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Customer Equity Sustainability Ratio: A New Metric for Assessing a Firm’s Future Orientation Skiera, Bernd / Bermes, Manuel / Horn, Lutz (2011), "Customer Equity Sustainability Ratio: A New Metric for Assessing a Firm’s Future Orientation", Journal of Marketing, Vol. 75 (May), 118-131

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Customer Equity Sustainability Ratio: A New Metric for Assessing a Firm’s Future Orientation

Skiera, Bernd / Bermes, Manuel / Horn, Lutz (2011), "Customer Equity Sustainability Ratio: A New Metric for Assessing

a Firm’s Future Orientation", Journal of Marketing, Vol. 75 (May), 118-131

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Paper in Journal of Marketing

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Skiera, Bernd / Bermes, Manuel / Horn, Lutz (2011), "Customer Equity Sustainability Ratio: A New Metric for Assessing a Firm’s Future Orientation", Journal of Marketing, Vol. 75 (May), 118-131.

© 2011, American Marketing Association

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Aim and Contribution of Our Research

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Customer equity should play a more prominent role in financial reporting

The aim and contribution of our research are to …

Outline the problems associated with a shift from long-term value creation to short-term profit realization

Emphasize the importance of reporting forward-looking metrics

Propose customer equity reporting (CER) and the customer equity sustainability ratio (CESR) as potential means to increase transparency in financial statements

Provide stakeholders with valuable information about the long-term value of a customer base

Argue that more forward-looking metrics might have diminished the devastating consequences of the current financial crisis

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Securitization in Non-Financial Businesses (1/2)

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Soccer club realizes earnings from ticket sales

soccer entertainment

earnings from ticket sales

$100,000,000

soccer clubsoccer club fans

5 years considered; 20 games per year; 50,000 spectators per game; $20 per ticket Total earnings of the soccer club from ticket sales: $100,000,000 ($20,000,000 each year)

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Securitization in Non-Financial Businesses (2/2)

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Soccer club transfers its future ticket sales to a bank

soccer entertainment

earnings from ticket sales over next five

years$100,000,000

soccer club

soccer club fans bank

$75,815,735

one-time earnings from securitization

Discount rate: 10% Discounted net present value of total earnings: $75,815,735

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European Union’s Trouble with Greece

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Story, Landon, and Schwartz (2010), "Wall Street Helped to Mask Debt Fueling Europe’s Crisis", Wallstreet Journal, February 14

In dozens of deals across the Continent, banks provided cash upfront in return for government payments in the future, with those liabilities then left off the books. Greece, for example, traded away the rights to airport fees and lottery proceeds in years to come.

Banks went to Athens to pitch complex products to defer debt.

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Securitization in Financial and Non-Financial Industries

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Securitization in the financial industry:Underlying products

Securitization in non-financial industries:Underlying products

Mortgages Future telecommunications usage

Car financing Future electricity consumption

Consumer loans Future tax assets

Student loans Future health care receivables

Credit cards Future royalties of intellectual properties

Leasing claims Ticket securitization- Airlines- Railway- Sport events- Cultural events- Museums- Fairs and Exhibitions- etc.

Commercial loans

Commercial papers

Leasing claims

Insurance premiums

(e.g., Bermes 2011; Bessler 2007; Jobst 2002)

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Basic Idea of Securitization in Banking (1/2)

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t0: loans

t1 to tn: interestand amortization

loan borrowers bankloan granter

Traditional banking business is to borrow and lend money (buy and hold)

Non-securitization

Loans (mortgages, business financing, consumer loans etc.) are offered mainly to bank’s own customers

Amortization can be paid e.g. annually or at the end of the contract period (bullet loan) depending on the loan structure

Interest is paid by borrowers constantly (often monthly or annually) on loan volume outstanding

Banks earn money from the margin between the interest rate of the loan and the refinancing costs minus provisions for expected loan losses

Banks receive the interest margin constantly over the lifetime of the loan contract (for bullet loans)

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Basic Idea of Securitization in Banking (2/2)

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Traditional banking business is extended to securitization (originate and distribute)

loan borrowers t1 to tn: interestand amortization

trustee

t0: loans

t0: loan claims SPV

t0: price forloan claims

t0: loan claims

t1 to tn: interestand amortization

t0: price forsecurities

t0: securities

investors

bankloan granter

Securitization

Loans are sold to special purpose vehicles (SPV) and therewith handled outside the bank’s balance sheet

