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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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Ibrahim, Bashar Yousif
التنسيق: أطروحة
اللغة:eng
eng
منشور في: 2021
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://etd.uum.edu.my/9376/1/s825237_01.pdf
https://etd.uum.edu.my/9376/2/s825237_02.pdf
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الملخص: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.