Asset Management, Board of Directors, Corporate Governance

Sweeping Changes to Company Registration in the United Kingdom to Increase Transparency of Companies and the Integrity of the...

K&L Gates LLP on 11/18/2024

Background - The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (2023) (the Act) introduces the most significant changes to Companies House since corporate registrations were established in 1844. It is a new UK law that aims...more

An asset owner view on shareholder engagement

KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC) on 7/30/2024

Q&A with Yumi Narita, NYC Office of the Comptroller - In late May, Yumi Narita, Executive Director of Corporate Governance at the New York City Office of the Comptroller, spoke with Stephen Brown, Senior Advisor, KPMG Board...more

SEC Issues Long-Awaited Climate Risk Disclosure Rule

K&L Gates LLP on 3/7/2024

Introduction - On Wednesday, 6 March 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved its highly anticipated final rules on “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors” by a...more

5 Questions You Should Be Asking About Succession Planning for Your Family Office

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 7/1/2022

Succession planning for family offices is often a difficult process. It is emotional. It takes longer than it should. But succession planning that is deliberate, collaborative, and strategic can offer so much opportunity....more

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Impact Enter the Board Room

Womble Bond Dickinson on 4/11/2018

[co-author: Mark Newberg, Director of Impact Strategies] Recently, Larry Fink, the CEO of BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, took a noteworthy step in an open letter he wrote to the CEO’s of all publicly traded...more

Boardroom Perspectives: How Directors Can Use Sustainability to Drive Value

Latham & Watkins LLP on 3/22/2017

Boards frequently encounter sustainability and other environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in the oversight of a company’s operations, management, financial reporting and public disclosure. Investors increasingly...more

A Baker's Dozen of Blue Chip CEO's and Leading Investors Speak Out on Corporate Governance: What Else Can be Offered to the...

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 7/26/2016

A most curious press release sprouted up amidst summer's hot growing season: 13 leaders of public companies and investing firms have put forth self-professed governance principles for public companies. (See...more

A Call to Action: Leading Executives Issue “Commonsense Principles of Corporate Governance”

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 7/25/2016

Citing the importance of publicly owned companies to the U.S. economy, a group of thirteen leading executives issued a set of principles, on July 21, 2016, outlining their vision for the critical elements of good corporate...more

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