scholarly journals What determines the progress of online information access to banking corporate governance practices? The case of Paraguay

PLoS ONE ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. e0262334
Author(s):  
Walter Daniel Ovelar-Fernández ◽  
María del Mar Gálvez-Rodríguez ◽  
Carmen Caba-Pérez

This paper contributes to the lack of longitudinal studies concerning online information access to corporate governance (CG) practices in the banking sector of Latin American countries. In particular, this study aims to analyze the factors that influence information transparency, both mandatory and voluntary, related to CG practices of banks that operate in Paraguay via their websites from 2016 to 2019. Findings indicate the need to improve the level of information available on websites, with disclosure of voluntary information on CG practices being more prevalent than the disclosure of mandatory information. Likewise, banks that operate in Paraguay have made scant “progress” regarding online access to their governance information over the years analyzed. Moreover, the factors “Bank size” and “listed status” positively influence the information transparency regarding CG practices of Paraguayan banks. In contrast, “leverage,” “liquidity,” “size of the audit firm,” and “credit risk rating” are factors that have a negative relation with the extent of CG disclosure.

2021 ◽  
pp. 097282012199882
Author(s):  
Daitri Tiwary ◽  
Arunaditya Sahay

India’s non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs), broadly constituting the less-regulated shadow banking sector, have been plagued with scams, triggering a domino effect in the Indian money market. Major corporate governance issues were highlighted in NBFIs with the unfurling of the ILF&S fraud; it virtually created a sub-prime crisis. In such a scenario, where the shadow banking sector was subject to change in regulations to ensure vigilance, corporate governance lapses had again led to the meltdown of Kapil Wadhawan led Dewan Housing Finance Limited (DHFL). Registering a net profit growth of 25% in the third quarter of financial year 2017, DHFL was one of India’s leading housing finance companies with a value of whopping ₹1.01 trillion as its asset under management (AUM). The company had nose-dived from its coveted position, suffering a loss of ₹22.23 million for the last quarter of the financial year 2018–2019. The company’s credit ratings of commercial papers and non-convertible debentures were downgraded; non-payment of interests led to enforcement of resolution plan, with the board of directors acceding to nationalized banks. The company’s reputation had crashed with its share prices, amidst allegations of lookout notice issued for its promoters for siphoning funds through shell companies. The case describes the oversights and negligence of DHFL in terms of corporate governance practices in the context of the NBFC (non-banking financial company) sector. The jury is out to evaluate whether Wadhawan had followed the rules of corporate governance in letter and spirit, or the tightening noose of regulations and market sentiments around the ‘shadow banking’ sector of India spelt doom for DHFL.


2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samiul Parvez Ahmed ◽  
Rahatul Zannat ◽  
Sarwar Uddin Ahmed

A well governed institution is expected to use its resources optimally and, thus, perform more efficiently and contribute positively to economic development of a nation. However, often, it can be seen that poor management of the stakeholders leads to less than optimal strategic directions for an institution. Due to recent global financial crisis and rising issues of the Bangladeshi banking sector, corporate governance is one of the factors that have gained considerable attention. Recent drive of the governance issues of the banking sector of Bangladesh is expected to bring positive change in the financial sector and, hence, it is crucial to assess whether complying with governance codes leads to desired outcome or not. Specifically, the main purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between performances of commercial banks with corporate governance factor along with some internal and macroeconomic variables. Thus, the listed commercial banks in the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) of Bangladesh were considered for the study. Subsequently, considering data availability of the time period (2011-2014), 29 listed commercial banks in the DSE have been considered and, hence, Ordinary Least Squared (OLS) regression models were used through Eviews 8.0 for analyzing the data. Though the study shows a positive relation between corporate governance and performances of banks, the statistical insignificance of the relation raises concern regarding various issues of corporate governance in the financial sector of Bangladesh. Keywords: corporate governance, financial institutions, performances of commercial banks. JEL Classification: G21, G30, G38, G39, O16


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 96990-97007
Author(s):  
Mikel Ugando Peñate ◽  
Andrés Wladimir Herrera Manosalvas

