<p>Stock lending is primarily a professional activity. The supply of stocks in the lending market comes mainly from pension funds and insurance companies, while intermediaries provide valuable services by taking positions as borrowers as well as lenders. Borrowers use stock lending for various reasons. For instance, hedge funds usually borrow stocks to cover a short position. There has been a lot of controversy in the stock lending industry and the debate has mainly concerned its effects for the stock markets. The objective of this thesis is to describe the Swedish stock lending market by analyzing the historical development from 1995 to 2006. Securities lending has increased enormously in recent years and our aim is to explore what has contributed to this positive development by describing the different perspectives in the stock lending market – lender, borrower, intermediary and the Swedish Securities Dealers Association. Our conclusion is that the number of stocks on loan per week is showing a 977 percent growth between 1995 and 2006. The correlation between the number of shares on loan and its market value is highly positive during the period of study, except for 2002. The stock lending market is a legitimate investment activity which plays an important role in supporting efficient markets. According to our data stock lending supports hedging activities, accelerates price corrections in overvalued stocks and facilitates liquidity in capital markets.</p>

Stock lending is primarily a professional activity. The supply of stocks in the lending market comes mainly from pension funds and insurance companies, while intermediaries provide valuable services by taking positions as borrowers as well as lenders. Borrowers use stock lending for various reasons. For instance, hedge funds usually borrow stocks to cover a short position. There has been a lot of controversy in the stock lending industry and the debate has mainly concerned its effects for the stock markets. The objective of this thesis is to describe the Swedish stock lending market by analyzing the historical development from 1995 to 2006. Securities lending has increased enormously in recent years and our aim is to explore what has contributed to this positive development by describing the different perspectives in the stock lending market – lender, borrower, intermediary and the Swedish Securities Dealers Association. Our conclusion is that the number of stocks on loan per week is showing a 977 percent growth between 1995 and 2006. The correlation between the number of shares on loan and its market value is highly positive during the period of study, except for 2002. The stock lending market is a legitimate investment activity which plays an important role in supporting efficient markets. According to our data stock lending supports hedging activities, accelerates price corrections in overvalued stocks and facilitates liquidity in capital markets.

Svenska banker har genomgått flera finanskriser som resulterat i olika konsekvenser, bland annat kreditförluster. Intresset för varför en del banker drabbades mer medan andra drabbades mindre påverkade valet av problemområde. Många studier har gjorts beträffande kreditbeslut vid nya krediter, dock verkade området kring kredituppföljningen, det sekundära kreditbeslutet, vara relativt outforskat. Förhoppningen var att kunna bidra med kunskap som dels kunde vara användbar för kreditgivare, genom att dra lärdom av bra exempel, och dels vara brukbar för låntagarna. En annan önskan var att ge inspiration till ytterligare studier i ett relativt outforskat område. En noggrann kredituppföljning är också betydelsefull för samhället i stort. Syftet var att få en bättre bild av hur kredituppföljningsprocessen utförs i praktiken i svenska banker. Genom kvalitativa intervjuer har kredituppföljningen studerats hos sex banker i västra Sverige; Handelsbanken, Länsförsäkringar Bank, Swedbank, SEB samt två Fristående Sparbanker. Intervjupersonerna var personer med gedigen erfarenhet från utlåningsprocessen gentemot företag. Den empiriska undersökningen visade en stor överensstämmelse kring hur kredit-uppföljningen utförs i de banker som ingått i studien. Uppföljningsprocessen genomförs utifrån volym och någon form av riskklassificering. I beslutsunderlaget ingår såväl formella som informella delar, med andra ord både kvantitativ och kvalitativ information. Studien visade att både transaktions- och relationsutlåning är delar av det sekundära kreditbeslutet. En skillnad var hur stor betydelse de mjuka delarna har i kredituppföljningen. Min tolkning är att organisationskulturen har betydelse / Swedish banks have underwent several financial crises that have resulted in different type of consequences, amongst other things, credit losses. The interest for why some banks were hit more than others, influenced the choice of the problem area. Many studies have been made regarding lender decisions on new loans, however, the area related to the credit monitoring, i. e. the secondary lender decision, seems to be relatively unexplored. The aim was to contribute with knowledge that partly could be useful for creditors, through learnings from good examples, as well as partly be useful for the borrowers. Another expectation was to inspire to further studies of an area that has not been investigated deeply so far. A throught credit monitoring is also important for the society as much. The purpose was to get a better picture of how the credit monitoring processes are performed in practise in Swedish banks. Through qualitative interviews, the credit monitoring processes have been studied att six banks in the west part of Sweden. The banks are; Handelsbanken, Länsförsäkringar Bank, Swedbank, SEB and two independent banks. The respondents were persons with a solid and senior experience from lending processes towards companies. The empirical study showed a high degree of consistency in how the credit monitoring are performed at the Swedish banks that were a part of the investigation. The monitoring process are carried out based on volume and some type of risk assessment. The decision material contains formal as well as informal information or in other words: both quantitative as well qualitative information. The study showed that both transactional as well as relationship lending are parts of the secondary lender decision. One difference that was noticed, was how big importance the soft factors have in the credit monitoring process. My interpretation is that the organizational culture has an influence on this.

