Factors Affecting the Returns Loan Portfolios of Commercial Banks (An Applied Study on a Sample of Private Commercial Banks in Syria)

The research aims at identifying the factors affecting the returns of loan portfolios of private commercial banks in Syria during the period (2007- 2012), where it was studying the behavior of the dependent variable represented in (Yield Loan Portfolios) and the independent variables of (employment rate of deposits in loans, the size of the bank liquidity the age of the bank, the number of branches, and the capital adequacy ratio) is studied. Research findings There is a significant positive effect for independent variables, such as age of the bank, capital adequacy ratio (except Byblos Bank Syria) affecting loan portfolios returns on private commercial banks under study. There is not a statistically significant effect for independent variables like employment rates of deposits in loans, the size of the bank, and liquidity (except Byblos Bank Syria), and the number of the bank branches (except Bank of Syria and overseas) returns on the loan portfolios private commercial banks under study.