The current thesis titled "Credit risk of central bank foreign exchange operations" aims to explain the concept of credit risk and its types from theoretical perspective and to define sources of credit risk that are specific for central banks and which arise from central bank's operations. It also aims at the analysis of possible methods of credit risk limitation. The practical part of this thesis is dedicated to the study of specific sources of credit risk as well as methods of credit risk management which are presented on the examples of the central banks of Great Britain, Japan and the European central bank. Closer attention is also paid to the response of these central banks to the 2008 financial crisis and the impact that this crisis had on the extent of their exposure to credit risk.

This diploma thesis deals with external audit of banks in Czech Republic. The main objective of this thesis is to describe in detail the techniques, strategy and methods which are used by the external auditor during the engagement and to compare them with those used in internal audit. The main emphasis during the stage of interim audit is put on control of risk management activities. The first part of this diploma thesis is devoted to theoretical issues and legal aspects of audit profession. Specific characteristics of banking institutions audit including major risks and the scope of external auditor's activities are described in the second chapter of the thesis. Third part describes the main stages, used methodology and the process of external audit of banking institutions. Last chapter is devoted to a brief description of the internal auditor's activities in the bank and their comparison with the external audit.

In the thesis we analyse changes in derivatives valuation after the financial crisis and their impact on behaviour of financial institutions. We focus mainly on the changes related to counterparty credit risk and valuation adjustments. We describe in economical terms the relationship between counterparty credit risk and traditional credit risk, we also introduce management and modelling of this risk. In second part of the study we analyse the regulatory framework, in particular new capital requirement and mandatory central clearing of OTC derivatives. We discuss inconsistencies between regulatory and internal approaches to the counterparty risk measurement and also significant systemic risk connected to central counterparties. Finally we investigate the impact of changes in derivatives valuation on banks in both the EU and the Czech Republic. Specifically we are interested in optimal approach to entering into derivative trade.

This diploma thesis is concerned with a financial tool called factoring. It involves an assignment of account receivables before their maturity date onto the factoring company and thus taking over their administration while providing immediate cash to the original creditor in order to sustain liquidity. Legislation of this method of financing is not yet fully resolved therefore it is crucial to focus primarily on the ecnomic substance of individual contracts. Basically, there are two major types of factoring: recourse and non-recourse depending on the level of assumed risk, together with transfer of ownerwhip of the account receivable. This fundamental distinction is inevitable for correct financial reporting which should reflect not only the accounting principles but also it should respect other implications, such as taxation.

This thesis describes an impact of credit risk management and credit risk regulation on the volume and quality of credits. Consequently there is an influence on economic activity of people and companies, price level and business cycle. In the thesis the basic principles of credit risk management and regulations are described. The volume of granted credit determines the probability of default. If there is an option to transfer a credit risk to the third party, volume of granted credits increases. The volume of credit depends also on the regulatory duty to hold an adequate amount of capital. In the case the banks find the way to diminish this regulatory capital, the volume of credit increases. Credit activity of banks boosts economic activity of people and companies and it has an impact on the price level. The option of credit risk transfer to the third party together with high saturation of credit market leads to taking higher risk by lenders. At the end it has an impact on the business cycle.

The goal of my thesis "Audit of a bank" is to identify and describe the area of external and internal audit in banking and to focus on specifics of bank audit in comparison to external audit of commercial enterprise. The first part is focused on audit of financial statements. In the second part are described the specifics of banking segment. Third part describes internal audit and cooperation between external and internal audit. In the last part there are described methods applied during the audit of the bank.

Cette thèse a pour objet d’analyser la performance des établissements bancaires jordaniens durant la crise mondiale amorcée en 2007-2008. Sous ce thème, nous abordons les questions de la réglementation du système bancaire, de l’asymétrie d'information et du risque de crédit. Une attention particulière est portée à l’analyse de la réglementation issue des différents accords de Bâle, qui a servi de modèle à la régulation du système bancaire jordanien. En effet, non seulement la philosophie de la réglementation bancaire a évolué depuis le premier accord en 1988, mais de plus il existe des interactions entre les dispositifs réglementaires et les problèmes liés à l’information et à la gestion du risque de crédit. A la suite de l'analyse de ces trois facteurs, nous nous tournons vers leur prise en compte dans l'évaluation de la performance bancaire. Nous concentrons notre étude sur la Jordanie, pays dans lequel la structure du marché bancaire a profondément été bouleversée ces dernières années par l’ouverture du marché aux investisseurs internationaux, par l’évolution des normes prudentielles et par les conséquences économiques de la crise financière internationale. Une estimation quantitative du risque de crédit et de la performance est menée, en ayant recours à des méthodes statistiques et économétriques. Les résultats montrent que la dégradation de la performance des banques jordaniennes à partir de 2008 n’est pas due principalement à la réglementation stricte imposée par la banque centrale, mais plutôt à l’autorégulation, caractérisée par un excès de prudence des banques dans leur offre de crédits, particulièrement après avoir connu une période de forte concurrence. / The aim of this thesis is to analyze the performance of Jordanian banks during the recent global crisis that started in 2007-2008. Under this theme, we approach the banking system regulatory issues, the information asymmetry and the credit risk. Special attention is paid to the analysis of the regulations stemming from various Basel agreements, which served as a model for the regulation of the Jordanian banking system. Indeed, not only the philosophy for banking regulation has evolved since the first agreement in 1988, but more interactions have emerged between regulatory systems with information and credit risk management related problems. Following the analysis of these three factors, we will study their role in the evaluation of the banking sector performance. We focus our study on Jordan, a country in which the structure of the banking market has been deeply disturbed in recent years by opening the market to international investors, by changing the prudential standards and the economic consequences of the global financial crisis. Our approach is to conduct a quantitative assessment of credit risk and performance, through the use of statistical and econometric methods. The results show that the degradation in the performance of Jordanian banks starting from 2008 is not mainly the result of the strict regulations implemented by the Central Bank of Jordan, but rather an auto-regulation characterized by the banks excessively cautious attitude to their credit supply, especially after a period of intense competition.

