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accounting & audit board administration calpers ceo ceo succession compensation corporate governance director news director recruiting korean investment corp. kuwait investment authority merrill lynch mizuho corporate bank of japan proxy say on pay sec shareholders strategy & leadership yahooArticles by Joseph McCaffertyEditor's Letter: The Governance CommunitySeptember 1,2008 by Joseph McCaffertyWhy we celebrate the most influential people on corporate governance and in the boardroom. Full Story  The Universal Language of AccountingSeptember 1,2008 by Joseph McCaffertyWhen Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox lifted the requirement that foreign companies filing in the United States use generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), a giant step toward embracing International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) was taken. Prepare now for coming international reporting standards. Full Story  CD&A: The Second Time AroundJune 1,2008 by Joseph McCaffertyIncreasingly detailed executive pay disclosures haven’t led to across-the-board cuts in CEO pay. Instead, boards are using new disclosure rules to demonstrate how executive compensation plans are tied to shareholder value. Full Story Editor's Letter: States and Directors to WatchJune 1,2008 by Joseph McCaffertyIn this issue, we bring you our annual Boardroom Guide to State Litigation Climates and our “Directors to Watch” special feature. Full Story  Building an Exceptional BoardApril 1,2008 by Joseph McCaffertyWhat does a great board look like? Is it a group of star business personalities, or one that lives up to the highest standards of good corporate governance? Is it the board of a company that consistently beats analysts’ estimates, or one that has deftly handled adversity and CEO succession? The answer is that there are no answers. Full Story Editor's Letter: In Search of ExcellenceApril 1,2008 by Joseph McCaffertyOne of my favorite rites of spring is the start of baseball season. All of the off-season dealing is done and now the players take the field, and we see who has stepped up their game and who looks a little slower this year. Full Story Risk is the WordFebruary 1,2008 by Joseph McCaffertyRecent events on Wall Street and elsewhere have forced companies to view risk in new ways. They are now thinking about the risks that third-party evaluators, such as credit ratings agencies, could be entirely wrong, the risk that everyone is pursuing the same strategy, or the risk that your CEO might need to resign. Full Story Editor's Letter: Battle ReadyDecember 1,2007 by Joseph McCaffertyEven Sherlock Holmes would furrow his brow trying to decipher how the following set of clues fit together: corporate lawyer Marty Lipton, Barbie doll, and Bo Xilai, the Chinese minister of commerce. Full Story Editor's Letter: The Non-Hollywood DirectorOctober 1,2007 by Joseph McCaffertyWhen I came to Directorship from CFO magazine this past summer, I had a good feel for audit committee issues and dealmaking, but outside of that, I didn’t really understand exactly what directors did. Most of what I did know about the boardroom came from reading about the Enron and WorldCom crises, or worse, from Hollywood—Hudsucker Proxy, Trading Places, and, of course, Wall Street. In other words, I was only familiar with the cliché that persists—gray men sitting around long oak tables smoking cigars and talking about golf. Full Story M&A Report: Deal or No Deal?October 1,2007 by Joseph McCaffertyTalk about a drop-off. Merger and acquisition activity came to a screeching halt late this summer when concerns in the credit market made financing for large deals all but impossible, especially for private-equity blockbusters that had been fueling the M&A boom. Full Story M&ASeptember 1,2007 by Joseph McCaffertyLast year's annual meetings were just the warmup in the battle for corporate control. Full Story Pfizer to Shareholders: 'We're Listening'September 1,2007 by Joseph McCaffertyIn the wake of new rules for executive compensation and other corporate governance practices, drug giant Pfizer says it wants to do more than provide additional disclosures Full Story The Private-Equity StashSeptember 1,2007 by Joseph McCaffertyJust how much 'dry powder' are buyout firms sitting on? Full Story Voodoo Justice & David StockmanSeptember 1,2007 by Joseph McCaffertyDavid Stockman, a former Congressman, Reagan aide, and auto industry CEO, is getting an education in the white-collar criminal justice system. Full Story What the Beltway Has in StoreSeptember 1,2007 by Joseph McCaffertyA preview of the regulatory agenda over the next 12 months. Full Story |