Recent Corporate Governance Articles page 7

CNBC - MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Thirty-one Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) have decided to position corporate governance at the forefront of their sustainable development agenda in emerging markets, according to a release issued by the Asian ...

Times of India - Sunder Iyer, partner in PwC, said, “IFRS is a necessity because corporate governance will continue to remain a myth without a common accounting practice. We have fully geared up to tap this new business opportunity.” According to financial ...

Guardian Unlimited - Nick Crafts, professor of economics at Warwick University, said UK-owned firms often had problems with corporate governance. "The classic problem is that shareholders are relatively diffuse - how well do they control their managers? It's part of the ...

Daily Telegraph - The private equity industry needs to do more to promote disclosure and accountability if it is to encourage pension funds to invest in the sector, according to a leading trade body. David Paterson, head of corporate governance at The National ...

News.com.au - A Defence spokesman said the base security managers would also oversee internal investigations into any mismanagement at the bases, including breaches of corporate governance. "Their duties include auditing accountable documents, providing advice on ...

Times Online - He has accused HSBC of a catalogue of strategic and corporate-governance failures, perennial share price underperformance and urged the bank to consider “radical alternatives”. These include selling off or merging its investment-banking business ...

Daily Telegraph - His departure is a victory, and a much-needed one, for UK corporate governance rules. When he took over as chief executive, BAE's board was weak, overloaded with executive directors and dominated by a chairman, Sir Dick Evans who had been a long ...

Observer - Knight, who has criticised HSBC for poor performance, faulty strategy and defective corporate governance, added: 'They have destroyed value over a long period but have not been challenged because the chairman is not independent. They need an ...

Sri Lanka Sunday Times - The New Companies Act formed in line with international company law has introduced several significant changes to local company legislation. The new Act also promotes better corporate governance and protects the rights of the minority shareholders ...

NorthJersey.com - A New York hedge fund has nominated two new directors for Montvale-based Datascope Corp., citing concerns about corporate governance at the maker of medical devices. Ramius Capital Group, a $9.6 billion fund that owns about 2.4 percent of Datascope ...