Search Results - "Northern Rock"

A comparative analysis in UK mortgage banking sector in the perspective of risk assessment after sub-prime crisis by Jang, Jr Lung

“…The main purpose of this study is to explore whether the potential risks in UK mortgage banks can be detected before sub-prime crisis occurs. Northern Rock, HBOS and Alliance & Leicester are thus selected as research subjects, and the reason why Northern Rock suffered a more serious liquidity problem than the other two is also focused. …”
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The U.S. Subprime Crisis and the CDO Troubles by Liu, Yuan

“…The growing default rates have let down a number of weighty players, ranging from HSBC to Bear Sterns hedge funds and then to the most recent Northern Rock - the U.K.'s fifth largest mortgage lender. …”
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Mortgage Securitisation-An Investigation of the Risks Inherent in Financing Process: from the borrowers to investors by Wei, Xiaoxu

“…Along with the subprime mortgage crisis, the growing rates of default have lead to serious travail for many big financial players, such as Bear Stearns in the U.S., Northern Rock in the U.K. Consequently, many academics argue that the complex securitization process weakens the incentives of the participants to screen and monitor the quality and performance of the loan which make the loans become highly risky. …”
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Determinants of credit risk: Comparative study of banks in China, UK and US by wu, ying jun

“…With the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. in the US, the Northern Rock bank event occurred in Britain and many other bank failures came up from 2008 to 2010, there are many researchers and policymakers starting to focus on the indicators that could probably explain these failures and attempt to developing some early warning systems that could give some signals where a crisis is likely to occur. …”
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