The objective of this paper is to empirically examine the moderating effect of ownership structure on the relationship between systemic risk and corporate governance. It complements prior research by studying the relationship between the proportion of capital held by state institutions and...

This paper studies the relationship between corporate governance and the systemic risk of financial institutions. Specifically, using a sample of large U.S. financial institutions from 2005 to 2010, we examine whether the strength of corporate governance mechanisms can explain the...

Bank holding companies (BHCs) can be complex organizations, conducting multiple lines of business through many distinct legal entities and across a range of geographies. While such complexity raises the costs of bank resolution when organizations fail, the effect of complexity on BHCs' broader...

This paper investigates the impact of governance and regulation on systemic risk across a sample of banks from 10 Emerging CEE countries during 2005-2012. Overall, our results show that tight internal risk management mechanisms and shareholder-friendly supervisory boards are associated with...

Life insurers' odds of being placed under regulatory control (for example, conservatorship or receivership) during the financial crisis years of 2008 and 2009 increased with deteriorating fundamentals at a much higher rate than during normal times or during the previous recession. However, no...

This paper examines the impact of cybercrime and hacking events on equity market volatility across publicly traded corporations. The volatility influence of these cybercrime events is shown to be dependent on the number of clients exposed across all sectors and the type of the cyber security...

Failure in bank corporate governance has been seen as a contributing factor to excessive risk-taking pre-crisis with devastating implications as risks realised during the financial crisis. Unfortunately, the empirical evidence on the impact of managerial incentives on bank crisis performance is...

This paper examines the cash management practices of firms during the period of increased FDIC insurance on noninterest-bearing accounts. While the Transaction Account Guarantee Program and Dodd-Frank Act were intended to help banks by preventing deposit withdrawals, they also seem to have...

Corporate governance (CG) in banking industry of Thailand has evolved significantly after the 1997 Asia Crisis. The international standard such as OECD and BIS guidelines has been closely followed. Bank of Thailand (BoT) has continuously updated its regulation and best practice advice to reflect...

In 2019, the so-called “Capital Requirements” Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD IV) was amended by virtue of Directive (EU) 2019/878 (CRD V) in respect to several aspects, including the supervision of financial holding companies and mixed financial holding companies. The new rules apply from 1...