Handbook for directors of financial institutions
Offers advice from existing directors, scholars and regulators about what good directors need to know. The Handbook for Directors of Financial Institutions offers the practitioner and the scholar a comprehensive guide to what it takes to survive and thrive as a director of a financial institution. T...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham
Edward Elgar
c2008
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Offers advice from existing directors, scholars and regulators about what good directors need to know. The Handbook for Directors of Financial Institutions offers the practitioner and the scholar a comprehensive guide to what it takes to survive and thrive as a director of a financial institution. The authors comprise 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 ch. 1. Introduction to financial institutions / Benton E. Gup -- ch. 2. Forces of change / Benton E. Gup -- ch. 3. Starting a new bank / Laurence Pettit -- ch. 4. Improving director oversight of compliance : a bank regulator's view / Cathy Lemieux and Steven Vanbever -- ch. 5. the risks of directing a financial institution / Ben S. Branch. and Robin Russell -- ch. 6. Corporate social responsibility : renegotiating corporate citizenship / Barbara Parker -- ch. 7. Quiet turbulence : advice for financial officers of not-for-profit financial institutions / Ronald Dulek -- ch. 8. Advice for new directors / Benton E. Gup, David L. Bickelhaupt and Irv Burling -- ch. 9. Bank directors and the information problem with special regard to subprime markets / Júlia Király and Katalin Mérö -- ch. 10. Bank governance : perceptions from experiences / Warren Hogan and Rowan Trayler -- ch. 11. A simple guide to Islamic banking and finance / Mohamed Ariff |
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| Physical Description: | x, 189 p |
| ISBN: | 9781847204691 1847204694 9781848443938 |