Views on the integrity of global capital markets
The debate over eurobonds — sovereign bonds commonly issued by member states of the eurozone — has intensified over the last couple of months. Agnès Le Thiec, CFA, outlines the work CFA Institute is doing to ensure that investor voices are heard. Read more
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The unfolding scandal in Tokyo involving pension investment management firm AIJ Investment Advisors Co. is depressingly predictable. Details are still emerging, but it appears that some $2.3 billion of client assets are unaccounted for. The pity is that it really doesn’t have to be this way. Read more
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With proxy season just around the corner, Matt Orsagh, CFA, CIPM, takes a look at what makes Prudential Financial’s proxy statement a shining beacon of good corporate disclosure. Read more
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) recently closed its consultation on the Australian equity market structure. The Commission is now considering how best to tackle a range of market structure issues, such as algorithmic and high-frequency trading (HFT), dark pools, price transparency, and liquidity fragmentation. Read more
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A landmark event in U.S. corporate governance may have slipped under the radar earlier this year. Matt Orsagh takes a look at NYSE Rule 452. Read more
Leave a Comment As the 2012 proxy season gets underway, we’re already seeing signs that some companies learned from their poor Say-on-Pay showings in 2011. Read more
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Matt Orsagh, CFA, CIPM, gives you a sneak peek at the corporate governance issues to watch in 2012. Read more
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