Identification of the Most Important Economic and Financial Performance Indicators in Mercosur Bank Financial Institutions
performance indicator; Mercosur; factor analysis
Financial institutions are the main financial intermediaries in the credit market, and are of great importance in financial intermediation, as they bring greater balance to companies and families, enabling the financing of their investment projects. This function is essential for the consolidation and development of an economy, as it is an important source of investment financing (DANTAS, 2012). Financial institutions' economic and financial performance can be assessed by analyzing the financial statements or by using indicators that consider their specificities. The use of economic and financial indicators facilitates the analysis and comparison of performance of different companies, being a widely used methodology (Matias, 2014). The banking market has undergone major changes caused, among the main reasons, by the development of new technologies, acquisitions and new entrants. One aspect of this process is industry consolidation through mergers, incorporations or restructurings and further industry consolidation (DANTAS, 2012; JAYARAMAN, SRIVASAN e ARUNACHALAM, 2014). This study will have a descriptive, documentary and quantitative approach. It intends to apply the factor analysis to analyze data from the banking financial institutions of the Mercosur countries from 1995 to 2018. The question that this research intends to answer can be summarized as follows.: What are the most relevant economic and financial indicators for assessing the performance of bank financial institutions in Mercosur countries?