Tag: Goldman Sachs
Splitting CEO and chair jobs becomes proxy season feature
Activists argue combining CEO and chair roles creates ‘inherent conflict of interest’.
News round-up: this week in governance
Financial services pay gap; US corporates and ‘political posturing’; are liberal CEOs better in a crisis?; the rule of law is in ‘recession’.
Do you know when to say sorry?
The days of ‘Never apologise, never explain’ are gone: a leader’s well-positioned apology has become a crucial corporate communications tool.
Solomon Soquar joins BlackRock
The former CEO of Barclays Investments Solutions becomes a non-executive director of BlackRock Sustainable American Income Trust.
Mazars wins Goldman Sachs audit deal amid debate on market reform
The contract means Goldman Sachs will be the only sizeable bank to be audited by a firm that is not one of the Big Four—with significance for other smaller audit firms and the future of the audit market.
Goldman Sachs criticises Hong Kong’s dual class share limit
Goldman Sachs’ chief executive suggests Hong Kong’s proposed limit on dual class share ownership could fail to provide a competitive advantage.
Poll shows Japanese boards hesitate to increase shareholder returns
A Reuters Corporate Survey reveals that under a third of Japanese boards plan to boost shareholder returns this year, despite record-high cash balances and a major slowdown in share buybacks.