Nasdaq, the US exchange, wishes to divest its 31% stake in the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Nasdaq built up its stake earlier this year during the course of an unsuccessful takeover bid, and earlier in August backed an LSE/…
Read MoreSome 23% of FTSE 350 companies are not adequately reporting to shareholders on the activities of their audit committees, producing in effect little more than a summary of the committees’ terms of reference, research by the Local Authority Pension Fund …
Read MoreManifest-I presents a summary of recently released academic papers on international corporate governance and corporate social responsibility issues.
Reputational Sanctions in China’s Securities Market
Benjamin Liebman and Curtis Milhaupt, Columbia Law School
Public criticism of listed companies by the Shanghai …
Read MoreLarge companies would be forced to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions to a common standard under proposals by Conservative Party think tank the Quality of Life Policy Group. The Group, chaired by former environment minister John Gummer, was formed …
Read MoreManifest-I presents a summary of recently released academic papers on international corporate governance and corporate social responsibility issues.
Do IFRS/UK-GAAP reconciliations convey new information?
Edward Lee and Martin Walker, University of Manchester – Division of Accounting & Finance; and Hans …
Manifest-I presents a summary of recently released academic papers on international corporate governance and corporate social responsibility issues.
The Special Interest Race to CEO Primacy and the End of Corporate Governance Law
Steven Ramirez, professor of law, Loyola University of …
Manifest-I presents a summary of recently released academic papers on international corporate governance and corporate social responsibility issues.
Law and the Market: The Impact of Enforcement
John Coffee, Columbia Law School. Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper No. 304.
The …
Read MoreManifest-I presents a summary of recently released academic papers on international corporate governance and corporate social responsibility issues.
Ulrike Malmendier, University of California – Berkeley; and Geoffrey Tate, UCLA.
The firms of US chief executives who win high-profile …
Read MoreMost institutional investors believe there should be a stronger link between executive pay and performance at US companies, with 90% believing the current system has overpaid board members and 85% stating that it has damaged the image of corporate America, …
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