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ap- point independent directors on the board of an assisted bank that missed six dividend payments to the Treasury … payments exhibits a sharp discontinuity at five. Director appointments by the Treasury led to improved bank performance, lower …
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appoint independent directors on the board of an assisted bank that missed six dividend payments to the Treasury - helped … exhibits a sharp discontinuity at five. Director appointments by the Treasury led to improved bank performance, lower CEO pay …
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In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) brought numerous lawsuits against directors and officers of failed banks asserting that they had breached their fiduciary duty of care. Under state corporate law, duty of care claims arise in...
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a broad panel of large US bank holding companies over the period 1997–2011, we find that both board size and independent … directors decrease bank performance. Although gender diversity improves bank performance in the pre-Sarbanes–Oxley Act (SOX … other sensitivity checks including alternative proxies for bank performance …
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a broad panel of large US bank holding companies over the period 1997–2011, we find that both board size and independent … directors decrease bank performance. Although gender diversity improves bank performance in the pre-Sarbanes–Oxley Act (SOX … other sensitivity checks including alternative proxies for bank performance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112953
banks. We focus on the provisions that are aimed at reshaping bank boards' composition, functioning, and their members …' liabilities, and argue that they are unlikely to improve bank boards' effectiveness or prevent excessive risk-taking. We criticize … diversity requirements will worsen the shortage of bank directors, while requirements for induction and training and board …
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The well-documented banking company failures that occurred in the UK over 2007 and 2008 have enhanced the importance and scope of the risk management function performed by boards. It is consequently a universal expectation of non-executive directors (NEDs) today that they provide high-level...
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Pothers about liability risks for company directors and officers are nothing new in corporate law. The global financial crisis, however, created a unique and unfamiliar commercial matrix in which such concerns were played out. Although Australia fared better than many jurisdictions during the...
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Governmental laws and regulations play critical roles and have impacting influences and consequences on corporations and their management and stakeholders as well as the public at large. Sometimes legislative initiatives and administrative actions have detrimental effects on groups of persons,...
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governance committing bank managers to long-term horizons. Rules on managerial remuneration are insufficient for this purpose …
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