Corporate Governance in Banking and Investor Protection From Theory

This book explores the status quo of corporate governance in banking and investor protection from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Bringing together original conclusions with a regional and international focus, it provides a timely and compreh

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Belén Díaz Díaz Samuel O. Idowu Philip Molyneux Editors

Corporate Governance in Banking and Investor Protection From Theory to Practice

CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance

Series editors Samuel O. Idowu, London Metropolitan University, London, United Kingdom Rene´ Schmidpeter, Cologne Business School, Germany

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/11565

Bele´n Dı´az Dı´az • Samuel O. Idowu • Philip Molyneux Editors

Corporate Governance in Banking and Investor Protection From Theory to Practice

Editors Bele´n Dı´az Dı´az Department of Business Administration University of Cantabria Santander, Spain

Samuel O. Idowu Guildhall Faculty of Business and Law London Metropolitan University London, United Kingdom

Philip Molyneux College of Business Administration University of Sharjah Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

ISSN 2196-7075 ISSN 2196-7083 (electronic) CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance ISBN 978-3-319-70006-9 ISBN 978-3-319-70007-6 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70007-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017961126 © Springer International Publishing AG 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: eStudio Calamar, Berlin/Figueres Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

Foreword

The corporate governance of financial institutions represents one of the pillars of the reform that has been, and continues to be, implemented in the sector after the financial crisis that has, unfortunately, dominated the last decade. Obviously, before 2008, both the law and various regulatory agencies had been attempting to improve the governance of commercial companies in general and financial institutions in particul