1Corporate Governance in the Banking and Financial Services Industries1

Journal of Financial Intermediation10,105–106(2000)
doi:10.1006/jfin.2001.0307,available online at on
ANNOUNCEMENT
Corporate Governance in the Banking and Financial
Services Industries
A Conference Jointly Sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York and the Journal of Financial Intermediation
Federal Reserve Bank of New York,October4–5,2001
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York solicits submissions of research papers on the corporate governance of banking andfinancial servicesfirms.Better understanding of sound corporate governance practices infinancial institutions is of particular concern to regulators,taxpayers,and investors in light of the special role these institutions play in both domestic and global economies.These concerns take on added weight due to recent consolidations in the banking andfinancial services industries.
The conference organizers encourage research in all areas of corporate governance in the banking andfinancial services industry.Possible topics of interest include,but are not limited to:
•An examination of the role that regulators and regulations play in the corporate governance of financial institutions.
•The potential conflicts between the goals of regulators and those of shareholders,and how these conflicts affect the ability of boards of directors to serve these potentially divergent interests.•The accountability of the boards of regulatedfirms versus unregulatedfirms,and whether it affectsfinancial institutions’ability to attract talented board directors.
•The prevalence as well as motives of interlocking boards of directors infinancial institutions compared with that offirms in other industries.
•The potential conflicts of interest owing to borrowers sitting on the boards offinancial institutions.•The presence and role of blockholders in thefinancial services industry.
•The evolution and current role of managerial stock ownership in thefinancial services industry.•A comparison of board size and structure infinancial servicesfirms versus those infirms in other industries.
•Compensation levels and structures infinancial institutions relative to those infirms in other industries.
•The role of corporate governance in the debate over bank’s issuance of subordinated debt.
The conference will be held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.Hamid Mehran of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York will organize the conference.There is no charge for submitting papers to the conference.All papers accepted for the conference are eligible for consideration for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Financial Intermediation devoted to the conference.Along with your submission,please indicate whether you would like the paper to be considered for publication in the
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JFI.If you choose to also submit to the JFI,the submission fee will be waived.Your paper’s acceptance to the conference does not guarantee publication in the JFI.All papers must pass the journal’s formal refereeing process.
The conference organizers will provide accommodations and reimburse travel expenses to authors whose papers are selected for the program.
The submission deadline is April15,2001.Please sendfive copies of your paper to:
Professor Anjan V.Thakor
Business School
University of Michigan
701Tappan,Room D6214
Ann Arbor,Michigan48109-1234。