OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE, RISK AND THEIR IMPACT TOWARDS PERFORMANCES IN INDONESIAN COMMERCIAL BANKS

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to investigate relationships between ownership structure, risk and performance in Indonesian commercial banking industry. This study examines whether the type of ownership has moderating effect on these relationships, and whether ownership structure is a key determinant of risk taking behavior that effect bank’s performance in terms of ROA. The data used are banks quarterly balance sheet and income statement from the publication of Bank Indonesia. Methodology for data analysis is time-series regression analysis. This study finds that in Indonesia commercial banking ownership structure is homogeneous, where owners have strong controlling rights. But the relationship between ownership and risk taking behavior depends on the role of the largest owner in managing the firms and regulations. Capital requirements do induce and support bank’s soundness, but do not reduce bank risk taking. Furthermore, interestingly size of bank’s asset also support stability but induce aggressiveness in risk taking that influence ROA. This study also finds negative relationships between risk management and bank’s performance in terms of ROA