scholarly journals Board of directors’ characteristics and bank performance: Evidence from the Egyptian banking sector

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 116-125
Author(s):  
Mohamed Hassan Abdel-Azim ◽  
Sabah Soliman
Keyword(s):  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Performance Indicator ◽  
Independent Directors ◽  
Bank Performance ◽  
Return On Assets ◽  
Stock Return Volatility ◽  
The Board Of Directors ◽  
Foreign Directors ◽  
The Impact

This paper examines the impact of the board of directors’ characteristics on bank performance in an Egyptian context. Board of directors’ size and composition diversity in terms of gender, nationality, and independence are used as proxies for the board of directors’ characteristics. Bank performance is measured using the return on assets as an accounting-based profitability indicator besides stock return volatility as a market-based performance indicator while controlling for the bank, regulatory and country-specific characteristics. Regression analysis is performed for a sample of 21 Egyptian banks covering the period from 2012 till 2018. The results show that banks with large boards including a high proportion of female and foreign directors achieve higher performance. Also, the higher is the proportion of independent directors, the lower is the performance, which contradicts with the agency theory proponents. Most importantly, the findings provide empirical evidence that market-based performance indicators react negatively to females’ directorship, while the opposite is found with independent directors as reflected in the positive market reaction. The findings are highly relevant since improved financial performance is one of the key objectives of bank supervisors and regulators to sustain economic growth.

scholarly journals The Effect of Board of Directors Characteristics on Risk and Bank Performance: Evidence from Turkey

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (20) (3) ◽  
pp. 88-104
Author(s):  
Berna Doğan ◽  
İbrahim Halil Ekşi
Keyword(s):  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Generalized Method Of Moments ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Bank Performance ◽  
Return On Assets ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Board Of Directors

A bank, particularly in developing countries like Turkey, is one of the most important institutions in the financial sector. Therefore knowing the factors affecting the performance of banks is important for the development of the sector. One of the factors affecting the risk and profitability of banking sector is the internal factors of the banks. The aim of this paper is to investigate the board of directors’ characteristics and its effect on risk level measured by non-performing loans and on bank performance measured by asset profitability using the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) estimator. Data from nineteen deposit banks for the period 2012–2018 were used. The result of the study determined that the board size, foreign board members and the independent board members have an effect on both non-performing loans and the return on assets.

The impact of board characteristics on corporate investment decisions: an empirical study

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Kwame Agyei-Mensah
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Investment Decisions ◽  
Corporate Investment ◽  
Independent Directors ◽  
Investment Efficiency ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Board Characteristics ◽  
The Board Of Directors ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of board characteristics on firms’ investment decisions. Design Methodology Approach The study used data sourced from annual reports of firms listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange from 2014 to 2018. Descriptive analysis was performed to provide the background statistics of the variables examined. This was followed by a regression analysis which forms the main data analysis. Findings The multiple regression analysis results indicated that the proportion of independent directors and financial experts on the board are negatively related to firm investment. These findings imply that independent directors and financial experts on the board can help firms reduce overinvestment and improve investment efficiency. Originality Value The extant literature shows that the board of directors are an effective mechanism to reduce agency problems in firm decisions and operating performance. However, there has been little research on the role of the board of directors in corporate investment policy.

scholarly journals Corporate Governance Independence in the Board of Directors and The Firms Financial Performance: Empirical Analysis of Cement Sector Firms Listed on Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX)

2021 ◽  
Vol 09 (01) ◽  
pp. 01-24
Author(s):  
Muhammad Noman Ansari ◽  
◽  
Dr. Sayed Fayaz Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Agency Cost ◽  
Independent Directors ◽  
Return On Assets ◽  
Return On Equity ◽  
Board Committees ◽  
The Board Of Directors

The corporate governance measures emphasize on presence of independence of the board of directors to bring objectivity and reducing the agency cost; whereas the institutions have the ability, skills and time to supervise the activities of the management and channelize it to better financial performance. The objective of this study is to explore the effect of independence of the board of directors on the financial performance of the firms. The independence was gauged by number of independent directors and non-executive directors, chairing of board committees by independent directors, institutional holding in the firm, and presence of institutional directors on the board. The financial performance of the firm is gauged using the return on equity (ROE) and return on assets (ROA). The corporate governance and financial performance data comprising of 75 firm years from 2014 to 2018 of the firms listed in the cement sector of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) were selected. GLM regression was performed to study the relationship between the variables. The results suggest that the majority of independence on the board of directors do not affect the financial performance of the firm; the independence in the board committees negatively affects the financial performance, whereas the presence of institutional holding and director in the firm does not have any effect on the performance of the firm. The study will provide a basis for future studies to find the association that independence can bring objectivity, reduce agency cost, and affect the performance of the firm.

