Corporate governance - Vigil

Thirteen percent of directors say their companies have delayed planned investments for 2020, according to the National Association of Corporate Directors

Germany plans to ease bankruptcy rules to give companies hit by the coronavirus more time to secure financial aid.

The shield provided to non-executive directors gives a positive signal to foreign funds interested in buying stakes in Indian companies.

The Chicago-based giant said late Tuesday it was asking for support from private and public sources

Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz will not announce any additional interest-rate cuts or other measures at his press conference scheduled for this morning with federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau, the central bank said Wednesday.

After seeing their stock portfolios mostly rise in recent years, 20- and 30-something investors are living through their first lengthy market rout, with mixed reactions.

Amid travel bans and lockdowns, their approaches differ

Executive pay and climate policies gauged against sustainable investment expectations

A family feud-fueled proxy fight in Korean Air’s (003490.KS) parent firm Hanjin Kal (180640.KS) escalated this week, as an activist fund offered to buy Delta Air’s (DAL.N) $300 million Hanjin stake.

Il est raisonnable de penser qu’il n’y aura pas de retour à la normale après cette crise. D’abord, parce que la crise sanitaire modifie déjà notre rapport à la communauté, aux services publics, aux gouvernements, aux chaînes d’approvisionnement, aux frontières et aux relations entre les nations. Ensuite, parce qu’avant même son déclenchement, nos systèmes politiques et économiques faisaient déjà l’objet d’un discrédit qui s’est durablement installé suite à la dernière crise – celle de 2008

Former Citigroup CEO Sandy Weill said executives should buy the stocks of their companies to project confidence to Wall Street in a time of historic market volatility. 

There are more women on the boards of the largest listed companies here but there is still plenty of room to improve, with some firms still with no or few female directors, the Council for Board Diversity said on Tuesday

In uncertain times, cracks in board culture can begin to reveal themselves. What are the elements of an effective board culture, and what kind of red flags should directors be looking for?

Businesses and households have a similar and pressing problem: The money just isn’t coming in, but bills still have to get paid

The Canadian dollar weakened to a four-year low against the greenback on Wednesday as oil prices tumbled and investors awaited potential stimulus from Ottawa and the Bank of Canada to ease the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak.

A decade of phenomenal growth has created 80,000 tech firms—and mounting losses

Plan will likely inject cash into businesses to keep employees on payroll, and bolster government benefits and unemployment programs

Merged oil and gas company Wintershall Dea will be ready for a stock market listing by mid-year but it is up to its shareholders to judge whether to go ahead, Chief Executive Mario Mehren said in a call with reporters on Wednesday.

Vanguard and BlackRock fixed income funds suffer price dislocation

The World Health Organization has been criticized for being slow to declare a public health emergency and a pandemic as COVID-19 spread. Yale SOM’s Saed Alizamir, with Francis de Véricourt of ESMT and Shouqiang Wang of the University of Texas at Dallas, recently published a study that uses game theory to play out the tradeoffs that the WHO and other public agencies face as they try to give timely warnings while maintaining their credibility.

Facebook is giving each of its employees a $1,000 bonus to help support them during the coronavirus outbreak.