The liquidation of credit institutions: quantitative and qualitative analysis

Investment operations in the stock market are a priority area for increasing the bank’s profits. Investment banking includes activities on raising capital using capital market instruments with the objective of capital appreciation. The article describes the investment objectives of banks to improve their profitability, financial stability and enhance the efficiency of the whole. The main tools that allow banks to achieve the appropriate goals: profit, risk diversification, liquidity maintenance. The composition and structure of the bank’s investments in debt and equity instruments of the stock market are analyzed to detail the assessment of investment activity of banks. Also presented is a brief analysis of investment preferences of commercial banks in respect of those instruments that are typical for the current economic situation in the country