scholarly journals IMPROVEMENT OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS INSTITUTION IN BANKING SECTOR

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-156
Author(s):  
Александр Рыманов ◽  
Aleksandr Rymanov
Keyword(s):  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Supervisory Board ◽  
International Experience ◽  
Independent Directors ◽  
Stock Exchanges ◽  
Excessive Force ◽  
The Board Of Directors ◽  
Supervisory Boards

The article deals with problems of the institution of independent directors in the banking sector. The author analyses the activities of the independent directors, the requirements of regulators, stock exchanges to participation of independent directors on the Board of Directors (supervisory boards) of the banks. It is noted that the presence of independent directors in the Board of Directors (Supervisory Board) increases the objectivity of decisions. However, it is not feasible to perform the requirements of the banks on the high proportion of independent directors at the expense of excessive force. Analyzed international experience of independent directors in the banking sector, testifies to the ambiguous role of independent directors in various jurisdictions. National experiences of independent directors according to Sberbank and the rules of the Moscow Exchange presents on the application of uniform mandatory approach to participation of independent directors in the supervisory boards. It is proposed that the feasibility of increasing the participation of independent directors in the deliberations of the supervisory boards of banks.

scholarly journals How do Competitive and Regulatory Pressures Interact with Internal Corporate Governance?: Evidence from the Cameroonian Banking Sector

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1623-1636
Author(s):  
KUATE TALLA Idrice Roméo ◽  
KAMDEM David
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Substitution Effect ◽  
Equity Capital ◽  
Competitive Pressure ◽  
Regulatory Pressure ◽  
Internal Governance Mechanisms ◽  
The Board Of Directors ◽  
The Impact

The objective of this article is to analyse the impact of both external and internal mechanisms of corporate governance on banks performance in Cameroon. The internal governance mechanisms consist of those linked with the Board of directors (its size and composition) and the ownership structure (ownership concentration, equity capital of each type of shareholder). External mechanisms consist of pressure from competitors, and regulatory pressure from the banking Commission following the adoption of equity principles or rules. Research carried out on a sample of 11 Cameroonian banks showed the effect of complementarity between the control exerted by internal stakeholders (institutional shareholders, insiders ownership, size of the Board of directors) and competitive pressure. On the contrary, a substitution effect was detected between State administrators and competitive pressure. Results obtained also revealed the substitution effect between control exercised by the Board of directors and regulatory pressure.

scholarly journals CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND BANK PERFORMANCE OF ISLAMIC AND COMMERCIAL IN YEMEN

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 39-49
Author(s):  
Samer Ahmed Ali Assirri ◽  
C.K. Hebbar
Keyword(s):  
Capital Structure ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Bank Performance ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Return On Assets ◽  
Return On Equity ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Total Debt ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to examine the impact of capital structure on bank performance. This research verified the existence of several relationships between capital structure as measured by LAR, EAR, and Total Debt ratio on bank’s performance as measured by ROA and ROE, EPS, and NPM. Using the panel data of bank from 2010 to 2019, In Islamic banks , the results of the present study revealed that the contributions of the capital structure to ROA were significant. This result was in line with the findings of the past studies. For instance, El-Chaarani and El-Abiad (2019) found that positive and significant impacts of short-term debt and total debt on the return on equity of the banking sector in Middle East region, a negative and significant impacts of short-term debt and total debt on the return on assets, and a positive impact of long-term debt on the return on assets ratio. In commercial banks sector the regression analysis revealed that the contributions of the three independent variables to the EPS were non-significant. Also, the contributions of the total debt and LAR to the independent variables ROE were significant. In contrast, the contribution of the EAR to the independent variable ROE was non-significant. Moreover, the contribution of the LAR to NPM was significant. Also, the contributions of the EAR and the total debt to NPM were non-significant. Furthermore, the contributions of the LAR and EAR to ROA were significant. In contrast, the contribution of the total debt to ROA was non-significant. In general, the contributions of the LAR and EAR to ROA were significant.

