Handbook for Directors of Financial Institutions

Buch | Hardcover

200 Seiten

2008
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84720-469-1 (ISBN)

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The role of directors of financial institutions has changed significantly in the aftermath of the recent corporate governance scandals. This Handbook provides useful advice from existing directors and regulators about what directors of financial institutions worldwide need to know to perform their duties.

The role of directors of financial institutions has changed significantly in the aftermath of the recent corporate governance scandals. Subsequent changes in regulation to protect shareholder and public interests have created new challenges for directors. This Handbook provides useful advice from existing directors and regulators about what directors of financial institutions worldwide need to know to perform their duties.The authors include an international roster of current directors of banks, credit unions, insurance companies and other organizations, bank regulators, lawyers and academics. They provide unique insights and advice about corporate social responsibility, legal risks, starting a new bank, D&O insurance, sub prime lending, Islamic banking, and other timely issues.

Boards of directors and regulators of all types of financial institutions throughout the world will find this essential reading. Scholars in the areas of banking, finance, corporate governance, ethics and management will also find it of interest.

Edited by Benton E. Gup, Professor Emeritus, Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, The University of Alabama, US

Contents:

Preface

1. Introduction to Financial Institutions
Benton E. Gup

2. Forces of Change
Benton E. Gup

3. Starting a New Bank
Laurence Pettit

4. Improving Director Oversight of Compliance: A Bank Regulator’s View
Cathy Lemieux and Steven VanBever

5. The Risks of Directing a Financial Institution
Ben S. Branch and Robin Russell

6. Corporate Social Responsibility: Renegotiating Corporate Citizenship
Barbara Parker

7. Quiet Turbulence: Advice for Financial Officers of Not-for-Profit Financial Institutions
Ronald Dulek

8. Advice for New Directors
Benton E. Gup, David L. Bickelhaupt and Irv Burling

9. Bank Directors and the Information Problem with Special Regard to Subprime Markets
Júlia Király and Katalin Mérö

10. Bank Governance: Perceptions from Experiences
Warren Hogan and Rowan Trayler

11. A Simple Guide to Islamic Banking and Finance
Mohamed Ariff

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.9.2008
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung
	Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Spezielle Betriebswirtschaftslehre ► Bankbetriebslehre
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Finanzwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-84720-469-4 / 1847204694
ISBN-13	978-1-84720-469-1 / 9781847204691
Zustand	Neuware