© Elizabeth Sheedy Elizabeth Sheedy, PhD Macquarie Applied Finance Centre Remuneration and Risk-taking in Financial Institutions.

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© Elizabeth Sheedy Elizabeth Sheedy, PhD Macquarie Applied Finance Centre Remuneration and Risk-taking in Financial Institutions

Remuneration and Risk-taking What’s the connection?

It’s complicated… How to measure risk and performance? Who’s perspective? Endogeneity? Interaction with risk controls, regulation and culture? Nature and size of business? Exact structure of remuneration

Academic Research on Remuneration Cheng, Hong and Scheinkman (2010) “Yesterday’s Heroes: Compensation and Creative Risk- taking” NBER Find correlation between total remuneration of Top 5 and risk- taking

What’s the role of shareholders? Moral hazard? Short-term focus? Are they actively encouraging risk-taking? High salaries and bonuses are a risk premium to compensate staff?

Consider Bear Stearns and Lehman In 2008 the CEO of Lehman incurred (paper) losses of $931 million on his shareholdings while the CEO of Bear Stearns lost over $900 million.

Cash bonuses

Proceeds sale of equity Bear StearnsLehman CEOExecs 2-5CEOExecs 2-5 $289m$817m$471m$389m

Accumulating vast wealth leads to risk tolerance.

Remuneration most problematic when... There are options and cash bonuses involved (vs shares) Shareholders have short-term focus (institutions?) Executives have accumulated wealth Weak regulatory environment Weak risk culture/controls

What do we mean by strong risk culture? Focus on shareholder interests not necessarily appropriate Traditional corporate governance measures focus on shareholder rights

What is risk culture? “The norms and traditions of behaviour of individuals and of groups within an organisation that determine the way in which they identify, understand, discuss and act upon the risks the organisation confronts and the risks it takes.” IIF 2009

IIF recommendations on risk governance Dedicated risk committee with strong experience and skills Independent CRO with status/power Adequate resources for risk management function Clearly defined risk appetite Effective dialogue about risk at all levels (questioning) Deep understanding of risk profile Clear understanding of individual responsibilities in risk management structure

Academic Research on Risk Controls Ellul and Yerramilli (2010) “Stronger Risk Controls, Lower Risk: Evidence from US Bank Holding Companies” NBER 16178

How to measure effectiveness of risk governance? Remuneration of the Chief Risk Officer (vs CEO)? Banking experience of independent Directors? Frequency of Risk Committee meetings?

Ellul and Yerramilli study finds that banks with stronger risk governance have lower enterprise-wide risk, even after controlling for remuneration policy Findings

Risk management Power/status? Resources? Education and experience?

Risk education Master of Applied Finance Compulsory unit on Financial Risk Management Many advanced risk electives

Basel III Regulations National regulators will review bank compensation policies Deferral of bonuses (with claw-back) Risk-adjusted performance Greater reliance on shares

Increased capital requirements! ROE= Capital Conservation Buffer

Conclusions Remuneration policy has affected risk-taking (driven by some shareholders). Risk controls are an effective counter-measure if adequately resourced. New regulations should help. Macquarie will continue to research and educate in financial risk management issues.

References Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (2010) Compensation principles and standards assessment methodology, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (2010) Principles for enhancing corporate governance, Bebchuk, Lucian, Cohen and Spamann, 2010, The wages of failure: executive compensation at Bear Stearns and Lehman , Yale Journal on Regulation, 27, Beltratti, A., and R. Stultz, 2009, Why did some banks perform better during the credit crisis? A cross-country study of the impact of governance and regulation, (European Corporate Governance Institute). Bhagat, Sanjai, and Brian Bolton, 2010, Investment Bankers' Culture of Ownership?, SSRN. Cheng, I., H. Hong, et al. (2010). Yesterday's Heroes: Compensation and creating risk-taking. Cambridge, MA, NBER Dong, Zhiyong, Cong Wang, and Fei Xie, 2010, Do executive stock options induce excessive risk taking?, Journal of Banking & Finance 34, Ellul, A. and V. Yerramilli (2010). Stronger risk controls, lower risk: Evidence from US Bank holding companies. Cambridge, MA, NBER. Fahlenbrach, R. and R. Stulz (2009). Bank CEO Incentives and the Credit Crisis. Cambridge Massachusetts, NBER. IIF (2011) Reform in the Financial Services Industry, IIF (2011) Making Strides in Financial Services Risk Management, Suntheim, F. (2010). Managerial Compensation in the Financial Service Industry. Milan, SSRN. Taillard, Jerome, Bernadette Minton, and Rohan Williamson, 2010, Do independence and financial expertise of the board matter for risk taking and performance?, Eurofidai (Paris). Vallascas, Francesco, and Jens Hagendorff, 2010, CEO reumuneration and bank default risk: evidence from the US and Europe, Carefin (Universita Bocconi, Milan). Victoravich, Lisa, Pisun Xu, William Buslepp, and Hugh Grove, 2011, CEO Power, Equity Incentives and Bank Risk Taking.