Despite its benefits, online peer-to-peer lending bears the risks associated with traditional forms of institutionalised lending. However, because individuals have taken over the role of the institutional lender, and the institutional participant in this form of lending takes a step back by acting only as an intermediary between the borrowers and lenders, ordinary individuals are left to bear the type of risks that institutions have traditionally borne, but without the same means of doing so. There has been little academic analysis of the role and form that regulation should take in the regulation of peer-to-peer lending and most discussions centre on the American regulatory experience. This thesis sets out to examine the theoretical classification of online peer-to-peer lending and the theoretical and practical justifications for regulating it. The aim is to ascertain the most appropriate way to regulate peer-to-peer lending, taking into account the underlying conceptual model which underpins it. The study adopts a theoretical analysis of P2PL participants and regulation based on the concepts of consumer protection and paternalism. It includes a doctrinal analysis of the UK peer-to-peer lending legislation and regulation to identify, describe and explain the rules pertaining to the industry. It also uses a comparative approach to compare P2PL with existing forms of financial lending and similar (dis)intermediated forms of transacting between individuals to show that online peer-to-peer lending is a unique form of intermediated transaction. The thesis argues that it is important that regulation displays an understanding of the underlying conceptual framework of the business model it aims to regulate. In doing so, it also argues that the peer-to-peer lending users are more than just ‘consumers’. They demonstrate a shift in the conception of individuals from consumers to prosumers because they participate in the production side of the services they receive. It goes further than existing discussions of prosumption by positing the concept of the ‘lendsumer’ to give a more accurate account of the role and experiences of peer-to-peer lenders and the effect this has on their transactional relationships and the risks they face because of this role. Based on this analysis, the thesis shows that the UK regulatory regime has limited suitability because it lacks awareness of the underlying prosumption model of peer-to-peer lending, focusing only on the business-to-consumer aspects. Consequently, it does not resolve all the issues resulting from the tripartite, participatory nature of the peer-to-peer lending transaction. In light of these findings, the thesis proposes the regulatory use of two main concepts and highlights their implications for peer-to-peer lending regulation. The first is the ‘lendsumer’ as a new paradigm of the consumer which has implications for the regulatory protections afforded to the P2P lenders. The second is the use of gatekeeper liability, adapted to online peer-to-peer lending, as a way to affect these protections in light of the particular vulnerabilities and risks experienced by the peer-to-peer lender.

The purpose of the paper is to study the differences between Chinese and IMF lending in Africa, in particular the effect on economic growth and the relationship between lending and risk of debt distress. The assumption starting out were that the Chinese loans would not be marginally worse than their IMF counterparts. To analyze this, panel data for 53 countries on the African continent during the timespan 2000-2019 were used and combined into five-year average values to account for the effects of the loans. Two different types of regressions were created, one on the effects of Chinese and IMF lending on economic growth and one on the distribution and probability of Chinese and IMF loans to go to countries in risk of debt distress. The results showed no statistical significance but the comparisons that were done showed only slight differences between the two creditors.

Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the degree Doctor of Technology: Public Management, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2015. / In 2006, the government-supported microfinance programmes implemented by the Kenyan government started lending credit to Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) using a group-lending mode, a change which represented a paradigm shift from individual lending mode. The overall aim of this research is to provide an investigation of whether the transformation of this lending policy was backed by any theoretical and empirical support. Specifically, the entirety of this study is intended to give an insight of what might have influenced the change, what informed it and what might have been overlooked. To achieve clarity and the study aim, the research is compartmentalised into three discrete studies. In the first study, a historical investigation into the factors which hindered MSEs from acquiring credit was undertaken. The second study investigated the reasons MSEs were credit rationed. The third study investigated whether the problems experienced by MSEs, associated with lack of credit access (lack of credit demand and rationing), could have been mitigated by group lending. The research utilised quantitative research design, the first two studies utilised data derived from National MSEs Baseline survey conducted in 1999. The third study utilised primary data collected from micro credit groups of the Kenya Rural Enterprise Programme (K-REP) in 2006 in Nairobi, Kenya. Various economic models and regression analysis were utilised in analysing different outcomes. In particular, the research utilised Univariate Probit, Bivariate Probit and Heckman Two-Stage Models to model various credit access outcomes. The study found that group lending largely mitigated information asymmetry- the main cause of MSEs failure to access credit. However, the study concludes that asymmetric information was not the only source of credit failure in Kenya. For group lending to work, or to have worked, it required support by other pro-MSE programme dynamics. This suggested that the government decision to change policy was partially informed by theory and practice. / D

