How boards can help with exit transactions
Exit transactions, whether through an IPO or sale, are intense and often difficult times for a company. Among the biggest missteps...
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What companies can learn from the Saudi Aramco leak
As Saudi Aramco prepares for the world’s first ‘giga-cap’ IPO, a document claiming to show its financial performance for the first...
HomeStreet secures court win in proxy tussle
US financial services firm HomeStreet has won court backing in its efforts to stop a hedge fund firm putting its own director...
The week in GRC: Berkshire Hathaway to oppose USG board nominees, and Volkswagen board ousts CEO
– Bloomberg reported that Christian Sewing – a retail banking executive with Deutsche Bank – was named to succeed John Cryan as...
SEC’s Piwowar eyes expanded use of tech in reporting
A top securities regulator has called for thought to be given to new ways technology can be used to improve corporate disclosures...
The week in GRC: JPMorgan’s Dimon criticizes AGMs, and GE to revamp board
– The Financial Times reported that, according to Bain & Co, private equity firms are buying public companies at the fastest rate...
Stein urges SEC action on cyber-risk disclosure
SEC commissioner Kara Stein has called for her agency to boost corporate disclosures about the risks issuers face in the cyber...
Boardroom diversity: 27 global investors back the 30% Club
Twenty-seven global investors with a total of £10.5 trillion ($14.5 trillion) in assets under management have signed up to a...
What boards and executives can learn from government crisis management
Although companies don’t often face life or death threats, they do confront situations that require quick and well-managed...
The week in GRC: OCC warns of cyber-threats facing banks, and Redstone said to seek CBS board revamp
– The Financial Times reported that the number of US companies hosting virtual-only shareholder meetings rather than face-to-face...
