Knowledge & Insight

Canadian governance expert bemoans shareholder influence

9 June 2010

One of Canada's leading authorities on corporate governance has claimed shareholders are beginning to exert a disruptive influence over major organisations.

Recent debates on governance in the US and UK have focused on...

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Senior executives face pay scrutiny in Japan

9 June 2010

Many top executives in Japan will be required to reveal their remuneration deals for the first time as the deadline for new corporate disclosure rules approaches this month.

Under the regulations, publicly traded companies have...

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Corporate governance conference gets underway in Toronto

8 June 2010

The annual conference of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) began in Toronto yesterday (June 7th) with a keynote address from Canadian finance minister Jim Flaherty.

Running until Wednesday, the conference is...

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Forum of Germany's Female Executives

5 June 2010 by Gabriele Stahl

Odgers Berndtson hosted the first ”Germany’s Female Executives” forum in Frankfurt on 26 May 2010. Thirty two female Board members met with Deutsche Telekom Chief Human Resources Officer Thomas Sattelberger...

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Corporate governance priorities established in Malaysia

1 June 2010

Several new priority areas for the development of corporate governance guidelines in Asia were identified at a meeting in Kuala Lumpur last week.

The event, which brought together a working group for the Organisation for Economic...

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