Sammanfattning Titel: Redovisningsinformationens betydelse vid kreditbedömning av små och medelstora företag. Nivå: C-uppsats i företagsekonomi. Författare: Annelie Engström och Christian Mattsson. Handledare: Ann W Dörner. Datum: Juni 2012. Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur kreditgivare använder sig av redovisningsinformation vid kreditbedömningen av små och medelstora företag. Forskningsfrågorna är: Stämmer redovisningsinformationen överens med kreditgivarnas behov av information vid kreditbedömning av små och medelstora företag? Vilka delar av redovisningsinformationen är viktiga vid en kreditbedömning av små och medelstora företag? Metod: I denna studie används en mixad metod vilket innebär att en kvantitativ metod används vid insamling av data och en kvalitativ metod vid analyseringen av data. Empirisk data har samlats in med strukturerade frågeformulär med fasta svarsalternativ som skickats ut till respondenterna. Sekundärdata har sökts fram ur relevant litteratur, artiklar och tidigare undersökningar. Resultat och Slutsats: De flesta kreditgivare är nöjda med den information som ges. Balans- och resultaträkning är de viktigaste rapporterna vid en kreditbedömning. Rörelseresultatet är den viktigaste resultatposten, kassalikviditet och soliditet är de viktigaste nyckeltalen. Förslag till fortsatt forskning: Följande två frågor har uppkommit under arbete och föreslås därmed som ämnen till framtida studier. Vilken redovisningsinformation saknar kreditgivare och vad skulle de vilja förbättra i den nuvarande informationen. Revisionspliktens betydelse vid kreditbedömning. Uppsatsens bidrag: Denna uppsats utreder vilka av årsredovisningens delar som är viktiga vid kreditbedömning. Detta kan vara till hjälp för att utveckla bedömningsunderlag för framtida rapporter. Nyckelord: Kreditbedömning, kreditgivning, redovisningsinformation, årsredovisning, finansiella rapporter / Abstract Title: The relevance of accounting information in the credit-granting process concerning small and medium firms. Level: Final assignment for Bachelor Degree in Business Administration. Authors: Annelie Engström and Christian Mattsson. Supervisor: Ann W Dörner. Date: June 2012. Aim: The purpose of this study is to examine how creditors use accounting information in the credit-granting process concerning small and medium-sized firms. The research questions are: Does the provided accounting information fulfill the creditor’s needs of information in the credit-granting process of small and medium-sized firms? What parts of the accounting information is important in the credit-granting process of small and medium-sized firms? Method: The design of this study is both quantitative and qualitative in nature. The primary data is collected by a quantitative method. To obtain empirical data, structured questionnaires have been sent out with fixed response alternatives to the respondents. Secondary data, have mainly been taken from literature, articles and previous studies. Result and Conclusions: Not all but most creditors are satisfied with the provided information. The balance sheet and the income statement are the most important reports when credit-granting decisions are to be made. The operating profit is the main performance record and cash liquidity and solvency are the most important ratios. Suggestions for future research: Two questions arose during the study and is thereby suggested as topics for future studies. What are the creditors missing in today’s accounting information and what needs improvement? The mandatory auditing importance of credit-granting. Contribution of this thesis: This paper investigates which parts of the Annual Report that is important for credit-granting. This may help to develop the assessment basis for future reports. Key words: Granting of credit, credit process, accounting information, annual report, financial reports

In a firm level matched sample of 499 firms we examine the information flow between stocks and the credit default swap (CDSs) over a period of January 2004 to December 2008. Our study confirms the general findings of previous studies that the information generally flows from equity market to CDS market. However, for a much smaller number of firms we also find that information also flows from the CDS to its stock. A major advantage of our sample period is that it allows us to examine the information flow before and during the crisis. This paper makes two contributions. We document that the firms for which the information flows from the CDS to its stock increases by almost tenfold during the crisis. The current crisis is often referred as a credit crisis, so this finding is consistent with what is expected of CDSs. The major contribution of this paper is that it identifies the firm specific factors that influence the information flow across the two markets. We show that characteristics such as asset size, profitability, and industry, amongst others, play an important role in determining information flow.

