| dc.description.abstract | The study as emphasized in the problem statement was to establish relevance between key governance
tenets of transparency, disclosure and trust in influencing performance of banking institutions.
In the design of data collection instruments, the study relied on the provision from Basel II on
banking and supervision , and other studies on banking performances both locally and internationally.
The study therefore analyzed the concepts surrounding governance and the debate as to whether it’s
instrumental in influencing performance or not, looking at from both the commercial and banking
perspective.
The questionnaire was developed on the basis of the three tenets of the governance as source of
obtaining information on the performance of the independent variables . While the independent
variables was based on financial statements from the banking institutions and analyzed on the basis of
their assets and performance ratios within the CAMEL framework which implies, capital adequacy,
asset quality , management efficiency, earnings/profitability , and liquidity.
It was apparent that some of these factors singularly do not provide convincing relationship between
performance and the corporate governance practices. The study observed high preference of
compliance to transparency and disclosure as compared to trust. This could have been attributed to the
fact trust as phrased out in the questionnaire required stricter compliance with credit management as
opposed to the other two which laid more emphasis on reporting and disclosure requirements.
The outcome of the study as concluded in the findings and subsequent conclusion reveals that banks
have higher affinity to comply with transparency tenets than the other two that’s disclosure and trust.
Transparency as a major component of governance was noted to be influential for changes affecting
the level of capital adequacy and other earning ratios, within which the Pearson correlation and
regression analysis were within similar confidence limit
Though, transparency was conspicuous among these ratios, it was not consistent with all them, thus
becoming an area of concern for further research as to whether transparency is widely practiced due to
stricter requirement by these institutions or it coincides with other requirements needed from banks to
comply with.
In conclusion, it’s not conclusive to say that governance tenets are important in determining banking
performances, because the relationship was not witnessed across the board. | en |