Loans are packed and structured into investment tranches with different underlying risk levels

Tranches are distributed to investors

A trustee collects interest and amortization cash flows from borrowers and redirects them to investors

Investors face the risk of loan defaults

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Underestimated Risk in Securitized Assets

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CDO with different tranches

Senior tranche (AAA to A)

Mezzanine tranche (BBB to B)

Junior tranche (without any rating)

Equity tranche (residuum)

CDO with different tranches

Senior tranche (AAA to A)

Mezzanine tranche (BBB to B)

Junior tranche (without any rating)

Equity tranche (residuum)

Securitization

Securitization

CDO with different tranches

Senior tranche (AAA to A)

Mezzanine tranche (BBB to B)

Junior tranche (without any rating)

Equity tranche (residuum)

“First round“ collateralized debt obligations (CDO)

“Second round” collateralized debt obligations (CDO2)

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Previous Research on Securitization in Finance

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Credit and market risk Liquidity risk and funding

Through securitization, ...

Banks can manage credit and market risks of the underlying loan portfolios

E.g.:

Ambrose, Lacour-Little, and Sanders (2005)

Coval, Jurek, and Stafford (2009) Franke and Krahnen (2008) Lockwood, Rutherford, and Herrera

(1996) Luo, Tang, and Wang (2008) Purnanandam (2009)

Through securitization, ...

Banks can reach stronger liquidity positions

Banks can easier fulfill regulatory requirements such as Basel II/III

E.g.:

Ambrose, Lacour-Little, and Sanders (2005)

Calem and LaCour-Little (2004) Jones (2000) Purnanandam (2009) Twinn (1994)

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Banking Example: Assumptions and Calculation Basis

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We distinguish between a non-securitizing and a securitizing bank

The banks each issue a five-year loan volume of $100,000 to customers at the beginning of each year

The annual net interest margin of the loans is 1% (5% interest rate; 3.5% refinancing expenses; 0.5% loan loss provisions)

No other deductions or costs occur

Discount rate is 10%

The non-securitizing bank gets the interest income at the end of each year

The securitizing bank sells the whole loan volume and the related annual interest income to new investors and receives the non-interest income at the end of each year

Customer equity is valued as of the end of each year

Equity is $30,000

We analyze two cases:

Distribution case: The banks pay out all of their earnings as dividends at the end of each year

Reinvestment case: The banks reinvest the earnings at a return rate of 10%

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Banking Example: Non-Securitizing Bank

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Banking Example: Securitizing Bank

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Banking Example: Effects of Securitization on Earnings (Distribution Case)

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Banking Example: Effects of Securitization on Return on Equity (Distribution Case)

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uity

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Securitizing Bank Non-Securitizing Bank

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Customer Metrics to Increase Transparency in Financial Reports

CER and CESR provide comprehensive transparency information

CER provides stakeholders with valuable information about the long-term value of a bank’s current customer base (Wiesel, Skiera, and Villanueva 2008)

CER publishes detailed customer structures with related earnings and costs in absolute numbers

CER can issue a forward-looking statement

Customer Equity Reporting

(CER)

Newly developedCustomer Equity

Sustainability Ratio(CESR)

CESR compares the likely future earnings of the existing customers to current earnings

CESR identifies shifts in value realizations over time

CESR reports the sustainability of the bank’s earnings as a relative number in a simple and substantial way

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Customer Equity Sustainability Ratio (CESR)

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CESR is a new metric to quantify the intensity of long-term value creation

Defining CESRj as the metric of the PV of all future earnings to the corresponding customer lifetime value (CLV) of a customer and rearranging it leads to:

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Relationship Between Customer Equity (CE) and Customer Equity Sustainability Ratio (CESR)

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Short-TermProfit Realization

with a StrongCustomer Base

Long-TermValue Creationwith a Strong

Customer Base

Short-TermProfit Realization

with a WeakCustomer Base

Long-TermValue Creationwith a Weak

Customer Base

CE (high)

CE (low)

CESR (low) CESR (high)

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Banking Example Revisited: Effects of Securitization on CE (Distribution Case)

