lawyers as bank directors. That rise has been precipitous, raising the question of why lawyer-directors now sit on most bank … management and significant increases in bank value. In particular, banks with lawyer-directors assume more risk in ordinary (non … face today. They are also more likely to make complex information, sourced from multiple experts, more accessible to a bank …

While complexity in bank holding companies (BHCs) raises the costs of bank resolution when organizations fail, the … that reduce risk. Outcomes of these tradeoffs may be dependent on bank governance. Using measures of organizational … complexity significantly reduced this complexity, with BHC liquidity risk also increasing and systemic risk decreasing. Bank …

, liquidity, and profitability; which affect the performance of non-bank financial institutions. The methods used are descriptive … with secondary data from financial statements of non-bank financial institutions from 2010 to 2015. Linear regressions …

Using quarterly data on FAS 157 fair value disclosures for US bank holding companies from 2008 to 2013, we test whether … standards. These standards offer management significant discretion for measuring fair values, potentially reducing bank … transparency and affecting market perceptions about bank risk. We find limited evidence that capital ratios are lower at …

Using quarterly data on FAS 157 fair value disclosures for US bank holding companies from 2008 to 2013, we test whether … standards. These standards offer management significant discretion for measuring fair values, potentially reducing bank … transparency and affecting market perceptions about bank risk. We find limited evidence that capital ratios are lower at …