The diversification and financial performance of US credit unions

J Goddard, D McKillop, JOS Wilson - Journal of banking & finance, 2008 - Elsevier
For US credit unions, revenue from non-interest sources has increased significantly in recent
years. We investigate the impact of revenue diversification on financial performance for the …

The dark side of diversification: The case of US financial holding companies

KJ Stiroh, A Rumble - Journal of banking & finance, 2006 - Elsevier
Potential diversification benefits are one reason why US financial holding companies are
offering a growing range of financial services. This paper examines whether the observed …

Diversification in banking: Is noninterest income the answer?

KJ Stiroh - Journal of money, Credit and Banking, 2004 - JSTOR
This paper assesses potential diversification benefits in the US banking industry from the
steady shift toward activities that generate fee income, trading revenue, and other types of …

Income diversification and bank performance: Evidence from Italian banks

V Chiorazzo, C Milani, F Salvini - Journal of financial services research, 2008 - Springer
Using annual data from Italian banks, we study the link between non-interest revenues and
profitability. We find that income diversification increases risk-adjusted returns. Our results …

Diversification, fee income, and credit union risk

N Esho, P Kofman, IG Sharpe - Journal of Financial Services Research, 2005 - Springer
Australian credit unions (CUs) have introduced new fee generating activities, increased
transaction fees on existing products, and diversified into residential mortgages. Using …

Are there diversification benefits of increasing noninterest income in the Chinese banking industry?

L Li, Y Zhang - Journal of Empirical Finance, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper assesses the potential diversification benefits of the increasing reliance on
nontraditional business activities based on data from the Chinese banking industry in 1986 …

Non-interest income, profitability, and risk in banking industry: A cross-country analysis

CC Lee, SJ Yang, CH Chang - The North American Journal of Economics …, 2014 - Elsevier
Using bank accounting data for 22 countries in Asia over the period 1995–2009, this article
applies the dynamic panel generalized method of moments technique to investigate the …

Do financial conglomerates create or destroy economic value?

MM Schmid, I Walter - Journal of Financial Intermediation, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper investigates whether functional diversification is value-enhancing or value-
destroying in the financial services sector, broadly defined. Based on a US dataset …

How does the stock market value bank diversification? Empirical evidence from Japanese banks

M Sawada - Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper empirically examines the effect of banks' revenue diversification across different
activities on the stock-based return and risk measures using data on the Japanese banking …

The relationship between revenue diversification and bank performance: Do financial structures and financial reforms matter?

CC Lee, MF Hsieh, SJ Yang - Japan and the World Economy, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper contributes to the existing literature by investigating the impact of revenue
diversification on bank performance through a broad array of financial reforms, including …