Corporate governance - Vigil

The New York Stock Exchange is buying Radiate, a company which creates short videos of career advice from business leaders, to boost its services in the arms race for corporate listings in the world’s biggest equity market.

DONALD TRUMP’S campaign slogan promised to “Make America Great Again”. Mr Trump is now 500 days into his presidency, and seems ready to proclaim victory. The president reckons that a strong economy and soaring confidence are a result of his policies.

Howard Schultz is leaving Starbucks — and says he may consider running for president.

According to McKinsey’s 2018 Board Survey, directors report that they want to spend more time on organizational structure, culture and talent management — essentially, on people. Why? Because people drive business results.

“It's just not going to happen,” said Troy Taylor, the boss of a Coca Cola bottling company, when asked at a recent Federal Reserve event whether he foresaw broad-based wage gains. His remarks (unlike the fizzy drinks he sells) were unsweetened.

Many clients are now turning from their annual meeting to plans for off-cycle engagements with their institutional investors, including the passive strategy behemoths (Blackrock, State Street and Vanguard which tend to own, in the aggregate, around 20% of many of our mid- and large-cap clients), traditional actively managed funds, pension funds, and hedge funds.

This blog focuses on how a more restricted access to US final demand could affect EU economies and sectors, by measuring their share of value-added absorbed in the US.

Hydro One Ltd. shares have been walloped by rising interest rates and political uncertainty, but this double-whammy of bad news looks like a gift for investors buying the stock at today’s beaten-up price.

Studies demonstrate the impact restrictive access to medications may have on health outcomes for patients

In virtually every activism campaign, hedge fund activists don the mantle of the shareholders’ champion and accuse the target company’s board and management of subpar corporate governance.

Microsoft has agreed to acquire GitHub, a code sharing platform for software developers, in a $7.5bn deal that will allow the US technology group to tap into the company’s extensive network of 28m developers.

Financial news and information company Thomson Reuters named Brian Peccarelli and Neil Masterson as its co-chief operating officers on Monday as part of a reorganization, which also involves four executives leaving the company.

A lack of succession planning can cost companies dearly, potentially leaving them with few options when faced with a transition at the top. A new report by Furst Group/NuBrick Partners looks at how well-executed executive succession planning can help attract and retain top talent.

Global board practices have changed significantly in recent years. Regulatory developments, the introductions and revisions of corporate governance codes, and company-shareholder engagement have all contributed towards the improvement of standards in both developed and developing economies.

While Italy has been through one of the gravest institutional crises in its history, we review recent opinions on the topic.

The security of a company’s data is no longer an IT issue but a key concern for corporate governance, writes Fiona Reynolds of the UN Principles for Responsible Investment.