
23 February, 2021
Adriane M. Brown joins the board of American Airlines
American Airlines has elected Adriane M. Brown to its board of directors. Brown will also serve on the company’s audit and corporat...
12 January, 2021
Local CEOs ‘spend more on CSR in their communities’
There is much discussion of why some chief executives do corporate social responsibility (CSR) well and others poorly. New research suggests one big factor may be whether corporate leaders are operati...
25 November, 2020
Decrease in CEO pay variation blamed on ‘reciprocal benchmarking’
Attention around executive remuneration is usually focused on rocketing pay deals. Now researchers have unearthed a new phenomenon in the US: a dramatic fall in variation. Academics from the Nether...
23 November, 2020
New ISS benchmarks increase the pressure for diverse boards
Despite a lack of clear guidelines, Russell 3000 and S&P 1500 boards will need to demonstrate diversity or risk anti-management proxy votes. In the wake of a turbulent year where racial inequal...
9 November, 2020
Biden presidency set to bring corporate governance shift
While all eyes are fixed on whether Donald Trump will leave the White House, others have moved their attention to likely policy decisions under a Biden presidency—and corporate governance is one of ...
28 October, 2020
Governance experts call for US Stakeholder Capitalism Act
The US debate over the future of capitalism continues to flare with a proposal for new legislation that would shift companies away from “shareholder primacy” and into the realm of “stakeholder g...
22 October, 2020
How hedge fund activists influence target firms
When the news broke in September 2016 that billionaire William A. Ackman had taken a 9.9% stake in Chipotle Mexican Grill, the stock of the burrito restaurant chain increased by nearly the same percen...
18 September, 2020
Profile: Jane Fraser, new Citigroup CEO, breaks the Wall Street barrier
The appointment of Jane Fraser as chief executive of Citigroup will see America’s fourth largest bank jump ahead of its rivals—at least in terms of board composition. Fraser is the first woman ...
15 September, 2020
Share buybacks criticised for ‘short-term self-enrichment’ of executives
Share buybacks have earned themselves an unenviable reputation in recent years. And now they—and the executives who use them—are under attack again. Analysts this week unveiled a new scoring sy...
7 September, 2020
US rule change sets up clash with proxy advisers
A war of words has broken out over the latest efforts to regulate proxy advisers and their ability to vote on ESG (environmental, social and governance) issues in the US. The latest episode comes a...- 1
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