Corporate Governance

Hire A Chief Information Security Officer And Hope For The Best

July 21, 2014

You can’t say it’s a thankless job – salaries are said to range from $188,000 to 1.2 million – but […]

SEC Mandates More Oversight Of Proxy Advisory Firms

July 14, 2014

Investment advisors, pension and employee benefit plans, bank trust departments and others have become increasingly reliant on proxy advisory firms. […]

Debate Criteria, Not Personality, In CEO Hiring

July 14, 2014

When beginning the hunt for a new CEO, make a short list – but not of candidates, Reshmi Paul and […]

How To Evaluate And Negotiate D&O Insurance Coverage

July 7, 2014

Over the past decade, it has become more common for directors and officers to become targets of lawsuits, investigations and […]

Times Columnist Lambasts “Inversion” Tax Dodge

June 9, 2014

Veteran New York Times business columnist Floyd Norris wrote a scathing critique of a strategy frequently employed by U.S. companies: […]

Offshore Corporate Tax Ploy Targeted By Senators

May 21, 2014

The practice known as “inversion,” whereby a corporation relocates its headquarters offshore to a cheaper tax venue, is the target […]

‘Business Risk Index’ From Travelers

May 19, 2014

Medical cost inflation was ranked by business decision-makers as the top business risk, in a survey conducted by the Travelers […]

The Evolving Meaning Of “Independence” In The Board Room

May 16, 2014

Independence in the board room, often considered a solution to the problem of misaligned incentives, among other problems of governance, […]

Compensation Committees Inner Workings Revealed

April 28, 2014

How do boards determine CEO pay? A study by David De Angelis of Rice University and Yaniv Grinstein of the […]

Fewer CEOs Fired In 2013

April 28, 2014

Last year the percentage of companies that fired their CEOs was the lowest since 2010. Only 23.8 percent of all […]

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