influence on financial performance. We measure financial performance by ROA and ROE and we control for firm size, liquidity and gearing. Our sample consists of all listed financial institutions in FTSE-100 index from 2010 through 2014. Results indicate a negative relationship between risk committee characteristics (i.e., existence, size, independence, and meeting frequency) and financial performance. The results also indicate that firms without risk committee (RC) performed considerably well than firms with RC. The results are contradictory to Walker’s (2009) where RCs are recommended for their ability to mitigate and manage risks more expertly. However, we argue that establish strong RC constrain management ability to make excessive risk taking behaviour which may affect financial performance negatively. We contribute to the current research on the impact of risk committee governance attributes on financial performance after banking and governance reforms.

Chow Mee-Yee, May, Lau Chun Fung, Richard. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1987. / Bibliography: leaves 87-89.

by Cheong Suk-Ying. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references. / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / LISTS OF TABLES --- p.v / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.vi / CHAPTERS / Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- General Background --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Scope of Study --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- Objectives of Study --- p.3 / Chapter 1.4 --- Framework of Report --- p.3 / Chapter 2. --- HONG KONG AS AN INTERNATIONAL BANKING CENTRE --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1 --- Overview --- p.5 / Chapter 2.2 --- Degree of Internationalization of Hong Kong's Banking Industry --- p.6 / Chapter 2.3 --- Key Success Factors For Hong Kong's Development As An International Banking Centre --- p.8 / Chapter 2.4 --- Characteristics and Trends of Developments For The Foreign Banks in Hong Kong --- p.12 / Chapter 3. --- METHODOLOGY --- p.16 / Chapter 3.1 --- Literature Review --- p.16 / Chapter 3.2 --- Questionnaire --- p.16 / Chapter 3.3 --- Personal Interviews --- p.17 / Chapter 3.4 --- Limitations --- p.18 / Chapter 4. --- RESEARCH FINDINGS --- p.20 / Chapter 4.1 --- Questionnaire Survey --- p.20 / Factors Ranking --- p.20 / Changes in Factors' Conditions --- p.23 / Scope of Business --- p.27 / Chapter 4.2 --- Business Opportunities --- p.31 / Trade Financing --- p.31 / Project Financing --- p.34 / Investment Banking --- p.36 / Private Banking --- p.38 / Chapter 4.3 --- Interpretations and Implications --- p.40 / Chapter 5. --- HONG KONG'S FUTURE AS AN INTERNATIONAL BANKING CENTRE --- p.44 / Chapter 5.1 --- The China Issue --- p.44 / Chapter 5.2 --- Competition From Neighboring Economies --- p.45 / Chapter 5.3 --- Improving Competitiveness --- p.46 / Chapter 6. --- CONCLUSION --- p.50 / APPENDICES --- p.53 / Chapter I. --- The Banking System of Hong Kong / Chapter II. --- Sample Questionnaire / Chapter III. --- Composition of Survey Respondents / Chapter IV. --- Regression Results of Cross-Country Correlation of Factors' Ranking / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.63

Doctorat en sciences sociales, politiques et économiques / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

by Au Wai-keung, Francis. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1988. / Bibliography: leaves 48-51.

This dissertation examines how European and American banking institutions catering to middle- and working-class people sought to mobilize their capital to challenge the predominant model of international financial capitalism during the interwar years. Focusing on four sets of financial institutions whose identities were intimately linked with the “popular” clientele they served—savings banks, cooperative banks, trade union banks, and their communist analogues—I chart how influential actors within these institutions engaged in transnational efforts to challenge the entrenched position of private banks in international finance, though in pursuit of divergent political and commercial objectives. Drawing upon politicized attitudes towards popular capital and motivated by the opportunities and pressures of post-World War I internationalism, they attempted to build parallel institutional channels that could mobilize the modest financial assets of the masses to compete with or even displace capitalist banking. This study reconstructs formal and informal networks of debate and activism in which savings bankers, cooperators, and labor activists developed projects for international financial action based on popular ownership and participation. To uncover these networks, I draw on an eclectic range of sources including national and international archives, periodicals produced by syndical, cooperative, communist, and savings bank movements, and private correspondence of American and European leaders in these movements. I argue for a more capacious understanding of the political valence of financialization in this period. Far from being accepted as a neutral outcome of economic development, lamented as a depoliticizing penetration of capitalist logic into the social life of the masses, or turned to narrowly nationalistic ends, popular financial ownership—whether by individuals or institutions claiming to represent them—was recognized as a foundation on which to enact transnational solidarity. However, the political content of this solidarity varied considerably between these projects of international popular finance. Some of them sought to moralize capitalism within liberal or fascist political structures, while others aimed to strengthen cooperative or socialist alternatives. My dissertation presents an institutional history of projects of popular financial power and their limits which will be of interest to scholars of modern Europe and the U.S., international institutions, transnationalism, and global capitalism. I also hope to offer historical perspective on ongoing debates about the potential for collective action by workers, consumers, and investors in our own financialized era.