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The Corporate Governance of Banks
Jonathan R. Macey,Maureen O'Hara +1 more
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In this paper, the authors argue that commercial banks pose unique corporate governance problems for managers and regulators, as well as for claimants on the banks' cash flows, such as investors and depositors.Abstract:
The study argues that commercial banks pose unique corporate governance problems for managers and regulators, as well as for claimants on the banks' cash flows, such as investors and depositors The authors support the general principle that fiduciary duties should be owed exclusively to shareholders However, in the special case of banks, they contend that the scope of the fiduciary duties and obligations of officers and directors should be broadened to include creditors In particular, the authors call on bank directors to take solvency risk explicitly and systematically into account when making decisions or else face personal liability for failure to do soread more
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Female leadership and bank performance in Latin America
TL;DR: This paper examined the relationship between gender diversity in corporate boards and executive positions and bank risk and performance in Latin America and found that banks with a higher proportion of female executives tend to have lower Z-scores than male-led banks.
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The Professional Development of Employees in Banks of Pakistan: A comparative study of public and private banks in Punjab Pakistan
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identified twenty elements constituting professional developments of employees of banks in Punjab Pakistan and analyzed the magnitude of influence of each constituent elements of professional development in different functional areas of banking operations.
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Does Corporate Govenance Matter in Indian Banking? Policy Implication on the Performance
TL;DR: In this article, the authors have found statistically significant correlations of governance with important financial variables on expected lines have been found for banking in India and strong impact of governance has also been observed for all the variables in public sector banks and in all scheduled commercial banks.
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Corporate governance and banks: How justified is the match?
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors critically assess the arguments used to pervade these divergences in operational activities and conclude that parts of particular bank governance legislation and regulation misses appropriate justification, should be, at best, part of a general corporate governance code, and other mechanisms, like stringent capital requirements, are more adequate.
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