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U.S. Banker
June 2006
Rebecca Sausner |
Corporate Governance: Ready, Aim and Fire: Shareholders Get Armed A fairly new proposal on the ballot at some institutions includes moves to require an advisory shareholder vote on compensation committee pay reports, with Merrill Lynch, Countrywide Financial and U.S. Bancorp facing votes on this issue.   |
BusinessWeek
April 3, 2006 |
An Acid Test for Boards Institutional Shareholder Services is making financial performance a metric for supporting directors' reelection. |
The Motley Fool
September 12, 2005
Rich Duprey |
S&P Ratings a Zero The credit rating agency ends its corporate governance evaluation service. Considering that it was up to the end user to decide whether to make S&P corporate governance score (CGS) ratings public, the ratings' value to the investing public was probably minimal. |
BusinessWeek
May 17, 2004 |
Investors Fight Back From the Netherlands to South Korea, corporate boards are taking major steps to improve shareholder rights in the wake of financial scandals. |
CFO
August 1, 2006
Don Durfee |
More Rules, Higher Profits? New research shows that good governance practices may reduce your cost of capital. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2007
Charles Keenan |
Pillars of Good Governance REIT corporate governance is among the best in the United States and boards across the industry remain highly focused on corporate performance and strategy. |
The Motley Fool
July 28, 2008
Rich Duprey |
When Good Isn't Good Enough A new study shows that good corporate governance scores don't really help predict trouble. |
The Motley Fool
June 11, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Can This Factor Improve Your Returns? Too many shareholders forget one crucial element. Companies plagued by self-centered, short-sighted managers could easily foreshadow lousy investment results to come. |
CFO
September 1, 2004
John Goff |
Who's the Boss? Spurred by a slew of portfolio-punishing accounting scandals and angered by decades of corporate indifference to their requests, shareholder activists want more say in how American companies are run. |
BusinessWeek
April 3, 2006
Emily Thornton |
ISS Looks Like It's Channeling Icahn The proxy advisory firm says Fifth Third's CEO should go despite stellar governance. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2004
Paul Wanner |
REITs Get the Bronze for Governance The group of REIT companies studied in this analysis exhibits superior governance practices relative to the entire universe of companies ranked by Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS.) |
The Motley Fool
February 25, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
Risk, Rot, and the Road to Recovery It's high time shareholders demanded better corporate governance from boards. |
BusinessWeek
June 13, 2005
Lauren Young |
Report Cards On Governance Morningstar and ISS both give grades on corporate governance, but their rating systems differ widely. |
The Motley Fool
July 15, 2009
Chris Jones |
Does Good Governance Make Great Stocks? Reemphasizing the importance of shareholder rights. |
U.S. Banker
November 2005 |
Executive Compensation & The Boardroom Dilemma Investors shouldn't have to sift through every number on a proxy statement to determine total executive compensation. Now the SEC wants all payouts and perks -- including costs for corporate jets and housing -- out in plainer view. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2004
Hamid R. Moghadam |
Value of Good Governance Every public REIT should have a strong board that is independent and has some skin in the game that ensures the board members' interests are well aligned with those of shareholders. |
U.S. Banker
September 2005 |
Paying the Price for Overpaying Executives The flap over executive compensation.didn't start with Richard Grasso, Philip Purcell or Sandy Weill. But elements of all three men's cases have proved valuable in getting boards to consider whether executive pay is over the top. |
BusinessWeek
May 17, 2004
Capel et al. |
Europe's Old Ways Die Fast The two-year bear market, and a slew of homegrown corporate scandals, is spurring European shareholders to stand up for their rights. |
The Motley Fool
May 30, 2008
Alyce Lomax |
Shareholders Step on the Gas Shareholders are indeed owners, and that should mean having a voice and advocating for change as needed. Maybe that's why corporate governance issues appear to be gaining momentum. |
The Motley Fool
December 2, 2011
Alexander Crawford |
Breakout Ideas: 10 Stocks Near Lows With Strong Corporate Governance Do you think these companies are in a position to overcome the trend and rise from their recent lows? |
The Motley Fool
June 4, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Should We Be Like Britain? The UK's mandating corporate governance rules. Should we follow suit? |
CFO
April 1, 2009
Kate Plourd |
Stocks Down, Voices Raised Their sights fixed on executive compensation, shareholders seek a say on pay and pay-for-performance policies. |
The Motley Fool
July 28, 2011
Dominguez & Esterhuizen |
Board Risk: List of Companies With Low Corporate Governance Risk Do you think these boards have shareholders' interests as a top priority? |
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2005
Jill Jusko |
Beefed Up Boards More diligent and accountable, today's directors are scrutinizing executive compensation like never before -- and changing the dynamic of the board-management relationship. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2006
Dees Stribling |
Inside the Boardroom Top REIT CEOs discuss the major corporate governance issues facing the industry. |
U.S. Banker
June 2005
Karen Krebsbach |
Purcell's (Very Public) Predicament The bruising power struggle at Morgan Stanley is taking its toll, as the company's stock price stalls and talent walks. The escalating conflict is weakening the No. 2 investment bank, making it ripe for a takeover. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2005
Dean Starkman |
The 8 Governance Issues That Matter Most For REIT investors, these 8 corporate governance factors carry the most weight in their investment decisions. |
CFO
September 1, 2010
Joseph McCafferty |
