New rules for Canadian hostile takover bids
In mid-March, Canadian securities regulators are expected to release a draft proposal to address concerns that current rules for...
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Investors seek more disclosure about board diversity efforts
The Thirty Percent Coalition is making another big push to expand the number of women serving on the boards of the largest US...
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Shareholders still unhappy with proxy disclosures
Companies are still falling short when it comes to explaining the rationale for their executive pay programs, according to the...
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Confronting the FCPA wrinkle in CSR practices
Companies whose operations have an impact on local communities are increasingly extending their stakeholder engagement efforts by...
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Smarter thinking on cyber-security risks
Two weeks ago, I attended a cyber-attack simulation exercise presented by PwC, which has turned to ‘gamification’ in its...
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Reputation management a bigger imperative as ratings culture grows
Employees and customers are more powerful than ever. The exponential growth of e-commerce and social sharing has given rise to...
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The quest for more effective disclosure
In Rules and enforcement trends in compliance for 2015, an article in Corporate Secretary’s Winter issue (see page 18), a partner...
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SEC's move puts all proposal exclusions at risk
What a difference a week makes. Since my newsletter of January 7 on worries regarding proxy access, and amid heightened public...
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FCPA due diligence for international M&A deals
M&A activity is expected to continue at a sustained, if not accelerated, pace in 2015 and 2016, according to Deloitte’s 2014 M&A...
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Mounting proxy access jitters
Corporate America – and at least one of its regulators – is running scared amid mounting challenges to entrenched boards of...
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