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- Title
Banks' noninterest income and securities holdings in a low interest rate environment: The case of Italy.
- Authors
Molyneux, Philip; Reghezza, Alessio; Torriero, Chiara; Williams, Jonathan
- Abstract
Using a sample of 440 Italian banks over the period 2007–2016, we find that low interest rates motivate banks to expand their fee and commission income and to restructure their securities portfolios. A granular breakdown suggests that banks grow noninterest income in various ways, including portfolio management, brokerage and consultancy services and increase fee income from current account and payment services. In addition, banks rebalance securities portfolios away from those "held for trading" to securities "available for sale" and "held to maturity." Our findings allude to different behavior between large and small banks: while larger banks increase brokerage, consultancy and portfolio management services, smaller banks generate fees from customer current accounts.
- Subjects
ITALY; INTEREST rates; BANK service charges; PROFESSIONAL fees; COMMUNITY banks; INCOME
- Publication
European Financial Management, 2021, Vol 27, Issue 1, p98
- ISSN
1354-7798
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/eufm.12268