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The idea for this paper was sparked by the decision of the UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, in February 2009 to ask Sir David Walker to undertake a review of the corporate governance of UK banks and to report by the end of that year. The post-September 2008 banking crisis had revealed weaknesses in bank corporate governance and internal risk controls, as well as bank regulation and supervision.
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Mullineux, A. (2011). Governing British Banks. In: Molyneux, P. (eds) Bank Strategy, Governance and Ratings. Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230313866_3
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