Purpose - The need for robust governance standards in financial institutions requires no overemphasis. However …, instances of governance failures have been a recurring global phenomenon. This paper examines the key elements of governance in … financial institutions, evaluates reasons for failures and suggests ways to strengthen governance and prevent such failures …

Capital Requirements Directive (CRD IV), tackles, amongst other things, the perceived pre-crisis failings in the governance of …

in the late 1930s had any substantial interest in the governance or control of their portfolio companies. This paper also …

This paper examines the relationship between acquirer size, sovereign governance, and value-creation in acquisitions … primarily from agency and entrenchment problems. However, in weak governance environments, size might have off-setting benefits … magnitude in weak governance markets. Compared with larger acquirers in strong governance countries, large acquirers in weak …