CHANGES IN BANK RESOLUTION MECHANISM: OPPORTUNITY FOR CHANGE IN BANK GOVERNANCE TOWARDS STAKEHOLDER APPROACH

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Abstract

The current financial crisis has vividly demonstrated that due to the incentives of bank shareholders to take excessive risks on behalf of other stakeholders and society, banking governance based exclusively on shareholder interests results in systemically fragile banks and financial instability.
The key challenge is to establish a bank governance framework in which financial institutions begin to perform their central function of serving and supporting long-term economic development. The recent change in the bank resolution mechanism legislation for banks in the EU from a bail-out to a bail-in approach that creates a new group of bank stakeholders with strong incentives to oppose excessive risk-taking – uninsured debtholders – can be seen as an opportunity to enact substantial change in bank governance.

Keywords: Banking, Corporate Governance, Financial Crisis, Excessive Risk-Taking, Bail-In

How to cite this paper: Jezernik, Ž. S. (2013). Changes in bank resolution mechanism: opportunity for change in bank governance towards stakeholder approach. Corporate Ownership & Control, 11(1-9), 800-805. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv11i1c9art4