corporate governance principles

• Corporate Governance Principles for Unlisted Companies: the Why and How?

The assistance of Chuanchan Ma, Law Clerk, of Addisons in the preparation of this article is noted and greatly appreciated. Summary In November 20...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2011, January 2011

• Basel Principles For Enhancing Corporate Governance In The Global Banking Sector: Do UAE Banks Comply?

Banking Sector Corporate Governance Following the recent financial crisis, regulators are increasingly looking to implement initiatives across a ra...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
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• Basel Principles For Enhancing Corporate Governance In The Global Banking Sector: Do UAE Banks Comply?

Banking Sector Corporate Governance Following the recent financial crisis, regulators are increasingly looking to implement initiatives across a ran...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2011, January 2011

• Australian auditors step forward: revised ASX principles provide greater recognition of internal auditing's role in corporate governance.

THE AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES EXCHANGE (ASX) Corporate Governance Council's Principles of Good Corporate Governance and Best Practice Recommendations (ASX...

• Internal Auditor
• Vol. 65 Nbr. 1, February 2008

• Mack-Cali Board Appoints New Director and Amends Corporate Governance Principles.

CRANFORD, N.J. -- Mack-Cali Realty Corporation (NYSE: CLI) today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Kenneth M. Duberstein, 61, as Cla...

• Business Wire
• September 15, 2005

• Principles-Based Changes Proposed To Canadian Corporate Governance And Audit Committee Regimes.

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) recently published for comment proposed amendments to the CSA's corporate governance and audit committee ...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2009, January 2009

• Protecting Investors

Economies that rank high on the strength of investor protection index have extensive disclosure requirements and give shareholders broad access to information both before and during trials to determine director liability. New Zealand and Singapore, which top the rankings on the index with 29 and 28 of 30 possible points, both require immediate disclosure of a related-party transaction and of the conflict of interest (table 7.1). They require prior approval of the transaction by the other shareholders. They enable the shareholders to hold the directors liable and to have the transaction voided if it damages the company. And in New Zealand shareholders can inspect all internal documents before deciding whether to sue. Twelve economies strengthened investor protections in 2007/08 (table 7....

...-dealing- the use by company insiders of corporate assets for personal gain. Companies grow by raisin... with modern regulations and corporate governance principles. Tajikistan adopted a new joint stock c...

• Doing Business
• November 17, 2010

• Famous Dave's Enhances Corporate Governance Principles and Practices.

MINNEAPOLIS -- FAMOUS DAVE'S OF AMERICA, INC. (NASDAQ:DAVE) today announced that its Board of Directors recently approved several measures to further ...

• Business Wire
• March 21, 2006

• Pfizer Initiatives Keep Shareholders in Mind ; $5b Buyback, Increased Accountability Give Group Muscle

Pfizer Inc. announced two initiatives Thursday it called pro- shareholder: a program to buy back up to $5 billion of its stock, and a move to make its directors more accountable. The latter, a change to the New York-based company's corporate governance principles, will require directors who receive a majority of "withhold" votes from shareholders to submit their resignations to the board. The board would then decide the director's fate.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• June 24, 2005

• Theorizing Transnational Commercial Law

In order to further its aims, the Forum advances a compendium of twelve key standards concerning transparency of policy making in the financial system, sound institutional and market infrastructure, and adequate financial regulation.3 The standards are drawn from a range of international bodies, including the International Monetary Fund (standards on macroeconomic policy and data transparency), the World Bank (insolvency and credit guidelines), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (principles of corporate governance), the Basel Committee, IOSCO, and Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering. The work of the International Monetary Fund over the years in relation to central banking law-and more recently that of the Basel bodies with respect to the adequate supervi...

• Texas International Law Journal
• Vol. 42 Nbr. 3, July 2007