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New research into senior executive recruiting finds headhunters discount past performance because it’s often chance, not a true indication of ability. 
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Bank of America said its fourth-quarter profit rose 9%, thanks in part to growth in its consumer bank and trading revenue holding up despite tough market conditions.
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A look at overnight markets and what's ahead this trading day in North America
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The proposed Ontario Retirement Pension Plan having a CEO at its helm provides some comfort, but with less than a year before the plan’s scheduled launch, Ontarians are still unaware of how it’s supposed to work
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Systematic hedge funds saw healthier returns (5.92%) in 2015 than discretionary funds (2.32%), and were positive in December (0.18%).
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Hedge funds - are cautious on oil, small caps and emerging market FX, that's according to Société Générale's monthly Hedge Fund Watch
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Don’t count Jerome Hass, a portfolio manager at Toronto-based Lightwater Partners Ltd., among the supporters of the new exempt market rules that went into effect in Ontario this week
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Layoffs at chemical maker DuPont Co announced in late December, in preparation for its merger with Dow Chemical Co, create negative credit conditions for communities in Delaware and the state overall, a report said on Friday.
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A quiet revolution is under way at the top of America’s biggest listed companies. Businesses whose executives have long kept shareholders at arm’s length are suddenly falling over themselves to offer some of those same investors greater boardroom
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After nearly a year of moderating corporate gripes of excessive auditing driven by regulatory inspections, regulators say the answer is for companies to double down on their controls and use a little more muscle with their auditors.
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As responsibilities of audit committees mount, boards may find it more challenging to find candidates to fulfill the critical role.
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The New Year’s Eve ball has dropped and so have global markets, but it’s worth taking a few minutes to recall some of 2015’s major governance trends with the help of ISS’ QuickScore data. Some of the following findings may cause you to question the “common wisdom” that swirls around governance trends on topics such as proxy access, unequal voting rights, and supermajority vote requirements.
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On December 4, 2015, President Obama signed into law the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (the “FAST Act”), which, among other legislation in its 1300+ pages, includes several bills designed to facilitate the offer and sale of securities. In this post we focus on two of those bills. The first provides additional accommodations related to the SEC registration process for emerging growth companies (“EGCs”), a category of issuer established by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”) in 2012. The second creates a non-exclusive safe harbor under Section 4 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) for resales of securities that meet the conditions of the safe harbor.
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Trudeau will attend the World Economic Forum, which brings together the world's most powerful and influential political and business leaders, celebrities and activists.
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Billionaire investor Carl Icahn again urged AIG to split up, citing MetLife’s recent move to shed a chunk of its U.S. life-insurance business as well as a recent poll of AIG shareholders showing a mandate for change.
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Everyone wants to know what went wrong with his real-estate empire
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TORONTO - A Canadian bitcoin exchange will be acquired by a San Francisco-based exchange, a move that signals consolidation may be afoot in the so-called c
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With permanent capital being the holy grail of activist investing, Pershing Square raised more than $3 billion of permanent capital in an Amsterdam IPO
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One way to dampen the roller-coaster ride of equity investing is to use low/minimum volatility exchange-traded funds
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Clydesdale and Yorkshire banking group has been forced to wipe off more than £500m from the expected value of its imminent flotation owing to recent stock market turbulence. The parent group of the UK lenders, National Australia Bank, on Monday set
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Slowdown concerns have driven Apple's shares down almost 29% to $95.98 late on Friday morning, from last April's peak of $134.54.
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A new activist hedge fund started by high-profile ex-J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. deal makers Douglas Braunstein and James Woolery has made its first investment—in HeartWare International Inc., a heart-valve maker whose stock is down more than 67% from its high last year amid questions about an acquisition and other troubles.
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In an interview with Bloomberg BNA correspondent Denise Lugo, FASB Chairman Russell Golden discusses the board's 2016 domestic priorities
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Dr. Richard LeBlanc, author, professor, consultant and thought leader discusses effective boards with TK Kerstetter, host of “Inside America’s Boardrooms.”
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On December 11, 2015, the SEC issued its long-anticipated release (the “Release”) proposing Rule 18f-4 (“the “Proposed Rule”) under the 1940 Act regarding the use of derivatives and certain related instruments by registered investment companies (collectively, “funds”). The stated objective of the Release is to “address the investor protection purposes and concerns underlying section 18 [of the 1940 Act] and to provide an updated and more comprehensive approach to the regulation of funds’ use of derivatives” in light of the increased participation by funds in today’s large and complex derivatives markets.
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