The main objective of this research is to study the impact of the behavioral dominance of executives in listed companies regarding financial performance. Empirical tests were conducted on panel data from companies belonging to the FTSE 100 in London. To address this research issue, we analyzed the link between governance and the stock market in the first section. Then, based on financial theories we formulated a set of hypotheses related to the influence of compensation, the size of the board of directors, the presence of women and the independence of the board of directors on performance. The results of the empirical tests indicate that the importance of compensation had a positive effect on performance. Conversely, the empirical tests show that the size of the Board of Directors and the duality of function had negative effects on performance. Finally, the results of the tests on the behavioral dominance of executives are depending on the characteristics of the board’s directors.

This study explores the impact of liquidity risk on Bank performance through a comparative study between conventional and Islamic banks in the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA). Bank Size, Capital adequacy ratio, liquidity Gap and Return on Assets are used as independent variables and the Bank Age, Inflation Rate and Growth Rate of Domestic product are used as macro-economic variables and the dependent variable is liquidity risk. The methodological choice is the generalized method of moments (GMM). We used a sample of 10 Islamic banks and 25 conventional banks in the MENA region during the period of 2006-2018. The results show various impacts of these variables on liquidity risk in both banks. We also find that the rise in CAR in Islamic banks and conventional banks does not influence liquidity risk. The logical explanations are that the bank could allocate funds to improve credit and fixed assets.