The final qualifying work (master's thesis) is devoted to the study of consumer lending in the Russian Federation, its problems and development prospects. The subject of the research is economic relations arising in the process of organizing consumer lending. The main purpose of the master's thesis is to analyze consumer lending in the current economic situation in the Russian Federation, identifying the main problems and development prospects. In conclusion, the proposed main methods aimed at the efficiency of growth in consumer lending of the Bank and calculated the economic efficiency of the proposed measures. / Выпускная квалификационная работа (магистерская диссертация) посвящена исследованию потребительского кредитования в Российской Федерации, его проблемам и перспективам развития. Предметом исследования выступают экономические отношения, возникающие в процессе организации потребительского кредитования. Основной целью магистерской диссертации является анализ потребительского кредитования в условиях современной экономической ситуации в Российской Федерации, выявление основных проблем и перспектив развития. В заключении предложены основные методы, направленные на эффективность роста потребительского кредитования Банка и рассчитана экономическая эффективность предложенных мер.

Структура магистерской диссертации включает в себя введение, три главы, заключение, список использованной литературы. В первой главе работы изучены теоретические основы автокредитования как направления — потребительского кредитования, определены риски автокредитования, присутствующие в банковской деятельности, Во второй главе, исходя из общих теоретических положений, рассмотренных в первой главе, проведен анализ современных тенденций в сфере автокредитования и состояние автокредитного рынка России, а также проведен анализ практики кредитования на примере ООО «Медиа-микс». В третьей главе на основе проведенного анализа выявлены проблемы и перспективы развития рынка автокредитования в России, рассмотрены основные тенденции развития рынка автокредитования. В заключении подводятся итоги проведенного исследования, делаются основные выводы по работе. / The structure of the master's thesis includes an introduction, three chapters, conclusion, bibliography. In the first chapter of the work, the theoretical foundations of car lending as a direction - consumer lending are studied, the risks of car lending present in banking are identified.In the second chapter, based on the general theoretical provisions discussed in the first chapter, an analysis of modern trends in the field of car loans and the state of the auto loan market in Russia , as well as an analysis of the lending practice on the example of LLC "Media-mix". In the third chapter, on the basis of the analysis, the problems and prospects of the development of the car lending market in Russia are identified, and the main trends in the development of the car lending market are considered. In the conclusion, the results of the study are summed up, the main conclusions are drawn.

Research report to SBL, Unisa, Midrand. / Credit risk has been identified as the main risk that can result in the failure of a bank due to ineffective credit decisions. It is, therefore, critical for the banks to conduct credit risk assessment on new applicants and existing customers in order to determine the level of affordability and mitigate credit risk. Consumer credit information plays a very important role in credit risk assessment because it can accurately detect and predict default. The aim of this study was to investigate the consequences of inaccurate credit information on bank’s secured lending division. The investigation was conducted using various methods to achieve the objectives of this research. This was done through the exploration of literature review relating to research of the management of consumers credit information in developed and developing countries, and secured lending and inaccurate credit data. A quantitative research methodology was adopted. It was observed that credit risk is seen as the key risk that banks are faced with. It was found that inaccurate consumer credit data can have a negative impact on bank’s operations in terms of consumer’s disputes, higher pricing and consumer overindebtedness. In addition, inaccurate consumer credit data impede access to credit by consumers. One of the general recommendations of this research is that banks should assist in training the consumers to improve their knowledge of credit report. Further studies in the area of corporate or business clients are also recommended as the focus of this research was on individual bank’s clients.

Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2014. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: According to Vestergaard and Wade (2012:486), “No financial or bank crisis has ever occurred from something ex-ante perceived as risky”. On the contrary – according to Per Kurowski (2010 in Vestergaard & Wade 2012:486) “they have all resulted, no exceptions, from excessive lending or investment in something perceived as not risky”. BASEL III, also known as the Third BASEL Accord, was developed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) as a comprehensive set of measures to strengthen regulation and risk management and, in doing so, to reform the way in which the banking sector operated in the past (International regulatory framework for banks (Basel III), 2014). According to Zerbst (2013), Basel III was introduced as a direct result of the financial crisis that hit the United States and spread throughout the world in 2008. After the financial crisis, the financial world lost confidence in banks in general. This made the regulators wary and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCSB) was formed. They were tasked to investigate how existing regulations could be revised to safeguard banks from landing in a similar situation. Currently, South African banks meet the minimum regulatory capital requirements introduced by Basel III. Capitec and African Bank Investments Limited (ABIL) are two prominent banks in the South African unsecured lending market. These two banks, although they seem alike, do not operate in the same way. They have different funding bases. Furthermore, unlike ABIL, Capitec does not have a furniture and appliance component (African Bank, 2014). This report aims to understand how Capitec and ABIL’s risk models measure up to what Basel III proposes banks use. The analysis in this research report will enable the reader to understand the capital structure of Capitec Ltd and ABIL better. This approach will allow for a better estimation of capital structure within the unsecured banking industry. This research report can further serve as an example of capital risk analysis for other bank executives in South Africa. A further benefit for this research is that it can be used as a case study for lecturers teaching corporate finance at academic institutions.