# Prof. Anthony Saunders' joint research on banking executives and risk-taking

1 June 19, 2016 Financial Times ![Financial Times logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_025699.jpg?itok=5SpaxEbn)>

Excerpt from the [Financial Times](https://next.ft.com/content/0116059a-348c-11e6-ad39-3fee5ffe5b5b) -- "The personality and talent of bank executives is more important in shaping the risk taking of the institutions they work for than pay, bonuses or education, an analysis of more than 1,500 top US bankers has found."

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