01931cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF013838 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484385227 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Ong, Li. HEAT! : A Bank Health Assessment Tool / Li Ong, Phakawa Jeasakul, Sarah Kwoh. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013. 1 online resource (20 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Developments during the global financial crisis have highlighted the importance of differentiating across financial systems and institutions. Assessments of financial stability have increasingly considered the characteristics of individual banks within a financial system, as well as those with significant international reach, to identify vulnerabilities and inform policy decisions. This paper proposes a simple measure of bank soundness, the Bank Health Index (BHI), to facilitate preliminary analyses of individual financial institutions relative to their peers. The evidence suggests that the BHI is useful for a first-pass identification of bank soundness conditions. Automated spreadsheet templates of the bank Health Assessment Tool (HEAT!) are provided for users with access to the BankScope, Bloomberg and/or SNL database(s). Mode of access: Internet Jeasakul, Phakawa. Kwoh, Sarah. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2013/177 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2013/177/001.2013.issue-177-en.xml IMF e-Library