In order to get maximum profit, investors start to high attention on risk management after financial crisis in 2008. Therefore, risk management and predict become more and more complex. This paper mainly focuses on two risks, including non-systematic risk and credit risk. After financial crisis, countries pay more attention on credit risk, and now because of Europe debt crisis, investors and governments are also concerned with the messages about credit rating which are published by Credit Rating Agency. Besides credit risk, the firm¡¦s specific risk (i.e. non-systematic risk) is also more important than before. Recent empirical studies find that the stock is not on affected by systematic risk, but also affected by non-systematic risk. According to Kuo and Lu (2005), this thesis uses two models: Moody¡¦s KMV credit model and Markov regime switching model to estimate credit risk and non-systematic risk. The period is from January 2002 to November 2010. Testing samples are data from constituent stocks of the Taiwan 50. The purpose of this paper is researching the relationship between credit risk and non-systematic risk. The empirical results show that there is the positive relationship between non-systematic risk and credit risk. And among different industries, non-systematic risk or credit risk also shows the significant differences. For plastic industry and communications network industry, there is lower credit risk. However, for electronics industry and financial industry, there is higher credit risk. The study also found that even in the same industry, each company will face different risk level.

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In recent years, Small and Medium Enterprise Credit Guarantee Fund(SMEG) has been actively promoting organization restructuring, boosted its business unceasingly, and impelled each innovation guarantee service actively, in order to display the best benefit. This paper combines C. J. Kuo.¡]2003¡^market-based risk neutral model with actuarial valuation principles, using above observable rate discrepancy¡]i.e. one for that guaranteed by SMEG, and the other for non-guaranteed portion¡^to evaluate the credit risk SMEG assumed from guaranteed schemes, then derives the optimal guaranty fees model. The major research finding shows fixed as follows conclusion: 1.The real prepayment in subrogation is close to the total guaranty fees estimated by proposed model. 2.Applying this model can help that the credit risk degree SMEG takes reacts to the guarantee premium, and that SMEG control risk balance revenue and expenditure. This indicates that the model can reflect market information, and thus is easily applicable and referable by SMEG to establish the structure of guaranty fees as well as to reach an integrated risk management.

This thesis presents the modeling of credit risk by using structural approach. Three fundamental questions of credit risk literature are analyzed throughout the research: modeling single firm credit risk, modeling portfolio credit risk and credit risk pricing. First we analyze these questions under the assumptions that firm value follows a geometric Brownian motion and the interest rates are constant. We discuss the weaknesses of the geometric brownian motion assumption in explaining empirical properties of real data. Then we propose a new extended model in which asset value, volatility and interest rates follow affine jump diffusion processes. In our extended model volatility is stochastic, asset value and volatility has correlated jumps and interest rates are stochastic and have jumps. Finally, we analyze the modeling of single firm credit risk and credit risk pricing by using our extended model and show how our model can be used as a solution for the problems we encounter with simple models.

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<p>Consumer credit has become increasingly popular in Russia over the past few years. With the rapid growth of lending to individuals and companies, the need for accumulation of credit histories and information, collection services of bad debts, and credit insurance and financing also become of increased importance.</p><p>It was found in this thesis that the larger credit limit given to corporate clients, the greater will the loss be if there is a default and the money cannot be collected. Giving credit to a small number of customers also increases the concentration of the risk.</p><p>The opportunity to diversify in consumer credit is, however, limited because of the geo-graphic concentration of the customers, and the macro economic risk cannot be elimi-nated. Credit periods in consumer credit are in general longer, leading to higher uncertainty of payment and hence higher exposure to risk. Personal relationships are not established with customers in consumer credit, which are argued to act as “insurances” in corporate credit.</p><p>Consumer credit is more common among international companies, leading to better offers and more flexibility in the service. Insurers of corporate credit have a restrictive policy with higher premiums and more administrative work, which is less attractive for companies to take on. Creditors also have to share the risk with insurance companies, often having to pay more than 15 percent of a default.</p><p>With respect to what was mentioned above, it was concluded in this thesis that the risk of giving credit to individuals does not necessary have to be higher than that of corporate cli-ents, but that the terms of the contract is more favourable for the creditor in consumer credit.</p>

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 152-170). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 152-170). Also available on the Internet.