I dagens samhälle sporras konsumenter till att konsumera mer och mer. En anledning till att konsumenter idag konsumerar mer än tidigare är att pengar idag är mer lättillgängliga än de tidigare varit. Det har lett till att fler tar konsumtionslån, vilket är en riskfylld affär för de banker som bistår konsumenter med lån. Bankerna utsätts för en kreditrisk i samband med att de beviljat ett lån utan säkerhet. Författarna till den här studien har ett stort intresse inom ekonomi och konsumtion och således upptäcktes även intresset för riskerna som bankerna står inför i de här sammanhangen. Studiens författare uppmärksammade att det fanns en ytterst begränsad mängd tidigare forskning inom ämnet och önskade därmed att fylla den identifierade kunskapsluckan. Studien syftade att besvara vilka faktorer svenska banker beaktar vid en kreditbedömning och hur en sådan utförs för konsumtionslån. Utöver det syftade studien även att besvara hur bankerna bedömt de risker de utsätts för i samband med konsumtionslån, hur riskerna påverkade bankernas riskstrategier samt hur bankerna beaktade konsumenternas beteende i riskbedömningarna. Studien utfördes med en kvalitativ metod. Teori samlades in och bearbetades från 18 vetenskapligt granskade artiklar. Sju semistrukturerade intervjuer med sju olika svenska banker utfördes. Intervjupersonerna valdes ut baserat på den kunskap och erfarenhet de besatt inom kredit och riskbedömning. Således hade de intervjuade roller i form av kreditchefer, kontorschefer, kreditspecialister och senior credit riskmanager. De intervjuade bankerna valdes ut i vetskap om att de representerar olika delar av marknaden, vilket skapade en större variation och bredd i det insamlade datamaterialet. Således intervjuades storbanker, medelstora banker och nischbanker. Av studien har det framkommit att de främsta faktorerna bankerna tog hänsyn till vid en kreditbedömning, var kundens inkomst och återbetalningsförmåga. I studien visade det sig även att bankerna identifierade kundens vilja och förmåga att återbetala ett lån, som de största riskerna som bankerna möts av. Bankerna tog även hänsyn till kunders beteende, dock i olika utsträckning, vid riskbedömningarna. Bankerna tillämpade olika typer av riskklassificeringsmodeller som riskbedömningen och räntenivån baserades på. Det skilde sig mellan bankerna i huruvida de såg konsumtionslån som lönsamma. Dock ansåg de flesta bankerna att konsumtionslån inte var den mest lönsamma låneprodukten. / In today's society consumers are regularly encouraged to consume more and more. One reason that people today consume more than people used to are that money nowadays are more easily accessible than they were before. This has led to more people applying for unsecured smaller loans, which is a risky business for banks that grants these kinds of loans. The banks put themselves in risk of consumers not being able to pay them back when they grant unsecured loans. This papers authors have an interest in both economy and consumption and therefor also discovered an interest in the risks that banks put themselves in when granting unsecured loans. The authors discovered that there was a limited amount of earlier research available on the subject. An aim for this paper therefore was to identify which factors the banks consider when assessing a credit loan application and how the bank make the assessments. Furthermore, this paper aims to identify the risks that the banks put themselves in when granting this kind of loan, how the risks affect the banks risk strategies and how the banks take in consideration consumers behaviour when the banks make their risk assessments. This paper was conducted by a qualitative method. Theory was assembled from 18 peer reviewed articles. Seven semi structured interviews where held with representatives from seven different Swedish banks. The persons being interviewed where chosen based on the knowledge and experience they possessed in credit and risk assessment. Therefore, the people that were asked to take part in the interviews worked as credit managers, office managers and credit risk managers. The banks that contributed with an interview where chosen with knowledge that they would represent different parts of the market, wishing to create a bigger variation and a depth in the data material. The interviewed persons represented bigger banks, medium sized banks and nichebanks. In the empiricism the study shows that the main factors that banks consider when they assess these kinds of loans are the customers income and assessed ability to repay the loans. The banks identified both the customers' ability and their will to repay the loan, as the biggest risk they faced. They also considered how customers behave. The study shows that banks applied different kinds of risk scoring models that they based the risk assessment and interest rate on. From the study it shows that banks differ in their view on whether these types of loans are profitable, although most of the banks did not consider them to be profitable

The theoretical part of thesis covers consumer credit, particular parts of credit process and credit registers. Analysis of credit risk management in a bank of concern, quality of credit portfolio and suggestion of changes in rating of retail receivables are dealt with in the practical part.

The object of the following Diploma thesis was to design and test a simple and well-arranged credit tool – a Rating Model (further Model) which could be used as a preventative measure in credit policy. This rating model was designed in order to make the work of the Credit Risk Management sub-department and Rating Committee of KORADO more effective and at the same time to make more effective use of currently available internal and external data. Should the Company decide to use this Rating Model, a minimum of additional expenses would be incurred. The reader of this work will gain theoretical knowledge regarding financial analysis, credit management and fuzzy logic which is used in the calculation of a Total Rating. He/she will become acquainted with the major external agencies providing rating evaluations. As well, the reader may apprise the theoretical Rating model, including its practical use on four domestic and four overseas customers of KORADO. In conclusion there is an implementation of the Model, including a time schedule, an implementation team proposal as well as a budget of implementation and utilization costs.