The Quito Stock Exchange (QSE) through its objective of offering security to investors, has reflected an act based on good corporate governance practices, however, 2% of amounts correspond to shares that are traded nationally, being Ecuador one of the Latin American countries with the lowest amounts traded compared to 8% of GDP. The objective of the investigation is framed in determining if the investment criteria of Warren Buffett have applicability in the negotiations of actions in the QSE, added to this the presumed existence of aversion to risk on the part of the investor, but also the ignorance of the movement of market and securities transactions, with a population that possibly lacks financial education and does not have benchmarks to invest in a seemingly unknown market. The fields of inquiry that have been defined have to do with the buffettology that involves the investment techniques and criteria that have made Buffett the most famous investor worldwide and, on the other hand, the equity certificates of or documents that represent a Part of ownership of the assets of a company that in the future allows you to enjoy the derived benefits. In conclusion, the criteria are partially applicable in an average 72.23% within companies that could be very close to being excellent, with economic, legal and operational barriers that hold back the development of the stock market in the city of Quito.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-120
Author(s):  
Karina Karina ◽  
Sutarti Sutarti

The purpose of this research is to provide empirical evidence of the affect of ownership concetration, firms size, and corporate governance mechanisms on earnings management. Ownership concetration was measure by the biggest stock of individual or organization, firms size was measure by natural logaritma of net assets, and corporate governance mechanisms were measure by three variabels (composition of board of commisioner, audit quality were measure by industry specialize audit firm, and composition of audit committee). Earnings management was measure by discretionary accruals use Modified Jones Method. The population of this research is 41 companies in the banking sector which were listed in Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX). The research data were collected from banking companies financial statement for the period of 2016 to 2018. Based on purposive sampling method. The reseacrh hypotesis were tested using multiple regression analysis. The results of this research show that firm size, firm of commissioner and proportion of commissioner have significant relationships with earnings management. Next, variables composition of board of commissioner, ownership concetration and specialize audit firm have no significant relationship with earnings management. Keywords: ownership concetration, firms size, corporate governance, earnings management


2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 347-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maali Kachouri ◽  
Anis Jarboui

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between corporate governance effectiveness and information transparency. Hence, this paper seeks to extend prior information transparency research. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a sample of 28 non-financial listed Tunisian companies and covers an eight-year period from 2006 to 2013. To test the hypotheses of this research, a simultaneous equation system model was applied. Findings The results obtained show that, for the Tunisians companies, corporate governance practices have a significant positive effect on information transparency. The current study also provides evidence that pertinent information can improve corporate governance index. Research limitations/implications The findings may be of interest to the academic researchers, practitioners and regulators who are interested in discovering the quality of corporate governance practices in Tunisian context. Practical implications The findings of this study can help Tunisian regulators in creating corporate governance disclosure requirements. The findings also provide the African business community insights concerning the quality of corporate governance and of corporate reporting. Social implications This research helps also to inform regulators about the benefits of disclosure more information to investors and to the firm. For instance, how the information can be a source of transparency and stability in the firms what and favors the social environment of the firms. Originality/value This paper extends the existing literature by examining the causal relationship between corporate governance and information transparency.


2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Natasha Yaqub ◽  
Huma Ayub

The study examines the relationship between product mix and corporate governance on earnings volatility with the help of degree of total leverage (DTL) model. The present study attempts to fill the gap by investigating the relationship between product mix and corporate governance on earnings volatility for developing financial market during the period of 2005-2015. Earnings volatility is analysed by two proxies’ .i.e. revenue volatility and degree of total leverage. This study has used mainly two types of product mix that consists of lending and fee-based activities while board size, board independence and CEO power is used to measure corporate governance. The results of the study signify the adverse impact of fee-based activities on earnings volatility in the banking sector of Pakistan. Corporate governance confirms the board size and power of CEO in the board as contributing factors to control earnings volatility. The findings are useful to the bankers and regulators to comprehend the role of diversification and corporate governance in creating value and reducing risk for the stakeholders.


