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PE driving improved corporate governance: CHAMP

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
The recent massive growth in private equity buyouts is also driving improvements in public corporation governance, according to David F. Jones, managing director of CHAMP Private Equity. Speaking at the 2007 WestLB Mellon Asset Management Round Table ...

Investor responsibility key to governance: Regnan

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2007
Investors need to re-think their investment attitudes and focus more on corporate governance and long-term value than shot-term profit, according to Erik Mather, managing director of governance research house Regnan Mather said that while attitudes ...

Call for papers

... planning. The Journal of Investment Strategy publishes papers on financial economics, investment and finance, corporate governance and capital markets. Both Journals seek papers from industry practioners and academics, and in this way they act as a bridge ...

Risk awareness up, costs down: Aon

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
Corporate governance again emerged as the top risk concern for executives in Aon's annual survey, with changing compliance and regulatory burdens and personal liability fears the primary drivers. The fifth annual Australasian Risk Management and Total ...

HESTA joins better research alliance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2007
... rewards analysts and brokers for greater depth and breadth of research and the inclusion of factors such as corporate governance, human capital management and the environment in their investment metrics. The EAI consists of asset owners and managers ...

Listed FoHFs gain traction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
... appeals to many investors who want exposure to alternative investments but want it through a more robust corporate governance structure. Being listed also enables the fund to provide liquidity through daily unit prices, he said. This is important because ...

Sustainable investing eclipses SRI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
... retain employees, how they manage the risks and create opportunities from climate change, a company's culture, corporate governance standards, stakeholder engagement strategies, philanthropy, reputation and brand management." Gore said, "Our objective ...

ING set to ride structured credit wave

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
... for taking on capital risk," he said. "Corporate balance sheets are currently in extremely healthy shape. Corporate governance has been enhanced by increasing legal protections, and a stable macroeconomic environment reduces risk of unforeseen pressures." ...

Barclays to buy ABN AMRO

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2007
... ABN AMRO's existing ACES operations in India. Barclays will become the group's holding company, with a UK corporate governance structure and head office in Amsterdam. The new unified board will consist of 10 Barclays members and nine ABN AMRO members. ...

Disclose what you invest in: ACSI

... companies they invest in. O'Sullivan was responding to the updated standard released by the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN), a global organisation representing institutional and private investors with total assets of over $10 trillion ...