A list of the top 10 most-read blog posts from the Market Integrity Insights blog in 2012. Read more
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One of the most interesting global issues in corporate governance this year was the push for diversity on boards — more specifically women on boards. Read more
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In mid-December 2012, the European Commission revealed its corporate governance “Action Plan” outlining future initiatives in the areas of company law and corporate governance. Read more
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An issue that received increased interest in the 2012 U.S. proxy season was political spending — and the level of disclosure investors could expect from issuers. Read more
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Over the past couple of years, short seller Muddy Waters LLC and similar research firms have broken out from obscurity by exposing alleged fraud and false accounting in companies like Sino-Forest, Focus Media Holding, Orient Paper, China MediaExpress, and others. Read more
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From developing enforcement standards in Asia and companies receiving their “second strike” in Australia to the launch of Global Index Group corporate governance indices in the U.S., it’s time to span the corporate governance globe to review important developments from the month of November.
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Indonesia benefitted from the global commodity boom in late 2000; however, those who invested in coal producer Bumi PLC in 2011 could not have envisioned the corporate governance concerns that would besiege the company just one year later. Read more
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Are private investment funds playing trick or treat with their fiduciary obligations and are institutional fiduciaries (your pension fund, for example) letting them get away with it? The answers are potentially frightening. Read more
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