The Effects of Asset and Liability Management on the Financial Performance of Commercial Banks in Ethiopia

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2020-11

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A.A.U

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The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of ALM on the Financial Performance of Ethiopian commercial banks with in the period from 2010 to 2019 using panel data. ALM is theprocess bywhichaninstitutionmanagesitsStatementof FinancialPositioninordertoallowforalternative interestrateandliquiditystates.ALM system has various functions to manage risks such as liquidity risk management, market risk management, trading risk management, funding and capital planning, profit planning and growth projection which helps for the survival and growth of the banks. The model used was CAMELS model. Profitability was measured by ROE. Nine commercial banks were purposively selected. The reasons for focusing on commercial banks were tomaintain similarityofdata. The study employed secondary data collected from the National Bank of Ethiopia; dataselectionwasdonebasedonthemeasurementsofthebankspecificvariablesunderinvestigation. The study employed Quantitative research approach and explanatory design. The data was analyzed using Stata software version 14.2. Multiple linear regression model was used where random effect regression model was applied to study the impact and relationship of the independent variables with the dependent variable. The result of the study displays that capital adequacy, asset quality and management efficiency are statistically significant and have negative effect on profitability of Ethiopian commercial banks. Conversely, liquidity is found to be statistically significant with a positive effect. Whereas, earning quality and sensitivity to risk are found to be statistically insignificant. Thus, the study recommends to bank managers that due emphasis on the significant variables have a paramount importance to enhance profitability.

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Thesis Submitted To The Schoolofgraduatestudies, College Of Business And Economics In Partial Fulfillment Of The Requirements For The Degreeof Masters Of Science In Accounting And Finance

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Asset Liability Management, Commercial Banks, Financial Performance

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