Corporate Governance of Banks after the Financial Crisis

Corporate Governance of Banks after the Financial Crisis

Klaus Hopt

Series number :

Serial Number: 
181/2011

Date posted :

September 01 2011

Last revised :

September 30 2011
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Keywords

  • corporate governance of banks • 
  • equity governance vs. debt governance • 
  • financial crisis and bank reform proposals • 
  • supervisory requirements as to bankgovernance • 
  • separation of management and control by a bank two-tier board • 
  • bankgroup-wide corporate governance • 
  • bank risk management • 
  • fit and proper test for the board • 
  • the management and major shareholders of banks • 
  • experience vs. independence of board members • 
  • the danger of spillover of bank governance reforms to the corporate governance of the firms.

Published in

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Description: 
"Corporate Governance of Banks after the Financial Crisis”, in: E. Wymeersch, K. J. Hopt, G. Ferrarini, eds., Financial Regulation and Supervision, A post-crisis analysis, Oxford University Press 2012, pp. 337-367

Authors

Fellow, Research Member
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law