Agency Theory

This one hope you can understand about agency theory:
Merrill's Thain seeking 2008 bonus of $10 million: report
from Reuters

Merrill Lynch & Co Chief Executive John Thain has suggested to directors that he get a 2008 bonus of as much as $10 million, but the battered company's compensation committee is resisting his request, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the situation.

The compensation committee has not reached a decision, but is leaning toward denying Thain and other senior executives bonuses for this year, the people told the paper.

Merrill could not be immediately reached for comment.

Shareholders on Friday approved Bank of America Corp's takeover of Merrill, a deal fraught with risk but one that would create a banking giant with a leading position in almost every major area of the financial system.

Merrill was arguably saved from extinction when it agreed to merge on September 15, an hour before Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc filed for bankruptcy. The fear was that Merrill could be next if shareholders and trading partners fled, as many did at Lehman and the former Bear Stearns Cos.

Thain has said he deserves a bonus because he helped avert what could have been a much larger crisis at the firm, people familiar with his thinking told the WSJ.

Members of Merrill's compensation committee agree with Thain that the takeover is in shareholders' best interest, but believe it would be foolish to ignore strong public sentiment against large compensation packages, the paper said, citing people familiar with their thinking.

Committee members are also weighing the fact that other Wall Street firms, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc, which did better than Merrill this year, are not giving out bonuses to top executives, the paper said.

Thain, who became Merrill's chief executive after losses in mortgage-related investments led to the October 2007 ouster of Stanley O'Neal, has also run NYSE Euronext, after a long career at Goldman.

After the Bank of America-Merrill deal is completed, he will run the merged company's global banking, securities and wealth management businesses. Thain will not be joining Bank of America's board.

So the agency theory is : A theory concerning the relationship between a principal (shareholder) and an agent of the principal (company's managers) or essentially it involves the costs of resolving conflicts between the principals and agents and aligning interests of the two groups.

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PENGARUH SKALA OPERASI DAN STRUKTUR MODAL TERHADAP KINERJA OPERASI BANK UMUM-BPR

Arif Julianto Sri Nugroho

Fakultas Ekonomi Universitas Widya Dharma Klaten

source: BENEFIT, Jurnal Manajemen dan Bisnis, Volume 10, No. 2, Desember 2006

Abstract

This study describes the effect of asset structures and capital structures on bank financial performance. Recently, bank financial performance could be seen through bank’s financial report published on mass media. The measurement criterias of bank performance are established by Bank Indonesia based on five aspects of CAMEL ie capital adequacy ratio, assets quality, management, earnings power and liquidity.

This research involves 15 Public Banks and 15 BPR’s at Klaten as samples. The sample periods in this research is one year 2005. The result shows that the capital adequacy ratio, assets quality,

This research involves 15 Public Banks and 15 BPR’s at Klaten as samples. The sample periods in this research is one year 2005. The result shows that the capital adequacy ratio, assets quality, rentability or earnings power, liquidity are not influenced by assets structures and capital structures

PENDAHULUAN

Statement of Financial Accounting Concept No. 1 menyatakan bahwa pelaporan keuangan harus mampu memberikan informasi tentang kinerja perusahaan selama periode tertentu, yang terutama bermanfaat bagi investor dan kreditor untuk penilaian terhadap prospek perusahaan tersebut di masa yang akan datang. Kinerja (performance) menurut kamus bisnis dan manajemen didefinisi-kan sebagai hasil nyata yang dicapai, kadang-kadang dipergunakan untuk menunjukkan dicapainya hasil positip (Tunggal, 1995).

Di samping itu, penilaian kinerja operasi suatu perusahaan juga sangat diperlukan oleh stake holder yang lainnya, misalnya oleh pemerintah, karyawan, dan pihak-pihak lain yang mempunyai kepentingan baik langsung maupun tidak langsung terhadap eksistensi perusahaan untuk penetapan kebijakan perpajakan, pembuatan berbagai regulasi, dan pemberian fasilitas, yang akan berpengaruh terhadap perekonomian secara makro. Karyawan berkepentingan terhadap kinerja operasi perusahaan untuk menjamin kelangsungan kerja mereka, dan menjamin kesejahteraannya. Para analis, underwriter, dan konsultan di bidang keuangan juga memerlukan kinerja operasi suatu perusahaan untuk kepentingan bisnisnya. Meskipun pelaporan bank sudah cukup transparan, namun masih banyak pihak yang merasa tidak paham bagaimana menilai kinerja operasi bank yang baik.

Download Abstract & Preface in pdf here

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