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- SEC Filings To Get a Lot More Transparent
- It's fast, easy, and efficient. And you probably are going to have to use it, not to mention deal with the greater transparency it promises. CEOs and their staffs are likely to go through a major change in how they file their reports with the U.S. Securities...
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Five Reasons Why Global Moves Are Good For Your Firm
- A new McKinsey survey subscription required of leading multinational firms has come up with a surprising result -- that movement of employees around different countries is still limited and that employees fear that time overseas will somehow penalize their careers. McKinsey came up with the results in...
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Massey Energy: The CEO as Tough Guy
- Donald L. Blankenship cuts against the usual grain of a modern CEO. He's a tough guy who is not afraid to speak his mind, beat back environmental critics, hamstring unions or put his money where his mouth is when it comes to political spending. He is the kind of executive...
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- CEOs See Better Economy Ahead, Maybe
- Some CEOs are seeing a light at the end of a dark, weak economy tunnel. I spoke with Andrew Cagnetta, CEO of Transworld Business Brokers, a Fort Lauderdale, Fla. firm that tracks real estate trends. He sees a flat second quarter followed by improving profits in the...
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Executives and Charity: One CEO's Approach
- How much should executives contribute to charity, either personally or by setting policies for their company? The figures of corporate performance tend to be rather bleak. According to a recent study by the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, only about one percent of corporate profits goes to charity,...
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- 4 Work-Arounds to the H1B Problem
- CEOs, especially those involved in high tech, see the same pattern year after year. They desperately need high-level, foreign workers since universities in the U.S. are not turning out enough software writers and computer engineers. Yet nothing ever seems to get done in Congress to boost the...
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- Sovereign Wealth Funds: Benefit or Threat?
- Just when CEOs thought they had a handle on secretive and powerful hedge funds, they must consider a quieter but even bigger monster -- Sovereign Wealth Funds. These government-owned funds, including ones in China, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Singapore, represent more than $2.5 trillion in global assets,...
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- Use "Prediction Markets" and Tap Internal Expertise
- Ever realize just how much savvy information is available in your organization? Ever wonder just how far you could take your company as CEO if you could only tap it? The latest McKinsey Quarterly requires subscription has a useful primer and group discussion on a practice known...
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
- 6 Tips to Protect You from Hedge Fund Predators
- Feel terrorized by hedge fund activists? The Conference Board can help. The group's Governance Center is in the final stages of issuing a report explaining the threats and offering CEOs and directors ways to avoid unwanted takeovers. About 9,000 hedge funds controlling $1.8 trillion in assets are...
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- CalPERS Pushes Ecology, Diversity
- The footprint of concerned institutional investors trying to do the right thing just gets larger. CalPERS, the California state pension fund wielding assets of $240 billion, has expanded its guidelines for companies in its portfolio to include minimizing climate risks and advocating more diversity among employees and...
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- A Very Busy Season for Shareholder Activists
- It is shaping up as a very busy season for shareholder activism, in part because of investor disgust with the lack of management oversight of lending practices that led to the current sub prime and credit crisis. So far this year, shareholders have put forward 1,106 proposals...
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- Slow-starting E-Proxies Help Governance, Ecology
- Voting via electronic proxies could be be a way to both encourage shareholder democracy and save the environment. The process seems to be off to a slow start, however. This is the first proxy season since the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission put rules into effect last...
- Blog posts 2008-04-23
- CEOs Beware: New Anti-Lobbying Law Takes Effect Today
- Starting today (April 21), CEOs had better start paying more attention to how they conduct and report their lobbying efforts. Big-time failure to do so could result in fines up to $200,000 and five years in prison. Taking effect is the grandly-titled Honest Leadership and Open Government...
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- No Freedom of Speech for Executives
- Champions of corporate transparency believe that dialog between shareholders, executives and directors is essential. Yet a big hurdle remains. Regulations at the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission strictly regulate not just what can be said, but where and to whom it can be said. Known as Regulation...
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- No Collusion With Pay Consultants: Wharton Study
- Boards of directors can understandably be blind-sided by executive compensation issues. The media is filled with tales of hubris and excess while regulators require more details and explanations of how pay packages are drawn up and what CEOs must do to earn them. Pay consultants have a...
- Blog posts 2008-04-18
- Do Business in Russia? Think Again
- CEOs are constantly barraged with pitches about the best places for direct foreign investment or trade. These include BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, Indian and China). While Russia has a promising, fast-growing economy, the authoritarian policies of the Vladimir Putin regime are enough to give pause. ...
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
- The CEO Hedge Fund Scourge
- For under-performing CEOs, hedge funds can be a frightful scourge that can force board changes resulting in their ouster. Yet, the perennial debate about hedge fund regulation is taking on a new urgency since some are being blamed for contributing mightily to the sub prime mess and credit squeeze. ...
- Blog posts 2008-04-16
- Watch Out! Shareholder Lawsuits Are Up
- CEOs, take cover! Shareholders lawsuits are back and are on the rise. According to "Corporate Board Member" magazine, the number of lawsuits in 2007 rose to 166 compared with just 116 for 2006. Some obvious reasons are the stock backdating scandal that burst on...
- Blog posts 2008-04-14
- CEOs: Don't Sweat New SEC Commissioners
- CEOs probably don't have much to fear from the two new Democratic nominees to the U.S Securities & Exchange Commission. While both individuals have solid records, they are not seen to be boat rockers and are unlikely to do much to push the agenda of shareholder rights advocates. ...
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
- McKinsey: Boards Consider Compliance a Pain
- Corporate directors consider compliance issues a pain and want to spend more time developing long-term strategies and managing talent, according to a new survey by McKinsey Quarterly. The findings are hardly a surprise considering what boards have been through over the past six years with the Sarbanes-Oxley....
- Blog posts 2008-04-09
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