The Growth of Financial Market and Its Impact on the Financial Structure of Banks
Analytical Comparative Study of a Sample of Listed Banks in the Iraqi Stock Market and the Amman Stock Exchange for the Period from (2004 – 2021)

Thesis submitted to the Council of the College of Administration and Economics / University of Karbala as part of the requirements for obtaining a master’s degree in banking and financial sciences

submitted by
Ayat Mohammed Najm

Supervised by
Prof.Dr. Haider Younis Al-Moussawi

Abstract
The objective of this study is to identify the scientific content in the growth of the stock market, the financial structure of banks, and their relations to each other. furthermore, it will evaluate the growth of the stock market and its impact on the bank’s financial structure through studying financial markets’ indicators, then analyzing and describing the stock market and banks’ financial structures as well as measuring the impact of the stock market’s growth on banks’ indicators as a sample of study.
The study addresses the lack of clarity in the impact of the financial structure which embodies the total deposit index to the total assets index and total debits index of banks that’s listed in the market. Athens financial structure indicators demonstrates the banks’ authenticity and performance since the total deposit index is considered an essential component in the bank’s structure and it represents it’s financial income of clients and banking operations.
This sample study consists of five banks, two Iraqi banks (Bank Of Baghdad, and Gulf Commercial Bank) and three Jordanian banks (Arab Bank, Housing Bank, and Capital Bank) during the period of time 2004-2021, and it was based on the annual financial reports that were listed in the Iraqi stock market and Jordan’s stock exchange to extract data and then analyses it financially by calculating the growth rate using the statistical program spss v.2023 and Excel 2010 with purpose of data analysis and test theories according to Pearson Correlation Coefficients and the impact by using Multiple Linear Regression.
Therefore, many conclusions were achieved, such as, the growth in the Iraqi stock market indicators don’t have a significant impact over financial structure of (Bank of Baghdad and Gulf Commercial Bank) while there’s a significant impact in the growth of Jordan’s stock exchange and the banks’ financial structure index (Arab Bank,  Housing Bank, and Capital Bank).
The most important recommendations of the current study indicate the necessity for investment in the financial market and all its related aspects to occupy a significant space in the banking investment, taking into account both risk and return. Specialized departments are established within banks to handle financial market investments.

The Growth of Financial Market and Its Impact on the Financial Structure of Banks
Analytical Comparative Study of a Sample of Listed Banks in the Iraqi Stock Market and the Amman Stock Exchange for the Period from (2004 – 2021)

Thesis submitted to the Council of the College of Administration and Economics / University of Karbala as part of the requirements for obtaining a master’s degree in banking and financial sciences

submitted by
Ayat Mohammed Najm

Supervised by
Prof.Dr. Haider Younis Al-Moussawi

Abstract
The objective of this study is to identify the scientific content in the growth of the stock market, the financial structure of banks, and their relations to each other. furthermore, it will evaluate the growth of the stock market and its impact on the bank’s financial structure through studying financial markets’ indicators, then analyzing and describing the stock market and banks’ financial structures as well as measuring the impact of the stock market’s growth on banks’ indicators as a sample of study.
The study addresses the lack of clarity in the impact of the financial structure which embodies the total deposit index to the total assets index and total debits index of banks that’s listed in the market. Athens financial structure indicators demonstrates the banks’ authenticity and performance since the total deposit index is considered an essential component in the bank’s structure and it represents it’s financial income of clients and banking operations.
This sample study consists of five banks, two Iraqi banks (Bank Of Baghdad, and Gulf Commercial Bank) and three Jordanian banks (Arab Bank, Housing Bank, and Capital Bank) during the period of time 2004-2021, and it was based on the annual financial reports that were listed in the Iraqi stock market and Jordan’s stock exchange to extract data and then analyses it financially by calculating the growth rate using the statistical program spss v.2023 and Excel 2010 with purpose of data analysis and test theories according to Pearson Correlation Coefficients and the impact by using Multiple Linear Regression.
Therefore, many conclusions were achieved, such as, the growth in the Iraqi stock market indicators don’t have a significant impact over financial structure of (Bank of Baghdad and Gulf Commercial Bank) while there’s a significant impact in the growth of Jordan’s stock exchange and the banks’ financial structure index (Arab Bank,  Housing Bank, and Capital Bank).
The most important recommendations of the current study indicate the necessity for investment in the financial market and all its related aspects to occupy a significant space in the banking investment, taking into account both risk and return. Specialized departments are established within banks to handle financial market investments.