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$1.000

$2.000

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$4.000

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$6.000

$7.000

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7

Tota

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ning

s (in

k U

SD)

Year

Securitizing Bank Non-Securitizing Bank

$0

$1.000

$2.000

$3.000

$4.000

$5.000

$6.000

$7.000

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7

Cust

omer

Equ

ity

(CE)

(in

k U

SD)

Year

Securitizing Bank Non-Securitizing Bank

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Banking Example Revisited: Effects of Securitization on CESR (Distribution Case)

$0

$1.000

$2.000

$3.000

$4.000

$5.000

$6.000

$7.000

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7

Tota

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ning

s (in

k U

SD)

Year

Securitizing Bank Non-Securitizing Bank

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R)

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Securitizing Bank Non-Securitizing Bank

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Empirical Study About Transparency of Securitization in Banks’ Financial Reports (1/2)

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Empirical Study About Transparency of Securitization in Banks’ Financial Reports (2/2)

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Empirical Study of Countrywide:General Information

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Countrywide Financial Corporation (CFC) was the U.S. market leader in mortgage lending and origination between 2004 and 2007

Countrywide provides a detailed view of the shift from long-term value creation to short-term profit realization

Countrywide was heavily engaged in subprime mortgage-backed securities (MBS) transactions

Countrywide needed a rescue from Bank of America in February 2008

As a subsidiary of Bank of America, Countrywide no longer publishes its own financial statements, so our analysis comprises 1998-2007

Countrywide was the market leader in mortgage banking

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Empirical Study of Countrywide:Securitization of Mortgage Loans

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10%14%18%11%14%

28%35%

41%

90%

468,172

86%

2005

499,301

82%96%

4%

2001

123,969

95%

5%

20062000

68,923

72%

1999 2007

415,63466,740

65%

1998

92,881

59%

2004

363,364

89%

2003

434,864

86%

2002

251,901

% of Volume of Mortgage Loans Sold

% of Volume of Mortgage Loans Hold

Total Mortgage Loans Volume (in m USD)

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Empirical Study of Countrywide:Earnings Structure

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Empirical Counterfactual Analysis of Countrywide: Total Earnings

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ning

s (in

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Year

Countrywide - Securitization Case Countrywide - Non-Securitization Case

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Empirical Counterfactual Analysis of Countrywide: Difference in Total Earnings

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-2,000

-1,000

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ce in

Tot

al E

arni

ngs (

in m

USD

)

Year

Countrywide - Difference in Total Earnings (Non-Sec. Case - Sec. Case)

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Empirical Counterfactual Analysis of Countrywide: Customer Equity

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Cust

omer

Equ

ity

(CE)

(in

m U

SD)

Year

Countrywide - Securitization Case Countrywide - Non-Securitization Case

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0.0

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ESR)

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Countrywide - Securitization Case Countrywide - Non-Securitization Case

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Empirical Counterfactual Analysis of Countrywide: CESR

0.673

0.210

Factor 3.2

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Empirical Counterfactual Analysis of Countrywide: Factors in CESR

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Countrywide - Factor in CESR (Non-Sec. Case / Sec. Case)

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Securitization in Industries Outside Banking (1/2)

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Securitization in Industries Outside Banking (2/2)

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Discussion and Conclusion

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CER and CESR provide valuable information for the firm’s stakeholders

Customer equity reporting (CER) and the customer equity sustainability ratio (CESR) are feasible in a real-world setting

CER and CESR as forward-looking customer metrics provide stakeholders with transparency about the long-term value of a firm’s current customer base

CESR can better identify shifts in value realizations over time

CESR reports the sustainability of the firm’s earnings in a simple and substantial way

CER and CESR provide insights into how investors and firms can be supported to avoid some of the challenges of a future financial crisis

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Need more Information? Contact one of us!

Contact:Prof. Dr. Bernd Skiera Manuel Bermes Lutz HornGoethe University Frankfurt Goethe University Frankfurt Goethe University FrankfurtHouse of Finance House of Finance House of FinanceE-Finance Lab E-Finance Lab Retail Banking Competence CenterGrueneburgplatz 1 Grueneburgplatz 1 Grueneburgplatz 160323 Frankfurt am Main 60323 Frankfurt am Main 60323 Frankfurt am MainE-Mail: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected] E-Mail: [email protected]