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The effects of board of directors' characteristics and risk management committee on the financial performance of listed banks in Iraq

Good corporate governance practices and setting up of an independent risk management committee are considered as crucial in decreasing risk for investors and enhancing performance. This study examined the effects of board of directors’ characteristics and risk management committee’s attributes o...

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Main Author: Ibrahim, Bashar Yousif
Format: Thesis
Language:English
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Published: 2021
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HD61 Risk Management
Online Access:https://etd.uum.edu.my/9376/1/s825237_01.pdf
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spelling my.uum.etd.93762022-05-22T01:21:52Z https://etd.uum.edu.my/9376/ The effects of board of directors' characteristics and risk management committee on the financial performance of listed banks in Iraq Ibrahim, Bashar Yousif HD61 Risk Management Good corporate governance practices and setting up of an independent risk management committee are considered as crucial in decreasing risk for investors and enhancing performance. This study examined the effects of board of directors’ characteristics and risk management committee’s attributes on the financial performance of listed banks in Iraq. The research used secondary data obtained from the data stream and annual report of all banks listed in the Iraq stock exchange for the year 2017-2019 with 63 firm-year observations. In addition, the regression was based on panel Corrected Standard Error. The result shows that the size and the board of directors and its independence exhibit significant and negative associations the banks’ performance. However, the board of directors’ financial expertise and the independence of the risk management committee had positive yet insignificant associations with performance. This study provided suggestions for future research work and several recommendations for regulators and the Iraqi banking industry. 2021 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en https://etd.uum.edu.my/9376/1/s825237_01.pdf text en https://etd.uum.edu.my/9376/2/s825237_02.pdf Ibrahim, Bashar Yousif (2021) The effects of board of directors' characteristics and risk management committee on the financial performance of listed banks in Iraq. Masters thesis, Universiti Utara Malaysia.
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Ibrahim, Bashar Yousif
The effects of board of directors' characteristics and risk management committee on the financial performance of listed banks in Iraq
description Good corporate governance practices and setting up of an independent risk management committee are considered as crucial in decreasing risk for investors and enhancing performance. This study examined the effects of board of directors’ characteristics and risk management committee’s attributes on the financial performance of listed banks in Iraq. The research used secondary data obtained from the data stream and annual report of all banks listed in the Iraq stock exchange for the year 2017-2019 with 63 firm-year observations. In addition, the regression was based on panel Corrected Standard Error. The result shows that the size and the board of directors and its independence exhibit significant and negative associations the banks’ performance. However, the board of directors’ financial expertise and the independence of the risk management committee had positive yet insignificant associations with performance. This study provided suggestions for future research work and several recommendations for regulators and the Iraqi banking industry.
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title The effects of board of directors' characteristics and risk management committee on the financial performance of listed banks in Iraq
title_short The effects of board of directors' characteristics and risk management committee on the financial performance of listed banks in Iraq
title_full The effects of board of directors' characteristics and risk management committee on the financial performance of listed banks in Iraq
title_fullStr The effects of board of directors' characteristics and risk management committee on the financial performance of listed banks in Iraq
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url https://etd.uum.edu.my/9376/1/s825237_01.pdf
https://etd.uum.edu.my/9376/2/s825237_02.pdf
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