Key points:• This article considers how the recent market turmoil affected national banking systems, thereby prompting state measures;• It describes the remuneration problems shown by the financial crisis: rewards for failure; short-term behaviour; inappropriate design of performance...

The executive remuneration system in the financial sector requires significant improvements to increase disclosure and more closely converge shareholders' and depositors' interests. Executive remuneration practices have, therefore, been under review since the financial crisis of 2008. The...

Many scholars have linked Corporate Governance (CG) and performance or CG, capital structure of banks or market structure. The decision to use the capital market or debt in order to obtain the necessary capital to finance firms' operations is a critical factor for the formulation of corporate...

Much has been written and discussed in banking circles about recent rollbacks in prudential regulation, with some seeing the rollbacks as unsafe and others seeing them as allowing stronger financial action. Undiscussed is that the basic taxation of the corporation in the United States—and...

In recent decades, Islamic Finance has seen an interesting growth and spread, not only in the Arab or other Muslim, but also in Western countries. This article focuses on Islamic Finance in Germany, a European country characterized by strong economic growth and an increasing Muslim community,...

This paper discusses why a “corporate governance movement” that commenced in the United States in the 1970s became an entrenched feature of American capitalism and describes how the chronology differed in a potentially crucial way for banks. The paper explains corporate governance's...

The purpose of this paper is to constitute a comprehensive framework of risk management and to explore the role played by internal auditors in the audit of risk management. The paper also, attempts to collect internal auditors' opinion regarding other factors on risk-management auditing, where...

Law enforcement has a vested interest in catching alleged money launderers. Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) filed by financial institutions are a useful tool in this endeavor and can potentially direct law enforcement to criminal enterprises. But SARs are just that — reports of suspicious...

The Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2008 has demonstrated the fragility of prevailing corporate governance ideas and the weakness of legal means of minimizing risk and highlighting dangers in major banking corporations. Gatekeeper failure has undoubtedly been a significant contributor to this...

In the context of corporate governance reforms following the global financial crisis, policymakers have focused on how to reduce the bank manager' incentives to take risks in order to promote financial stability. On both sides of the Atlantic, legislation seeks to pursue this goal by enhancing...