scholarly journals The Role of Board Governance on Bank Performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 38-50
Author(s):  
Zuriawati Zakaria ◽  
Noorfaiz Purhanudin ◽  
Ahmad Nazri Wahidudin
Keyword(s):  
Commercial Banks ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Independent Directors ◽  
Bank Performance ◽  
Board Governance ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Performance Decline ◽  
Loan Losses ◽  
The Impact

This study uses a sample of 119 commercial banks in Asia (specifically China, Philippine, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia and Thailand) to test the impact of board governance on the bank performance. The result reported based on OLS and within estimators. In addition, two step system estimator is employed in this study to solve endogeneity problem in corporate governance literature. The finding reported that bank with large board and more independent directors sit on board it help the bank to achieve higher performance. The result shows that bank can achieve better performance with younger directors. While CEO duality and female directors are insignificant to influence the bank performance. The result also reported that the higher loan losses provision leads to bank performance decline. This study employ various governance characteristics towards performance among banking sector in selected Asian countries. The result of this study highlight the effectiveness of the board as a functioning device in monitoring and advising manager.

scholarly journals Corporate governance and financial performance: An empirical study on Egyptian banks

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1359-1374
Author(s):  
Hassan M. Hafez
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Obvious Effect ◽  
The Board Of Directors ◽  
Conventional Banks ◽  
The Impact

There is a distinct lack of research into the relationship between corporate governance and banks’ financial performance in the banking sector in Egypt. This research paper tries to fills this gab by examining the impact of corporate governance, with particular reference to the role of board of directors and ownership concentration, on the financial performance of Egyptian banks. Using a sample of 39 banks represent all commercial banks operate in Egypt for the period 2004– 2015 and controlling banks size and age. The study relied on the data through the annual reports of the respective banks, website of the central bank of Egypt and Data scope. The banks were selected for the study cutting across the local Islamic and Conventional banks, foreign Islamic and conventional banks, and regional Islamic and conventional banks. The results showed that banks ownership either foreign or national has an obvious effect on the banks’ financial performance. Board size has no significant effect. However, the hierarchy of the board of directors and the duality of the CEO has a direct effect on the banks financial performance in Egypt.

scholarly journals The effect of the board of directors’ characteristics on the performance of French companies listed on the (CAC 40) Index during 2015-2017

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-43
Author(s):  
Hamza BOUSSENNA
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Agency Theory ◽  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Independent Directors ◽  
Stewardship Theory ◽  
Significant Negative Relationship ◽  
The Board Of Directors ◽  
The Impact

This study aims to examine the impact of characteristics of the board of directors on the performance of non-financial French companies listed on the (CAC 40) index during the period 2015-2017. We estimated the firm performance using two types of measures (the accounting and market measures). The findings of the study show that the percentage of independent directors and CEO duality had a negative impact on the performance, which is consistent with the stewardship theory and agency theory respectively, the results also show that there is a significant negative relationship between the number of the board of directors’ meetings and the firm performance.

scholarly journals Influência de Características do Conselho de Administração no Desempenho de Empresas com Board Interlocking

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 645
Author(s):  
Tayse Gomes ◽  
Ilse Maria Beuren ◽  
Ernesto Fernando Rodrigues Vicente
Keyword(s):  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Performance Indicator ◽  
Control Variable ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
The Board Of Directors ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Econometric Tests ◽  
The Impact

A question about the Board of Directors that has been the subject of research is a situation in which two or more companies share one or more administrators, a phenomenon known in the literature as Board Interlocking. In considering this event, the study aims to verify the influence of characteristics of the Board of Directors without the performance of the BM&FBovespa Novo Mercado companies practicing Board Interlocking. From econometric tests, the impact of the characteristics of these members on the value and corporate performance was evaluated. Of the 128 companies listed in the segment, 111 were found indirectly linked by the phenomenon, which represents 87% of the population surveyed, from which the 410 observations on the data of the characteristics of the members were collected. Data analysis was performed with the application of descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney test, correlation and multiple linear regression – Ordinary Least Squares (OLS). The results showed that at the level of 1% for ROA, and of 5% for Tobin's Q and Market-to-value, performance averages are different for companies that have members of the Board of Directors with ages above and below the average. It was also observed that the Total Assets control variable exerted a significant positive influence on the three independent variables, and that the independent variables analyzed explain 36% of the variations in the performance indicator Q Tobin. Thus, it is concluded that the investigated characteristics of the Board of Directors influenced the performance of these companies.

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