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This video aims to provide a simple overview of a bank balance sheet, enabling the viewer to identify the principal items on it and what they mean.
This video aims to provide a simple overview of a bank balance sheet, enabling the viewer to identify the principal items on it and what they mean.
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This video aims to provide a simple overview of a bank balance sheet, enabling the viewer to identify the principal items on it and what they mean. This video looks to demystify bank balance sheets by trying to decompose even the HSBC balance sheet -into consumable and understandable chunks which just happen to have a lot of zeros that come with it- which is arguably one of the largest and most complicated banks in the world.
Key learning objectives:
Analyse the principal asset items (footings) that typically feature on a bank’s balance sheet
Analyse the principal liability items (footings) that typically feature on a bank’s balance sheet
Analyse the makeup of Equity, sometimes called shareholders’ funds, on a bank’s balance sheet
Understand why these items exist on the balance sheet and what this tells you about the bank’s business model and hence risks
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A balance sheet is a statement that keeps track of what a bank owns, what a bank owes, and the net worth of a bank’s operation. It helps us determine:
An asset may be defined as either something the firm physically possesses, such as a property or a piece of equipment, or an amount owing to it.
A liability is an amount or debt owed by the firm to another party, a planned future monetary loss based on past deals and transactions.
Just as customer loans are the biggest asset on a bank’s balance sheet, customer deposits, known as customer accounts, are generally the biggest liability on the bank balance sheet for retail and commercial banks.
This is senior preferred debt and will be issued for four reasons:
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