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The Banking Business - Corporate Governance Directive 2018

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Summary

The objectives of this directive is a) to require regulated financial institution to adopt sound corporate governance principles and best practices to enable them to perform their role in enhancing economic growth in Ghana; b) to promote and maintain public trust and confidence in regulated financial institution by prescribing sound corporate governance standards which are critical to the proper functioning of the banking sector and the economy as a whole; and c) Minimise the possibility of regulated financial institution failures that are usually rooted in poor corporate governance practices.

Issuer

Ghana

Year

2018

Region

Africa

Issuer (type)

Bank of Ghana (Central Bank)

Instrument type

Directive

Disclosure instrument

No

Geographical scope

National

Mandatory or voluntary

Mandatory

Text analysis

    • Moderate 0.77%
    • Moderate 0.23%
    • E focus: environment
    • S focus: compensation
    • G focus: audit, financial reporting, internal control, money laundering, risk management, accountability
    • Finance, Management, Professional services