2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 2213
Author(s):  
Ramiz Ur Rehman ◽  
Junrui Zhang ◽  
Rizwan Ali ◽  
Abdul Qadeer

The paper estimates the efficiencies of Pakistani banking sector from 1998-2009. The analysis is further extended and regressed estimated banking efficiencies by using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), with macro-economic indicators and corporate governance variables of the banking sector. The purpose of this analysis is to determine the impact of overall economic conditions of a country and corporate governance practices on banking efficiencies. The results suggest that the corporate governance practices, like, board size, board independence have positive impact on overall banking sector efficiencies of Pakistan. Also, the GPD growth and interest rates have positive and negative impact on banking efficiencies respectively. The study has not found any significant difference in banking efficiencies of state-owned, private and foreign banks of Pakistan. 


2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Riana Christel Tumewu ◽  
Stanly Alexander

ABSTRAK Sejak krisis ekonomi tahun 1997 pelaksanaan tata kelola perusahaan yang baik, atau lebih dikenal dengan Good Corporate Governance (GCG) menjadi isu yang mengemuka di Indonesia. Akibat buruknya tata kelola perusahaan di Indonesia pada masa itu, menyebabkan perekonomian jatuh. Sehingga setiap orang setuju untuk mengcover kesulitan indonesia dimulai dengan tata kelola perusahaan. Objek dari penelitian ini yaitu dampak dari penerapan good corporate governance terhadap ROE. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui tentang pengaruh penerapn good corporate governance pada kinerja keuangan perusahaan. Sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah perusahaan sektor perbankan yang terdaftar di BEI (Bursa Efek Indonesia) dalam periode 2009-2013. Jumlah sampel yang digunakan sebanyak 16 perusahaan yang diambil melalui purposive sampling. Metode analisis dari penelitian ini menggunakan regresi berganda dan regresi sederhana program SPSS 20. Kata Kunci: Good Corporate Governance, Profitabilitas  ABSTRACT Since the economic crisis 1997 the implementation of good corporate governance being an issue in indonesia. The bad thing of governance’s company in those days causing indonesian economy being slump. So, every one agree to recovered from adversity, indonesia have to start with governance good corporate. The main objective of this research was to determine the effect of implementation of good corporate governance (GCG) to return on equity. The purpose of this research is to know about the influence of empirical evidence of Good Corporate Governance practices to the company's financial performance. The independent variable in this research is the implementation of GCG and the dependent variable is the financial performance using a ratio of profitability. The sample in this study were banking sector companies listed in Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX) in the periode 2009-2013. The number of sample used were 16 companies listed were taken by purposive sampling. The method of analysis of this research used simple regression with SPSS 20 Program. Keyword: Good Corporate Governance, Profitability


2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 493-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivier Butzbach ◽  
Gennaro Rotondo

An ongoing dispute in comparative corporate governance studies concerns the extent to which cross-country convergence towards, essentially, the shareholder primacy view is occurring. While some scholars, especially legal scholars and economists, have predicted (and sometimes advocated) a convergence of corporate governance practices towards the Anglo-American model of (seemingly) shareholder primacy, others sharply disagree and point to the persistence of stakeholder-oriented governance in many countries. Banking, from the point of view of corporate governance convergence, is an interesting industry, for at least two reasons: (i) banks are peculiar types of business organizations, entailing specific governance rules in most systems; (ii) banks are (monetary) financial intermediaries more and more active on capital markets, and thus more and more exposed to the isomorphic pressures generated on corporate governance by those markets. Thus, predictions on the convergence or divergence of banks’ corporate governance are not easy to make. The present paper aims to contribute to the scholarly dispute by analysing the Italian case, which has seen, over the past 30 years or so, an apparently unfettered process of transformation of banks’ governance and ownership towards the shareholder primacy model – a process epitomized by the recent reforms of the country’s cooperative banking sector. ‘Apparently’, because a closer look at the legal and regulatory bases of banks’ corporate governance actually shows many sources of divergence from the shareholder primacy model. Thus, the contribution proposed by the present study is twofold: first, it extends the ‘convergence’ discussion to the banking industry, where specific dynamics may help us better ‘test’ the hypotheses developed in the ‘convergence’ debate; second, it emphasizes alternative divergent patterns to those normally identified in the literature, where divergent ‘practice’ is often opposed to converging laws. Here, the sources of resistance to convergence are found in law itself.


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