RECOMMENDED READING LIST

Some of our members have requested AABD to provide a bibliography of bank director reading material to assist them in their roles as directors. We are providing the following list of materials, which is focused on bank and corporate director issues. There are many other books and periodicals which we have not listed that concentrate on the needs of bank management. These are available through various other national and state bank trade groups and state and federal banking agencies.

AABD Recommended Reading List:

• AABD. Opportunities for Banks in Life Insurance
• AABD. A Bank Director's Guide to Codes of Conduct
• AABD. A Bank Director's Guide to Avoiding Enforcement Actions
• AABD. A Bank Director's Guide to Internal Investigations
• AABD. The Regulatory Exclusion in Directors and Officers Liability Insurance Policies and Obtaining Regulatory Coverage in the Present Market
• AABD. 1998 Survey of Bank and Savings Institution Boards of Directors
• AABD. RTC Suits Against Savings Institution Directors and Officers: Are They in the Public Interest
• AABD. Compendium of the Constitutional Rights Task Force
• American Bankers Association. ABA Bank Director's Resource Guide, Washington, D.C., 1991
• American Bankers Association. Focus on the Bank Director. Washington, D.C., 1997
• American Bar Association, Section of Business Law, Corporate Director's Guidebook, Second Edition, Chicago, Illinois, 1994
• Austin, Dr. Douglas V., Financial Institution Director's Handbook: Essential Readings to Minimize Liabilities and Increase Profitability for You and Your Institution; Austin, Dr. Douglas V., Financial Institution Director Liabilities & Responsibilities, Fourth Edition, Austin Financial Services, Toledo, Ohio, 1996
• Austin, Dr. Douglas V. and Smith, Jeffrey E, Financial Institution Director's Liabilities & Responsibilities, Fifth Edition, Austin Financial Services, Toledo, Ohio, 2002
• Austin, Dr. Douglas V., Inside the Boardroom, How to Be an Effective Bank Director, Dow Jones-Irwin, Homewood, Illinois, 1989
• Austin, Dr. Douglas V. and Bernard, Craig D., Strategic Planning Guide for Community Banks & Thrifts, McGraw-Hill
• Austin, Dr. Douglas V., The Community Bank Survival Guide: Overcoming the Challenges of an Increasingly Competitive Marketplace
• Bank Administration Institute and McKinsey and Co., Inc., Building Better Banks: The Case for Performance-Based Regulation
• Bank Director Magazine. Quarterly magazine for directors of financial companies, Brentwood, Tennessee
• Bank Director Magazine and SNL Securities, 1999 Bank Director Compensation Review
• Bank News. The Bank Board Letter. Monthly newsletter, Kansas City, Missouri
• Barnett, Robert E., "Responsibilities & Liabilities of Bank Directors." CCH Federal Banking Law Reports, 1996
• Bexley, James B., Directors' Duties & Responsibilities in Financial Institutions." Sam Houston Press, Huntsville, Texas, 1998
• Board Member Inc. Corporate Board Member. Brentwood, Tennessee
• Bureau of Financial Institutions, State Corporation Commission, Commonwealth of Virginia, Bank Directors Responsibilities, 1996
• The Corporate Board. Okemose, Michigan
• Cox, Edwin B. et al. The Bank Director's Handbook. Auburn House Publishing Company, 1986
• Directorship. Directors Publications, Inc., Greenwich, Connecticut
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Pocket Guide for Directors. Washington, D.C., 1988
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. "Statement Concerning the Responsibilities of Bank Directors and Officers." Financial Institution Letter, FIL-87-92, December 17, 1992
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, History of the Banking Crises of the 1980s and Early 1990s. Washington, D.C. 1997
• Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco. The Director's Guide. San Francisco, CA, 1988
• Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Basics for Bank Directors. Kansas City, Missouri
• Gup, Benton E., The Bank Director's Handbook, A Bank Line Publication/Irwin Professional Publishing
• Independent Community Bankers of America. ICBA Complete Video Training Programs. Sauk Centre, Minnesota
• Koltveit, Jim, Bank Director's Operating and Compliance Handbook, Sheshunoff Information Services, Inc., Austin, Texas
• Lorsch, Jay W. and Elizabeth MacIver, Pawns or Potentates - The Reality of America's Corporate Boards. Harvard Business School Press, 1989
• Lowy, Martin, Practical Handbook for Bank Directors, Financial Services Press
• McGinty, Charles P., Under the Hammer, The Inside Story of the Largest Bank Failure in Missouri History. TJ Press, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 1993
• McGladrey & Pullen, Pratt's Guide for Bank Directors, A. S. Pratt & Sons
• Monks, Robert A.G., and Nell Minow, Corporate Governance, Blackwell Business, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1995
• Myers, Forest E., Basics for Bank Directors, Second Edition. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Division of Bank Supervision and Structure, Kansas City, Missouri, 1998
• National Association of Corporate Directors. This Washington, D.C.-based organization has a number of useful publications on corporate governance and related matters.
• Nicolosi, Anthony V. ; Redrup, Andrew P.; and Norinsky, Norman, Shaping the Audit Committee Agenda, KPMG LLP
• Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Bank Failure: An Evaluation of Factors Contributing To The Failure of National Banks. Washington, D.C. June 1988
• Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Director's Guide to Board Reports: Red Flags and Other Points of Interest. Washington, D.C.
• Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Director's Book, Washington, D.C. March 1997
• Office of Thrift Supervision. "Responsibilities of Directors and Officers: OTS Guidelines." November 16, 1992
• Professional Bank Services, Inc., The Director's Resource, Louisville, Kentucky
• Sheshunoff Information Services, Inc., Sheshunoff Directors' Video Report. Austin, Texas
• Spong, Kenneth, Bank Regulation, Its Purposes, Implementation, and Effects. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Division of Bank Supervision and Structure, Fourth Edition, 1999
• Staats, Dr. William F., Bank Directors' Guide to Controlling Credit Risk, Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2002
• Varallo, Gregory V. and Daniel A. Dreisbach, Fundamentals of Corporate Governance, A Guide for Directors and Corporate Counsel, Section of Business Law, American Bar Association, Chicago, Illinois, 1996

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