Mergers and acquisitions in the banking sector in Poland in 2009–2013 Cover Image

Fuzje i przejęcia w sektorze bankowym w Polsce w latach 2009–2013
Mergers and acquisitions in the banking sector in Poland in 2009–2013

Author(s): Agnieszka Gałecka
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: banking sector; merger; acquisition; consolidation; concentration

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyzes the mergers and acquisitions in the banking sector in Poland, and determined their impact on the structure of the sector and its concentration. The analysis was conducted between 2009 and 2013. In the analyzed sector was found growing concentration of capital in the form of mergers and acquisitions. All indications are that this trend will be maintained in subsequent years. Dominant share in the Polish banking sector are entities controlled by foreign investors, but in the period has been a slight decrease in this regard. In the analyzed period made as a result of mergers and acquisitions, we can observe an increase of concentration of the banking sector.

  • Issue Year: 3/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 63-73
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish