Thesis Abstract

The aim of this study is to show the impact of ratio analysis on the effective asset management of banking concern. It is also intended to identify the importance of ratio analysis, its limitations and how it can be effectively utilized in asset management of a Nigeria banking firm. It is the aim of business firms to optimize profit and maximize costs. In the high of this business firms try to channel their efforts towards buying the above aim into reality. Whoever, this aim of profit optimization cannot be achieved in isolation in the essence that business firms try to evaluate their performance with a view of funding their weakness and strengths so as to improve on them. Consequently, firms the various strategies to evaluate the performance from time to time one these strategies of performance evaluation is ratio analysis. In conclusion, business firms with effective utilization of the ratio analysis in making its assets management policies can high profitability results.

Thesis Overview

1. INTRODUCTION

  The primary
objective of every business entity is the production and distribution of goods
and services with the aim of maximizing or earning profit, while profit is not
the only goal of business entity, it is an extremely important one and where a
decision has to be made between profit and some alternative objectives, profit
is normally dominant said by bill (1984 – 360).

      There was
never in time profitability existing in vacuum. Due to the adoption of
effective and efficient mode of operation by most of the firms, this can not be
attained in total isolation of an adequate planning an control system. In other
words, for a business to declare more profit, there must be adequate planning
and control system.

      The
planning function as one of the management function. According to Horngren
(2003 -3) with edition, planning is deciding on organizational goals, profit
produce result under various alternative way of achieving those goals and then
decide how to attain the desired goals. While control is

1. Deciding on and taking actions that can implement the planning decision and
2. Deciding on performance evaluation and the related feedback that will help future decision making. Decision making and management are almost synonymous, according to Kontz and Weihrich (1994-1999). Managers at times see decision making as there central job because they must constantly choose what is to be done and when, where and occasionally even how it will be done.

Eventually, it is frequently a problem as to what
information to search for and utilize and why the information is necessary, it
is frequently decision making purpose an important source of information
frequently used for the aim of making decision are records of accounting and
their ratio analysis.

      Meanwhile,
past accounting information have sever limitations for the purpose of assessing
company’s progress, it is therefore necessary to test the importance of
accounting ratio analysis in business decision making. For the purpose of
research, accounting ratio analysis as it relates to assets management in
banking concern is particularly involved. Also an important parameter or
indicator of efficient asset management is the output derived such as turnover
and profits, this research will seek to prove that ratio analysis provides
information as regards the relationship between assets and output and there
fore as concern its possible use in assets management.

      First bank
of Nigeria Plc, a renowned bank in Nigeria is observed in this work to
test of indeed, ratio analysis is used and can be used as a good guide in
formulating effective asset management (policies in a banking concern).

1.1   BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

  First Bank of Nigeria Plc commenced operation in Nigeria in 19894 as a branch of Bank of British West Africa. A shipping magnate from Liverpool England by Sir Alfred Jones who founded it. The bank headquarters is in Liverpool. It was incorporated as a private limited liability company in Nigeria in 1969 and in 1970 it was converted as a public company. The bank’s shares were quoted on the floor of the Lagos stock Exchange now Nigeria Stock exchanges (NSE). The bank formally commenced its banking business in the office of Elder Dumpster and company in Nigeria with a paid up capital of twelve thousand pounds sterling. Since then, the bank has been growing from strength to strength. The bank has the widest branch network in the Nigeria banking industry with a total number of five hundred and thirty six branches as at 2009. (2010 Annual Report).