Wednesday May 22, 2013

Split Decision: Should CEOs Chair Boards?

Just ahead of this year’s JPMorgan Chase annual shareholder meeting on May 21, proxy adviser Glass, Lewis & Co. joined other voices calling for >>>

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| May 15, 2013

CEO Sign-On Practices, Risks

One of the most important decisions a board makes is identifying and hiring the company’s CEO. Given the critical nature of this decision, boards >>>

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| May 14, 2013

Five Probing Questions for the CAE

No relationship for a chief audit executive (CAE) has been transformed more over the past decade than that with the audit committee. According to The >>>

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| May 14, 2013

The Case for One JPMorgan Leader

“This isn’t about good governance; it’s about busybodies without a clue, trying to do the dumbest thing—slapping and shaming a superb CEO for >>>

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| May 9, 2013

Social Business and Your Risk Profile

Social media is a compendium of many highly accessible media–corporate blogs, video-sharing sites such as YouTube, social networks like Facebook, >>>

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Harford Champions Women, Vets

"Thank a Veteran. Hire one." says the email auto-signature of Suni Harford, managing director and head of North America Markets at Citi. Throughout her 30-year career on Wall Street, Harford has always found ways to challenge and encourage her >>>

Freddie Mac Adds Hartnack to Board

Former U.S. Bancorp Vice Chairman and Head of Consumer and Small Business Banking Richard C. Hartnack joined the Freddie Mac board of directors. Blue Nile added Mindy Meads, former co-CEO of Aeropostale, to the board of directors.

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Audit Firm Selection: Think Like an Institutional Investor

There are a handful of firms that perform the vast majority of audit work for the Fortune 1000. For the 76 percent of U.S. public companies that have market capitalizations of less than $500 million, there are literally hundreds of audit firms from >>>

Aiming High on the Road to Retirement Readiness

At the helm of one of the nation’s largest retirement businesses, Maliz Beams knows first hand that retirement has fundamentally redefined itself. For her accomplishments and focus on improving the state of retirement readiness in this country, >>>

Public-Private Partnerships Pave Way For Sustainable Future

In the past, some companies were quick to separate the concepts of economic growth and environmental preservation, viewing them as an “either or” proposition—you could have one or the other but not both. Today, the outlook on those concepts >>>

New SEC Guidance OKs C-suite Tweets

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) approval of social media as a form of disclosure may be good news for companies looking to communicate with shareholders quickly and frequently, but for directors it’s another disclosure channel to >>>

CEO as Statesman

Many corporate leaders are alarmed by the federal government’s increased oversight of and intrusion into business in response to the Great Recession. They see new and significant regulation in the financial services and healthcare markets, >>>
Anthony B. Creamer III, a CPA and managing director at Navigant, and Jay Dubow, a corporate litigation lawyer at Pepper Hamilton, address what board members should look for when their company is buying or selling a >>>

Semler Brossy Consulting Group Managing Principal Blair N. Jones analyzes emerging director pay trends.

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