1st Edition

Rethinking Corporate Governance in Financial Institutions

By Demetra Arsalidou Copyright 2016
258 Pages
by Routledge

258 Pages
by Routledge

258 Pages
by Routledge

There are many deep-seated reasons for the current financial turmoil but a key factor has undoubtedly been the serious failings within the corporate governance practices of financial institutions. There have been shortcomings in the risk management and incentive structures; the boards’ supervision was at times weak; disclosure and accounting standards were in some cases inadequate; the... Read more

Introduction  1. Sharpening Bankers’ Personal Accountability  2. The Theoretical Justification of Executive Remuneration as an Incentive Mechanism  3. Shareholder Engagement and Activism: An Effective Mechanism for Monitoring Management or a Fallacious Notion?  4. Executive Remuneration and Shareholders’ Voice in the United States  Epilogue

Biography

Demetra Arsalidou is a senior lecturer at Cardiff University, UK.