SEC commissioner and industry panel raises the question of whether existing U.S. disclosure rule on board diversity goes far enough. Read more
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The 21 May JPMorgan annual meeting is fast approaching, and it will feature a contentious shareowner proposal that calls for the separation of chairman of the board and CEO roles. In this post we will take a look at the corporate governance issue that is dominating the headlines. Should a public company separate the role of chairman and CEO? Read more
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From the state of corporate governance in Asia and integrated reporting globally to the United Kingdom’s launch of two new regulators in place of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), it’s time to span the corporate governance globe to review important developments from the month of April. Read more
Leave a CommentJohn Rogers, CFA, president and CEO of CFA Institute, recently discussed shareholder responsibility in an interview with Bloomberg TV’s “The Pulse.” Read more
Leave a Comment From plans to develop a national securities regulator in Canada and emerging executive-pay-plan voting rights in Germany to analyzing the independence of independent directors in Spain, it’s time to span the corporate governance globe to review important developments from the month of March.
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There is no corporate governance issue that enflames opinion more than executive pay — and, more specifically, banker pay. Read more
2 Comments From updates to the German Corporate Governance Code and the suspension of a corporate governance database in Hong Kong to board independence at Italian issuers and guidance on executive pay in the U.K., it’s time to span the corporate governance globe to review important developments from the month of February. Read more
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By now you have probably heard that Dell founder Michael Dell is looking to take his eponymously named company private with the help of private equity firm Silver Lake Partners. The size of the deal, at $24.4 billion, has caught the imagination of the financial media as it would represent the largest private equity buyout since the financial crisis. Read more
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As market observers will no doubt concur, nothing in Europe is ever straightforward. The European finance ministers finally reached an agreement on 13 December regarding the European banking supervisor. While this is welcome progress, questions remain unanswered, and some governments and their banks still have some difficult decisions to make. Read more
Leave a Comment From the Mergers and Acquisitions Committee in Brazil and updates to executive compensation principles in Canada to proposed corporate governance changes in India and “say-on-pay” developments in Switzerland, it’s time to span the corporate governance globe to review important developments from the month of January. Read more
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