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South Korea's national pension fund on Monday adopted a new investment stewardship code in a move to boost transparency of its voting rights in companies where it has a stake, a top government official said. 
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California has made headlines this summer with legislative action toward instituting gender quotas for boards of directors of public companies headquartered in the state. The legislation has passed the state senate; to be enacted, it must be passed by the California state assembly and signed by the governor
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Can Stock Markets Rally Higher?, Stocks: SPY,NFLX,FB,AMZN, release date:Jul 29, 2018
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Sustainability should now be high on the agenda of boards across Europe, with the European Commission’s major initiative on sustainable finance and the emphasis given to it in the new UK Code of Corporate Governance.
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“When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.” – …
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THEY are falling like dominoes. Executives caught behaving badly might once have been slapped on the wrist. Today they are shown the door. On July 19th Paramount Television fired its president, Amy Powell, over reports of insensitive comments about race (she strongly denies these and is hiring lawyers).
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A COMMON way to describe the history of the technology industry is by product cycles. The 1990s was the era of the PC; then came the internet and related services, followed by mobile; and now artificial intelligence looms.
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Charles Taerk of Faircourt Asset Management Inc. also gives his take on the bull market, Donald Trump and the danger to the global economy from tariff wars
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Whatever value David Pecker provides in advising Postmedia on its digital transition is now overwhelmed by the stench emanating from his role in not publishing an article about an alleged affair involving Trump and a Playboy model
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This publication marks our tenth year tracking corporate non-prosecution agreements (“NPAs”) and deferred prosecution agreements (“DPAs”).[1] What a decade it has been. In…
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Mark Zuckerberg is counting the cost of user disenchantment with Facebook Inc. His fortune tumbled by US$16.8 billion in late trading Wednesday, as shares of the social media giant slid 20 per cent at 5:37 p.m. in New York on disappointing results...
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In 2000, Overnite Transportation Co. halted its IPO because of a highly disruptive 10-month strike by the Teamsters’ Union.
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An initial public offering is a key inflection point for a company, not least because it often triggers the opportunity to review and replace the company’s corporate governance structure. In place of complex contractual shareholder arrangements that are subject only to the constraints of corporate law, upon an IPO, a company adopts a more simplified governance structure that is subject to SEC and stock exchange listing standards.
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Read our latest post from Semler Brossy consultants Austin Vanbastelaer and Charles Gray.
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Shareholders of Walt Disney and 21st Century Fox approved a $71 billion deal that is set to rattle the media landscape.
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Frank Allen, Executive Director of FAIR Canada, said: “While FAIR Canada welcomes the CSA’s determination that it is appropriate to maintain the existing approach to determining director and audit committee member independence, we are disappointed that the CSA choose not to extend these independence rules and principles, which benefit investors and our capital markets and …
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The critics moaning that Allergan’s plan to sell off its women’s health and infectious disease businesses doesn’t go far enough? The activist investors demanding CEO Brent Saunders give up the board chairman’s title?
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“SELL in May and go away,” say the denizens of Wall Street, and to the usual summer lethargy is added the excuse of a heatwave. But for those working in private equity, there is no let-up.
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Tapping into the thinking of young professionals on issues that affect business, society and the economy is a vital part of any evolutionary process. Corporate governance is no exception.
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Province will still control wholesale and distribution of the product once recreational use is legalized countrywide in October
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Charged with revamping the company’s culture to achieve new financial and talent-development goals, Voya’s transformation, led by CEO Rodney O. Martin, Jr., started at the very top—building out a new and diverse board of directors
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Early AI adopters are starting to shift industry profit pools. Companies need strong digital capabilities to compete.
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Boards are increasingly seeking to diversify their membership and draw on expertise from a wider variety of sources. As a result, they find themselves with an exceptional number of new—and often first-time—directors.
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