Who's in Charge Here? Listening to shareholders is easy. Making sense of their concerns is not. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2005
Ann Therese Palmer |
Watching the Insiders An interview with Nell Minow, editor of The Corporate Library, a research group that evaluates corporate governance policies, on why a rep should consider a company's corporate governance when deciding which stocks to purchase for a client. |
The Motley Fool
August 15, 2006
Michael Leibert |
Manic, Mighty Moody's With its wide moat and high returns on capital, Moody's is a good pick for investors. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2005
David E. Simon |
Raising Standards The modern REITs of today provide investors the opportunity to invest in liquid, dividend-paying, quality real estate firms actively managed for the benefit of all stockholders with the highest level of corporate governance. |
BusinessWeek
January 15, 2007
Jena McGregor |
This Proxy Season, Expect A Brawl Add up shareholder anger over the backdating scandal, a slate of new rules on executive pay disclosure, increasing pressure from activist hedge funds, and more companies requiring directors to be elected by a majority shareholder vote, and a tempestuous proxy period lies ahead. |
The Motley Fool
June 9, 2006
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Heinz's Debt- and Equity-Holders Duel The ketchup giant's choices benefit one group at the other's expense. Shareholders and debtholders alike should keep an eye on company developments, though they affect each group in different and sometimes opposite ways. |
BusinessWeek
June 16, 2011
John Helyar |
Investor 'Say on Pay' Is a Bust Shareholder votes rejected executive pay at less than 2 percent of public companies this year. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2003
James B. Wright |
Governing REIT Compensation As recent well-publicized REIT proxy/management battles have demonstrated, REIT governance issues are no longer under the radar. In time, shareholder concerns (and any REIT vulnerabilities) relative to independent compensation decisions will also receive scrutiny. |
Knowledge@Wharton
May 21, 2003 |
Do Shareholders Have the Clout to Rein in Excessive Executive Pay? What can/should be done about extravagant pay packages for CEOs and other executives, which sometimes result in huge pay increases even while the stock is falling? |
Registered Rep.
December 21, 2005
Kristen French |
For Morgan Retail, Fourth Quarter a Mixed Bag; More Purcell Directors Resign Despite a number of changes made to improve corporate governance at Morgan Stanley early this year, the board has come in for plenty of heat. The firm continues to lose talent and is paying out the nose to bring on new top producers. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2003 |
Improving Corporate Governance A survey of board practices reveals the REIT industry is making both progress and missteps in improving corporate governance. |
The Motley Fool
April 18, 2011
Alex Dumortier |
Revealed: 3 Emails That Explain the Crisis Released last week, a new 650-page Senate report on the financial crisis describes multiple aspects of a financial system run amok, including the way in which bankers muscled ratings agencies to turbo-charge their deal-making machine. |
Registered Rep.
March 5, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
"Look Ma, Me Regulate!" No Retention Bonuses from Wells Fargo. Exceptions Apply; Merrill Bonus Saga Continues In its latest effort to prove its effectiveness, the SEC says it wants to reevaluate the rules governing credit-rating agencies. |
Bank Director
1st Quarter 2009 |
For Your Review Corporations have an opportunity to begin restoring trust and confidence lost in the financial crisis by instituting the cutting edge governance practice of direct dialogue between directors and investors |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2005 |
An Unconventional Approach In this excerpt from Unconventional Success: A Fundamental Approach to Personal Investment, author David Swensen describes the many risks facing corporate bond investors. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Corporate Boards Should Focus on Performance, Not Conformance After the corporate governance revolution of the 1990s that led to a new era of accountability to shareholders, the Enron debacle has brought new attention to the role of corporate boards and governance... |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 8, 2005 |
Readers Respond: Is There an "Efficient Market" in CEO Compensation? Readers offer varying viewpoints and solutions on the topic of CEO compensation. |
CFO
October 1, 2006
Don Durfee |
Pay Dirt As the SEC shines a light on executive compensation, will companies clean up their acts or find new ways to hide excess? |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2005
Ann Therese Palmer |
Governance Alpha It sounds nice: Making money by investing in companies guided by enlightened executives. But do companies that play nicely really outperform those companies who are controlled by selfish and greedy executives? |
BusinessWeek
May 17, 2004
Balfour & Tashiro |
In Asia, A Change In Attitude A combination of government initiatives, pressure from global institutional investors, and the efforts of grassroots investor groups have shaken things loose in many Asian boardrooms. Increasingly, board members and executives who abuse minority shareholders can expect to be challenged. |
HBS Working Knowledge
December 6, 2004
Mallory Stark |
Executive Comp: Pay Without Performance Out-of-control executive compensation schemes are "widespread, persistent, and systemic," and new reforms won't clean up the mess, argue two law professors in this Q&A and book excerpt. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2006
Portal & Hilzenrath |
New SEC Proposed Guidelines to Give Investors a Clear View at Executive Compensation REITs should conduct a thorough review of current compensation policies and practices and evaluate them in light of the new disclosure proposals. For some REITs, a complete overhaul of the compensation program may be necessary. |
The Motley Fool
May 25, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Are These Companies' CEOs Worth It? We're on the lookout for misaligned pay and performance. |
