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Abstract

Research background: Motivation for this study is the rapid development of conglomerate banking stimulated by the synergy between the traditional and parallel investment activity of banks before the 2007–2008 financial crisis. Existing studies do not answer the question about the positive influence of diversification on bank stability. They state that the combination of lending and non-interest income allows benefits to be derived from risk diversification. However, on the other hand they emphasise that non-interest and interest incomes are strongly correlated, which does not bring positive effects from diversification.

Purpose: Scientific problem aimed to be solved is to verify how the diversification of activities in commercial banks into non-interest products (i.e. trading, securities-based investment activities, and derivatives) brings positive effects such as income stabilization and risk reduction. We examine the implications of banks' risk adjusted ROA that manifest themselves as spreading and growing instability.

Research methodology: We use a panel regression model, through a dataset that covers 777 international banks, in 91 selected countries of the world, spanning the period of 1996–2015.

Results: We document that the diversification of a bank's operations is varied and depends on a bank's characteristics, including asset size.

Novelty: The study contributes to the on-going discussion on the separation of retail and investment banks with a view to enhancing their profit stability.

While contemporary systemic risk takes many forms, usually all kinds of wellknown risks overlap in time and space. Considering leverage undertaken by banksas a potential source of systemic risk, the author attempts to discover the factorsintensifying this phenomenon. The article presents the results of a study on datafrom individual banks in 31 European states for the period 2000–2010. The primaryobjective of this study is to verify the diversification of sources of systemicrisk in the banking sectors of developing and developed countries. Evidence ofheterogeneity of systematic risk's determinants in European countries is provided.

The object of the study is identification of the bond yields volatility in selected European countries, during the crisis of Greece's public finances from 2010 to 2013. For this purpose used GARCH (1.1) model. The specific aim of the study is to determine: do we have to deal with so-called contagion effect in Treasury bonds market? The analysis was conducted in two trials : 1/ for the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, represented by Czech Republic and Poland, 2/ for developed countries – Austria and France.

Abstract
Observable climate change and an increase in the frequency of extreme climate events undoubtedly pose challenges for society and business operations. The changes being implemented in sustainability efforts are a response to these challenges. However, the question is how these measures affect companies' financial performance.
The study aims to verify the relationship between the reporting of sustainability scores related to three aspects: environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG). It focuses on the financial performance of companies in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region in 2017–2021. The study will use panel regression and cross-sectional analysis. The results indicate a positive relationship between the disclosure of ESG activities and the financial performance of companies as measured by ROA. It was also observed that for companies operating in the financial sector, the correlation is greater, compared to companies operating in other sectors. This study contributes to the ongoing debate on the environment, society, and governance in the economy.

"European economies have been plagued by successive crises, from the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) to the COVID-19 pandemic, through to the economic and geopolitical instability in Ukraine. These events, the uncertainty they generate combined with dynamic technological progress and significant socio-cultural changes, have profoundly modified the character of modern finance. Understanding what happened, what mechanisms worked, and the reaction of the banking sector, bank customers, and policymakers require an in-depth and structured analysis. This book critically assesses the impact of these events, notably the Covid-19 pandemic, on the performance of the banking sector in Europe and serves as a compendium of knowledge on recent changes in European banking from two perspectives. Firstly, European banking transformation, analyzing the process of what has already taken place: in particular, the GFC and Covid-19 crises; secondly, from the perspective of the challenges facing the operations and strategic management of European banks. It identifies specific areas of impact on the activity of commercial banks and the determining factors that will shape the economic and financial condition of banks and their customers - borrowers - in the future. Risk management, particularly credit risk, is a key focus of this volume. Each chapter, implicitly or explicitly, address a variety of questions that can help the reader to understand the complex nature of the transformation of the banking sector. The book provides a structured reference for those concerned with the impact of volatility on the business models of modern banks. As such, it will find a broad audience among students, academics, banking, financial, business, and industry professionals, policymakers, and market regulators"--