Basel Committee: Enhancing Corporate Governance in Banking Organisations and High-level Controls for Banks
HC-B.1.1
These papers (see www.bis.org/publ/bcbs56.pdf) issued in September 1998 and September 1999 provide guidance on corporate governance and high-level controls in banks. These papers form part of an on-going effort by the Committee to strengthen procedures for risk management and disclosure in banks.
October 07HC-B.1.2
The papers draw on supervisory experience with corporate governance problems at banking organisations and suggest the types of practices that could help to avoid such problems. They identify a number of practices as critical elements of any financial institution's corporate governance process.
October 07HC-B.1.3
The CBB draws banks' attention to the Basel papers as benchmarks of best practice for corporate governance standards and high-level controls to be followed by banks operating in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
October 07
