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The economic crisis of 2008 put a bright spotlight on executive compensation and its effects on the behavior of top management. The critics have pointed to the unprecedented escalation in executive compensation, drawing a direct link to deteriorating business ethics, widespread excesses and abuses of power, and the lack of regard for customers’ and shareholders’ welfare.
It’s a shame we hear so little from Benoit Daignault, the low-profile chief executive of Export Development Canada (EDC); his agency’s year-end results suggest he’s having some success at coaxing Canadian exporters into being a little more adventurous.
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is facing a gap in one of its key executive positions amid a broader shuffle in the leadership ranks of many of the country’s largest pension investors.
Government officials and cultural groups in Quebec have been banging the drum for much of the past year for the imposition of digital sales taxes on services such as Netflix. The debate is often framed around the notion that Netflix and other internet companies should be collecting sales tax like any other service provider.
The Canada Pension Plan is a worse deal than its investment managers let on
If Spotify’s unusual “direct listing” process was designed to avoid hype, in keeping with co-founder Daniel Ek’s low-key image, it failed spectacularly. In the more conventional aim of giving existing investors and employees an attractive exit, however, it has—at first blush—proven a solid success.
Former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain is being nominated to the supervisory board of Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE), Germany’s largest lender said on Wednesday.
Elliott calls for clearer road map to address group’s issues
Elliott Management Corp., the sometimes-activist hedge fund run by billionaire Paul Singer, said it’s bought a more than $1 billion stake in several Hyundai Motor Group entities and is calling for a clearer plan to improve operations.
Socially responsible investments (SRI) are ever-increasing in importance. But why do investors buy these assets? There are three potential motives: (1) purely financial interest, (2) desire to create a positive social image, or (3) strong pro-social preferences.
La taxe robot est une idée dans l’air du temps. C’est a priori fort simple : un robot qui causerait une perte d’emplois devrait être sujet à une taxe. Elle est soutenue par des personnalités aussi diverses que Bill Gates, fondateur de Microsoft, et Benoît Hamon, candidat socialiste aux élections présidentielles françaises de 2017. Toutefois, les arguments mis de l’avant par ces derniers sont radicalement opposés.
In the United Kingdom, successive codes of best practice in corporate governance have highlighted the important role of outside or non-executive directors in ensuring that corporations are run for the benefit of their shareholders.
In February’s federal budget, Ottawa announced increased support for female entrepreneurs as part of a broader effort to tighten up the gender gap in the economy.
In a world where the ever-evolving global economy requires the CFO to wear a multitude of hats, there’s another one to add to the rack: “cyber CFO.” While cyber risk is nothing new, the magnitude of the disruption has grown exponentially, and the role of the CFO is changing accordingly.
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Enbridge Inc. denied conflict of interest claims on Tuesday after a media report found that the head of the U.S.’s energy regulator had been paying US$50 a day for a property near Capitol Hill linked to the chairman of a key Washington lobby firm that represents the Calgary-based pipeline company.
we look for companies that could be poised to improve their executive compensation practices, and potentially tighten the income disparity to the benefit of shareholders.
When Quebec’s giant pension-fund manager first proposed its out-of-the-box plan to build, own and operate a light-rail transit system in the Greater Montreal Area, it aimed to draw the attention of governments everywhere looking for a new model to finance infrastructure.
Last month, we did an analysis that examined the impact of a provision of the Affordable Care Act limiting the amount of CEO pay that could be deducted from profits to $500,000.
Spotify picked up more fans on Wall Street on Tuesday as investors gave the unprofitable company a warm welcome in its stock market debut.
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg will testify before a key House committee next week, the panel said Wednesday, the first of three potential hearings where Zuckerberg could face questions about Facebook’s data privacy practices.
Banking is a serious hang-up for an industry that's set to generate US$31.4 billion in annual sales by 2021
President Donald Trump’s recent executive order blocking Broadcom Limited’s acquisition of chipmaker Qualcomm, Inc. (the Order) is the latest in a series of significant actions and statements regarding the national security implications of trade policy.
New York City pension fund overseer urges Facebook chairman Mark Zuckerberg to quit, as part of cleansing itself after the Cambridge Analytica data leak.
Le Fonds des générations défraie les manchettes depuis une semaine étant donné la nouvelle stratégie du gouvernement à l’égard du remboursement de la dette. On savait déjà que les sommes versées au Fonds permettent au gouvernement de « cacher » des surplus. Au 850 M$ du surplus qu’on prévoit pour 2017-2018, il faut donc ajouter les 2,3 G$ qui ont été versés au Fonds.
CEO Satya Nadella talks about innovation, disruption, and organizational change.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) recently issued guidance for public companies on cybersecurity-related disclosures has garnered a great deal of attention for what it says about the threat and risk that cybersecurity presents for public companies—large and small (the “2018 Guidance”).
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