Views on the integrity of global capital markets
Fraudulent financial reporting is such a major concern in Asia that U.S. regulators are now getting involved — a reminder to investors of the potential perils posed by companies that are listed in foreign countries, whether through a reverse merger or IPO. Read more
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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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The Moscow Exchange is looking to do its part to attract investors by creating a segment of the market for companies with higher corporate governance standards. 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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In the 2012 Spencer Stuart Board Index report we are given a peek at how board composition, policies, and practices stack up against the same practices in 2007 and 2002. And you know what? We’ve come a long way in some areas. Read more
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Regulators including the Stock Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have set themselves on a fast pace of reforms to improve corporate governance practices. Read more
Leave a Comment From the recently published corporate governance “Action Plan” in the EU to arguments for a hybrid system to improve corporate governance in Japan, it’s time to span the corporate governance globe to review important developments from the month of December. Read more
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That the New Year’s deal on the so-called U.S. fiscal cliff doesn’t include pre-2003 tax rates on dividends and capital gains is likely fueling a collective sigh of investor relief in the markets that political populism won’t force us to relearn those lessons all over again. Read more
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