Asian Financial Crisis (AFC) 1997
In 1997 the financial crisis came to light, and essentially being a short term phenomenon, it caused crash of the Malaysian economy. Among the factors that caused the financial crisis in Malaysia were speculative attacks, deficiencies in risk management, form of corporate governance and equity market, and the legal infrastructure .The Malaysian economic was vulnerable due to the unsustainable pace of economic growth and over-valued exchange rates. The relationship between firms, government and banks in Malaysia in the financial crisis period cannot be describe as good compared to the other Asian countries. There was no clear policy on directed lending to big firms, and to that extent one cannot say that the
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The currency mismatches had also happened in Malaysia, with the exchange control regime requiring approvals for foreign currency borrowing. Several prominent corporations were allowed to raise foreign currency loans, although they only had ringgit cash flows. Due to the sharp ringgit depreciation, these corporations were faced with massive foreign exchange losses or insolvencies because of their currency mismatches and inabilities to hedge exposures. Moreover, the banking system in Malaysia was very risky and this caused bad macroeconomics. It was an explosive mix for any corporate entity which had over-borrowed and assumed too much maturity period or currency mismatches. The high risk nature of banking in distinction to fund management had risen from its high gearing and massive asset liability mismatches, and in particular, from its tendency to borrow for a short period and lend for even longer. The overdependence on banks in Asia was caused by their over-protection, as well as by the over-regulation of capital markets, and had also affected the Malaysian financial system. This had caused the under-development of non-banking financial institutions, capital markets, and risk management products, …show more content…
The investment decisions were based on the relationship model rather than on market prices, whereas contracts need not manage the supply of capital relative to investment opportunities, which were limited. In order to protect their interest, foreign lenders to Asian corporations and banks invariably made short-term loans; relying on the threat of not rolling over the loans to ensure borrowers serviced the latter. When the Asian economic crisis occurred, a majority of the lenders took back their loans and this caused the capital to outflow without any control. This was considered to be a rational response by the lenders in taking their time and going to courts to enforce their rights; given the poor laws and weak
If there was ever a word to describe the events that led up to the financial crisis of ’08, “Moral Hazard” would fit the bill perfectly. Moral hazard happens in financial terms when the success of a particular transaction is very heavily dependent on the performance of a particular party’s obligations, but where a particular party has no interest or incentive to carry out that obligation diligently. Let’s for instance take the example of a loan worth $720K, which was given to a strawberry picker earning around$14K/year to acquire a certain piece of property in the early 2000’s . In this case moral hazard was there and existed because the loan company intended to sell the loan forward to the credit rating agencies due to the inability of the
The cases that indicate a purchasing decision seem to be aimed towards bailouts. The Federal Reserve usually provides loans to the banks or firms during tough economic times. However, there are multiple conditions that are aimed to prevent risk. The Federal Reserve can only aid solvent (long-term stability) financial institutions/firms. [3] In addition, “The Fed would also be prohibited from giving loans to solvent companies that would then be passed on to insolvent ones.”
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They believed that the stock market would continue to do well, and that any money they loaned out would give them more money in
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Also the Federal Reserve Bank began to put money into the banking system letting money flow through the economy and the credit was loosened making the investments
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General Motors is a multinational company that makes and sells vehicles and its parts. In 2009 General Motors had some financial problems. The automotive company had difficulties with their finances, as a result, the company was not profitable and was leaning towards bankruptcy. The company then reached out to the government for money to help with their situation. The Bush-led government decided to use $49.5 billion of taxpayers’ money to help General Motors out.
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Executive Summary Lehman Brothers were an investment bank involved in transactions worth billions of dollars and one of the most powerful investment banks in the world. Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008 following bad investment in the sub-prime mortgage market and used bad accounting practices called Repo 105 transactions to try and cover up the bad assets. This report sets out the use of the fraud triangle when describing the actions which led to the collapse. The pressure applied on the bank, the opportunity due to the lack of regulation to carry out the actions and the ability of the bank to rationalise their decision making.