Corporate governance - Vigil

China's year-ender will be a tad better than expected, according to the World Bank.

On November 16, 2017, Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) issued its updated proxy voting guidelines for the upcoming 2018 proxy season.  Notable updates applicable to U.S.

Companies have important decisions to make as they prepare for their 2018 annual meeting and reporting season.

The death of CSX Corp. Chief Executive Officer E. Hunter Harrison just two days after the railroad announced his medical leave resurrects questions about just how much companies should disclose about the health of their leaders.

Big data, the Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence hold such disruptive power that they have inverted the dynamics of technology leadership.

Family-controlled businesses need a well-functioning governance system, which must encourage the dynamic achievement of two objectives, namely: i. the ability of the family owning the corporation to express clear views related to the future of the company/group; ii. the ability of management (no matter if family-related or not) to reach the corporate aim using the best resources available on the market, in full accordance with the principles of accountability and appropriate checks-and-balances.

A pressure for issuers to embrace a wider set of objectives than profit maximization is expected to continue

The 2017 board diversity survey was conducted in spring 2017 among 300 board members and C-suite executives at U.S. companies with at least $50 million in annual revenue and at least 1,000 employees.

Does the quality of legal and other institutions make a difference to economic development and growth?

More than one-fifth of the U.K.’s publicly listed companies had to deal with significant shareholder rebellions this year, according to an investors lobby group seeking to reduce corporate-governance conflicts

The folks who control trillions of dollars in institutional investment money say they want more women in the boardroom. Wochit

Insider trading and market manipulation — two of the most high-profile categories of financial misconduct — have resulted in several major cases, and significant sanctions in recent years.