Bank Governance Structures and Risk Taking

by Dennis Froneberg

Overview

The author analyses the composition of supervisory boards and its members' financial expertise, its influence on a banks' risk and performance profile, and its contribution to bank stability. Then he focuses on the effect of ownership concentration on credit risk and the role of debtholders as a stakeholder group within an international context.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783631667132
Publisher:	Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	11/16/2015
Series:	Corporate Finance and Governance , #18
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dennis Froneberg studied Business Administration with a focus on corporate finance and risk management at the University of Mannheim. He works as a manager at a global insurance company in Frankfurt.

Table of Contents

Contents: The Manifest Financial Expertise of Supervisory Board Members of German Regional Banks – Impact of Supervisory Board Members’ Professional Background on Regional Banks’ Risk-Taking – Bank Governance Structures, Financial Expertise of Supervisory Board Members, Overconfidence, and Bank Risk Taking – CDS and Bank Ownership Structures: Does the credit Side Show Who Advocates More Risk?