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Board packs and management information

All boards receive a pack of materials before a board meeting and, for banks and other financial institutions, this will include materials addressing regulatory matters. I’m setting out below some thoughts based on packs I’ve seen over the last decade or so. Some of these are obvious points but I do see them cropping up […]

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New and emerging non-financial risks – Part 3: Risk management and governance

This is the third and final article looking at new and emerging non-financial risks. It’s concerned with managing those risks and the wider governance arrangements firms will need to have in place. As I’ve said in the previous two articles, increased emphasis by firms and regulators on non-financial risks have made these risks at least […]

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What makes an outstanding board?

This started as an article about what makes a board of directors ‘effective’ but I decided that was aiming too low. Why shouldn’t a board be outstanding? Let’s begin though with board effectiveness. 1 Board effectiveness What made the board of a bank or other financial institution ‘effective’ a few years ago won’t hit the […]

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