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Want to Join a Corporate Board? Here’s How

As scrutiny of public company leadership increases, corporations are feeling the pressure to get out ahead of criticism by examining and adjusting the makeup of their boards. This makes 2020 a great time for business leaders interested in joining corporate boards—including professionals from nontraditional backgrounds and underrepresented groups—to make the jump into one of these high-profile roles.
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February 26, 2020 10:22 AM
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GFL pushes ahead with plans to launch one of Canada’s largest ever IPOs

GFL pushes ahead with plans to launch one of Canada’s largest ever IPOs | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Waste-management company GFL Environmental Inc. is proceeding with one of Canada’s largest initial public offerings nearly four months after it halted its last attempt to go public.
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February 26, 2020 10:22 AM
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Meridian Credit Union raises $125-million in debt from Quebec’s Caisse

Meridian Credit Union raises $125-million in debt from Quebec’s Caisse | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Meridian Credit Union Ltd. raised $125-million in debt from the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, as the credit union seeks to keep capital in line with aggressive plans for expansion.
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BlackRock co-founder Barbara Novick to step down | Financial Times

BlackRock co-founder Barbara Novick to step down | Financial Times | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Vice-chair led extensive engagement programme with regulators and policymakers
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February 26, 2020 10:17 AM
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Daily chart - Single women are losing out in the property market | Graphic detail

Daily chart - Single women are losing out in the property market | Graphic detail | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Women buy houses for 2% more than men, and sell them for 2% less
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February 26, 2020 10:14 AM
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Canada’s mining jurisdictions no longer among 10 most attractive amid slew of scrapped resource projects

Canada’s mining jurisdictions no longer among 10 most attractive amid slew of scrapped resource projects | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
First time in past ten years no province has cracked the top ten on the investment rankings in Fraser Institutes' survey of mining execs
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February 26, 2020 10:00 AM
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United Technologies, Raytheon offer EU concessions over $120 billion merger deal - Reuters

United Technologies, Raytheon offer EU concessions over $120 billion merger deal - Reuters | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
United Technologies Corp (UTX.N) and Raytheon Co (RTN.N) have offered concessions to address EU antitrust concerns about their plan to create a $120 billion U.S. aerospace and defense giant, a filing on the European Commission website showed on Monday.
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Bayer Chairman Steps Down in Midst of Roundup Legal Battle

Bayer Chairman Steps Down in Midst of Roundup Legal Battle | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Werner Wenning is set to be replaced by Norbert Winkeljohann as the company attempts to resolve thousands of lawsuits
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February 26, 2020 9:58 AM
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ESG Funds Mostly Track the Market

ESG Funds Mostly Track the Market | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Push toward ‘sustainability’ in investing so far isn’t having outsize impact on stocks
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February 26, 2020 9:51 AM
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Elevating Audit Committee Performance with a Health Check

Elevating Audit Committee Performance with a Health Check | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Growing expectations and a hefty workload makes the role of the audit committee tough to track and measure. What insights are needed to empower audit committees to take their game to the next level? 
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February 25, 2020 10:14 AM
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With Current Tools, Fed Unlikely To Sustainably Hit Inflation Target: Fed Paper

With Current Tools, Fed Unlikely To Sustainably Hit Inflation Target: Fed Paper | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
San Francisco Fed paper finds public worries that in the next downturn the central bank will once again hit de facto zero rates
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February 25, 2020 10:06 AM
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Blows keep coming for our economy, and the Bank of Canada will be left to clean up the mess

Blows keep coming for our economy, and the Bank of Canada will be left to clean up the mess | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Martin Pelletier: Four years of inept government policy are starting to come home to roost
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Bank of Montreal beats expectations with wealth management growth

Bank of Montreal beats expectations with wealth management growth | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Aims to get $2 billion in annual profit from wealth management by 2023
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BP to quit main U.S. refining lobby over carbon policy

BP to quit main U.S. refining lobby over carbon policy | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
BP will leave the main U.S. refining lobby and two other trade groups as new Chief Executive Bernard Looney spurs some of the oil sector’s most ambitious targets for curbing carbon emissions.
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BMO names new head of retail banking

BMO names new head of retail banking | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Bank of Montreal gave two of its senior executives new responsibilities for winning over customers in an increasingly digital business.
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February 26, 2020 10:19 AM
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Jamie Dimon says ‘door is open’ for more US bank deals | Financial Times

Jamie Dimon says ‘door is open’ for more US bank deals | Financial Times | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
JPMorgan is banned from buying other banks but will be ‘open minded’ about other businesses
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February 26, 2020 10:18 AM
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The data economy - A deluge of data is giving rise to a new economy | Special report

The data economy - A deluge of data is giving rise to a new economy | Special report | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Ludwig Siegele asks how it will work
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February 26, 2020 10:16 AM
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Bouygues, Free, Orange and SFR apply for French 5G telecoms spectrum - Reuters

Bouygues, Free, Orange and SFR apply for French 5G telecoms spectrum - Reuters | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
French telecoms companies Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange and SFR have made offers for France’s new 5G telecoms spectrum, the regulator, Arcep, said on Wednesday.
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Disney CEO Bob Iger Steps Aside; Bob Chapek Named New Head

Disney CEO Bob Iger Steps Aside; Bob Chapek Named New Head | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Chapek has led Disney Parks since 2015; Iger to stay on as executive chairman
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SEC Investigating Mattel’s Accounting

SEC Investigating Mattel’s Accounting | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
The toy maker said it resolved an accounting error after an internal probe last year; SEC and federal prosecutors want a closer look
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February 26, 2020 9:59 AM
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China Lifts Import Restrictions on U.S. Farm Goods

China Lifts Import Restrictions on U.S. Farm Goods | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Chinese leaders have removed barriers on U.S. poultry, poultry products and pet food, along with other actions, U.S. officials say
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February 26, 2020 9:58 AM
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Carving Out IPO Protections

Thanks to a 2018 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, the risk of IPO-related securities litigation has never been higher with class actions often brought by plaintiffs in both federal and state courts. With Congress not likely to act, alternatives are discussed which could eliminate liability under the Securities Act of 1933 for a company going public, and provide issuers, directors, officers, and underwriters with the opportunity to protect themselves from expensive and complex multi-front litigation.
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February 25, 2020 10:15 AM
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Amazon Opens Cashierless Supermarket in Latest Push to Sell Food

Amazon Opens Cashierless Supermarket in Latest Push to Sell Food | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
The e-commerce giant is also looking into licensing the checkout-free technology to rival retailers
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February 25, 2020 10:14 AM
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With Migrant Workers in Limbo, Part of China’s Economy Is Stalled

With Migrant Workers in Limbo, Part of China’s Economy Is Stalled | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
Many must choose the least-bad option: Stay in their hometowns without jobs, or return to expensive cities and a 14-day quarantine
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February 25, 2020 10:06 AM
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Latino directors launch tool to track representation on Fortune 1000 boards

Latino directors launch tool to track representation on Fortune 1000 boards | Corporate governance - Vigil | Scoop.it
The "Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2019," which was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in November, would require public companies to annually disclose the voluntarily self-identified gender, race, ethnicity and veteran status of their board of directors, nominees and senior executive officers.
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