Corporate governance - Vigil

The Covid-19 pandemic has required companies and their boards to take a renewed look at working practices and human capital management. But new research points to widespread differences in how much boards are involved in and informed on such strategies.

While investor interest in “hot IPOs” remains buoyant, questions about the companies’ corporate governance may weigh on their valuations, according to Bloomberg Intelligence analysts Rob Du Boff and Shaheen Contractor.

56 Russell 3000 companies (2.8%) failed Say on Pay thus far in 2021, 15 of which are in the S&P 500. The S&P 500 failure rate is currently 3.7%. No companies have failed since our last report. Our evaluation of the likely reasons for failure indicates that 18 of the 56 failed Say on Pay votes are due in part to Covid-19 related actions.

The Caisse and Centerbridge Partners LP will buy Medical Solutions from TPG Growth, part of the buyout firm previously known as Texas Pacific Group. TPG Growth has owned the company since 2017.

The Canadian economy suffered a shock contraction in the second quarter on weaker exports and housing, while the start of the third quarter is off to an unexpectedly rocky start.

Covid-19 pandemic has complicated the Fed’s task of determining when the economy is at ‘maximum employment’ and when to raise interest rates

Mr. Gensler told Barron’s in an interview that he would consider banning “payment for order flow” — the practice in which large trading operations pay to execute trades for clients of retail brokerage firms, such as Robinhood.

As more organizations shift to remote work in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, cybersecurity has become top of mind for companies across all industries. A newly remote world has increased organizations’ reliance on digital records, controls and technologies, making them rich targets for ransomware attacks.

Employment in Canada’s digital economy “surged” during the pandemic even as the broader economy experienced mass layoffs and other economic impacts, according to a new report from the Information and Communications Technology Council.

In 2003, London started charging drivers a fee to drive on the city center’s narrow streets. In the years since, studies have documented reduced traffic congestion, better bus service, fewer accidents and an improved overall quality of life.

Eyewear maker Warby Parker Inc. last week became the latest company to file paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a direct listing, illustrating the staying power of the alternative path to public markets for companies that don’t need to raise money.

The sustainability boom has moved trillions of dollars into environmental, social and governance funds and brought a new stakeholder-led agenda to corporate boardrooms.

The agency fined 8 firms, including Cetera and Cambridge, a total of $750,000 for inadequate policies and procedures to protect customer information.

With consumer behavior changing rapidly—and, often, in unexpected ways—companies must get better at anticipating and responding to new consumer needs and preferences. Our experts explain how.

Boards need to ensure that management walks the talk on culture and values.

Delta Air Lines on Tuesday said full vaccination against COVID-19 will be a condition of employment for 1,500 new flight attendant positions it is looking to fill.

Trade and foreign investment helped Vietnam emerge from extreme poverty. Can they make it rich?

Jump in inflation will test the European Central Bank’s readiness to let the economy run hot

Flush with capital, the funds have gone bargain hunting in Britain, snapping up everything from supermarkets to defense companies.

In Calgary, where about a third of downtown office space lies empty, a possible way forward for the city centre is taking shape inside a building that once housed the headquarters of oil giant Suncor Energy.

More than three-quarters of the S&P 500 have reported higher revenue than in 2019, but a fifth remain below those levels

Cryptocurrency companies want to tap into the Federal Reserve payments systems that traditional banks use to move money around quickly. The banks are pushing back.

In an interview with the Financial Times, Gita Gopinath sounded a cautious note as the Fed prepares to dial back its pandemic support, highlighting the economic pressures on low and middle-income countries, which have suffered disproportionately from the coronavirus crisis.