This study examined the determinants of commercial bank liquidity in South Africa. The panel regression approach was used, applying panel data from twelve commercial banks over the period 2006 to 2016. A quantitative research method was used to investigate the relationship between bank liquidity and some microeconomic and bank-specific factors and between bank liquidity and selected macro-economic factors. The regression analysis for four liquidity ratios was conducted using the pooled ordinary least squares regression, fixed effects, random effects and the generalised methods of moments. However, the system generalised methods of moments approach was preferred over the other methods because it eliminated the problem of endogeneity. Results show that capital adequacy, size and gross domestic product have a positive and significant effect on liquidity. Loan growth and non-performing loans had a negative and significant effect on liquidity. Inflation had both a positive and a negative but an insignificant effect on liquidity. The study concluded that South African banks could enhance their liquidity positions by tightening their loan-underwriting criteria and credit policies. Banks should improve their credit risk management frameworks to be more prudent in their lending practices to improve the quality of the loan book to enhance liquidity. They also need to grow their capital levels by embarking on efficient revenue enhancements activities. Banks may also to look at their clients on an overall basis and not on transaction bases, and they need to improve non-interest revenue by introducing innovated products. The South African Reserve Bank could push for policies that might enhance capitalisation by ensuring that the sector is consolidated and thus merging smaller banks to create banks with stronger balance sheets and stronger capital base. This study contributes to the empirical research repository on the determinants of liquidity and more specifically, it identified the significant factors that affect South African commercial bank liquidity. Identifying the determinants of South African commercial bank liquidity will provide the South African Reserve Bank with insight into ways of enhancing liquidity management reforms, to improve the sector’s liquidity management practices and help to maintain a sound and liquid banking sector. / Business Management / M. Com. (Business Management)

Submitted by Fabiana Okamoto (fabianaokamoto@bancojbs.com.br) on 2011-09-19T14:58:46Z No. of bitstreams: 1 TESE_v3_impressa_alterada.pdf: 783036 bytes, checksum: 8c60fbb3c75157e27ebb53b0a55a68c5 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Suzinei Teles Garcia Garcia (suzinei.garcia@fgv.br) on 2011-09-19T15:13:48Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 TESE_v3_impressa_alterada.pdf: 783036 bytes, checksum: 8c60fbb3c75157e27ebb53b0a55a68c5 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Suzinei Teles Garcia Garcia (suzinei.garcia@fgv.br) on 2011-09-19T15:13:59Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 TESE_v3_impressa_alterada.pdf: 783036 bytes, checksum: 8c60fbb3c75157e27ebb53b0a55a68c5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2011-09-19T15:18:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 TESE_v3_impressa_alterada.pdf: 783036 bytes, checksum: 8c60fbb3c75157e27ebb53b0a55a68c5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-08-18 / This study aims at giving an overview on the issurance of Special-Guarantee Certificates of Deposit (DPGEs, for their acronym in Portuguese), which was created amid the 2008-09 financial crisis by Resolutions 3.692/09, 3.717/09 e 3.793/09 of the Brazilian National Monetary Council. These pieces of regulation authorized banks to issue deposits with a special guarantee of up to BRL 20 million per depositor, to be provided by the Brazilian Credit Guarantee Fund (Fundo Garantidor de Crédito – FGC). These measures aimed to restore liquidity to financial markets, creating improved conditions for banks to fund themselves and consequently reestablish credit supply. The data indicate that DPGE was capable of restoring bank liquidity to banks that experienced runs during late 2008, which increased the capacity of these banks to make loans. In addition, it is also part of the scope of this study to identify bank-specific characteristics that led banks to issue this type of certificate of deposit.. / O objetivo deste trabalho é apresentar um panorama sobre a emissão de Depósitos a Prazo com Garantias Especiais (DPGEs), que foi criado junto a diversas medidas implementadas em meados da crise financeira de 2008 – 2009, por meio das Resoluções 3.692/09, 3.717/09 e 3.793/09 do Conselho Monetário Nacional. Essa medidas autorizaram os bancos a captar depósito a prazo com garantia especial de R$ 20 milhões por depositante a ser proporcionada pelo FGC (Fundo Garantidor de Crédito). Essas Resoluções foram publicadas com o intuito de aumentar a liquidez nos mercados, criando melhores condições para que as instituições financeiras voltassem a captar recursos e conseqüentemente realizar operações de crédito. Os dados indicam que o DPGE restabeleceu a liquidez de bancos que sofreram com saques no final de 2008, e houve consequente aumento da capacidade desses bancos em voltar a fornecer crédito. Adicionalmente, faz parte do escopo do trabalho compreender quais as características dos bancos que emitiram esse tipo de passivo.