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International Monetary Fund
Asia Leading the Way, 22 Jun 2010
The recent crisis has underlined the emergence of Asia as a global economic powerhouse. Several dynamic economies in the region are generating growth outcomes...

The Globe and Mail
G20 gathering fast becoming Austerity Summit, 9 Jun 2010
World leaders jittery over Europe’s continuing debt woes honing in on ballooning deficits caused by recession bailouts.

The Globe and Mail
Shareholders too powerful: Peter Dey, 8 Jun 2010
One of Bay Street’s top advocates of corporate governance says some issues, like say on pay, should be left solely to board members

Canadian Business
Financial reform taking too long, uncertainty hurting banks: Flaherty, 7 Jun 2010
Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty says Canada must pay the substantial cost of hosting the G20 and G8 summits this month if the country...

Financial Post
Rules fail to keep lid on bankers' pay, 7 Jun 2010
Efforts by regulators to control runaway banker compensation have been mostly unsuccessful, said the head of an association representing some of the world's largest...

Wall Street Journal
Flaherty: Canada Must Set Example To Debt-Laden Euro Nations, 7 Jun 2010
Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Monday that Canada must set an example to debt-laden European countries by dealing with its own budgetary deficit,...

Bloomberg
Canada's Flaherty Says G-20 Seeking to Accelerate Financial Reform Rules, 7 Jun 2010
Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said the Group of 20 countries are seeking to accelerate financial reforms to reduce uncertainty for the banking industry.

Vancouver Sun
Financial reform timetable should be accellerated: Flaherty, 7 Jun 2010
The timetable for reforming the financial system should be accellerated, said Jim Flaherty, the Finance Minister. If the world's leading economies are to prevent...

Reuters
Canada urges European countries fix finances, 7 Jun 2010
Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Monday that finance ministers and central bankers of the world's major economies are concerned about European countries...

The Globe and Mail
Flaherty defends G20 costs, 7 Jun 2010
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says Canada must pay the cost of the G20 and G8 summits if the country is to play a leading...

Ottawa Citizen
Higher bank capitals urgently needed: OECD, 7 Jun 2010
It is time for major economies to quickly work out rules that will force banks to carry higher capital levels, and forget about schemes...

Canadian Business
Cenovus CEO says "huge disaster" like Gulf oil spill unlikely in oilsands, 7 Jun 2010
Operations in Canada's oilsands are "so fundamentally different" from offshore drilling that the a catastrophe like the ongoing Gulf oil spill disaster isn't a...

ICSA
No such thing as a free lunch, 7 May 2010
The takeover of Cadbury has stirred up a lot of feeling in the UK. The long-running saga, which ended with Kraft paying £11.7 billion...

IPE
ICGN sets out guidelines for non-executive directors, 30 Mar 2010
GLOBAL - A global pressure group has called for non-executive directors to be denied access to retirement benefits usually granted to members of the...

ICGN Annual Conference
Top Leaders on Corporate Governance to Convene at Global Summit in Toronto, Canada, 25 Feb 2010
The world’s foremost leaders in corporate governance will gather in Toronto, Canada from 7 – 9 June 2010 at the International Corporate Governance Network’s...

Quoteline
Robeco advocates responsible investing, 2 Feb 2010
Robeco is introducing a comprehensive policy on responsible investing. In future, environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors will integrally be taken into account when...

IPE
Be aware of ETF ownership rights, says ICGN, 1 Feb 2010
Investors need to be aware that they cannot exercise their ownership rights with certain types of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), according to the International Corporate...

Chartered Secretary
A United Europe?, 29 Jan 2010
Readers will not have failed to notice that there has been a major Anglo-French clash in recent weeks about the appointment of the new...

ThisDay Online
‘Rescued Banks’ Shareholders Must be Constructively Engaged’, 26 Jan 2010
Sir you’ve just completed a ten-month course in NIPSS, a course that so many people really desire to come for and I am sure...

Fondsnieuws
Use of derivatives harms business (article in Dutch), 25 Jan 2010
The increasing use of derivatives by passive investors undermines the functioning of a healthy corporate governance in business. That said Carl Rosen, head of International...

Financial Times
Warning about derivatives and governance, 24 Jan 2010
Corporate governance experts are concerned that the increasing use of derivatives by passive investors may carry risks for a healthy corporate market. Carl Rosén, executive...

The Conference Board
Reform Deferred at SEC…For Now, 7 Oct 2009
The “new” SEC under Chairman Mary Schapiro is certainly being extra careful about instituting meaningful investor reform measures following the financial crisis. In the past...

Top 1000 Funds
Changing the world, one vote at a time, 14 Jul 2009
As the International Corporate Governance Network held its annual conference this week, its new executive director, Carl Rosen, spoke with Amanda White about the...

Wall Street Journal
Sen. Schumer's Bill Hits the Mark, 28 May 2009
Sen. Chuck Schumer's Shareholder Bill of Rights Act of 2009 actually hits the mark, which Martin Lipton, Jay W. Lorsch and Theodore N. Mirvis...

Financial Times
America’s governance reform must not be ducked, 25 May 2009
The winds of change that brought President Barack Obama into office will soon blow through US boardrooms. Unfortunately, executives are not welcoming this...

Top 1000 Funds
ICGN appoints Rosen to ex dir as Simpson departs to CalPERS, 5 May 2009
ICGN appoints Carl Rosen as its new Executive Director replacing Anne Simpson who will join CalPERS as senior portfolio manager for corporate governance. “ICGN...

Reuters
Companies face AGM season grilling, 16 Apr 2009
Anne Simpson comments on the rising trend of activist funds: ”These funds have been set up in other markets ... They have gone very...

BNY Mellon
ICGN Guidance on Non-financial Business Reporting, 31 Mar 2009
Frank Curtiss highlights ICGN Guidance on Non-financial Business Reporting in the European Pension Funds Newsletter (pages 17 & 18) emphasising the need for greater...

Chartered Secretary
Split Personalities, 12 Jan 2009
Shareholders should have to re-elect each members of the board every year says Anne Simpson in a recent article ...

Chartered Secretary
If its broke, fix it, 11 Jan 2009
The rules of the game for the division of labour between government and the market are being rewritten says Anne Simpson in a recent...

Professional Pensions
ICGN guidance calls for non-financial information for investment decisions, 23 Dec 2008
More integration of non-financial business information in financial statements is needed to enable well-informed investment decision-making, the International Corporate Governance Network says. ...

CFO.com
Director's Cut - Is a downturn a good time for CFOs to consider non-executive directorships?, 8 Dec 2008
Anne Simpson says the CFOs job isnt getting easier in a recent article in CFO Europe Magazine ....more

Valor Economical
Shareholders are called to use their rights to enhance management in companies they invest, 24 Nov 2008
Peter Montagnon Chairman of the ICGN, stresses that the argument for shareholder rights is now stronger than ever, but the ICGN also firmly believes...

Financial Times
Time to reward good corporate governance, 16 Nov 2008
ICGN recommends that pension funds should insist fund managers put sufficient resource into governance that delivers long term value. ...

Euro Week
IOSCO and ICGN make calls for G-20 action, 14 Nov 2008
ICGN calls on world leaders to include strengthened corporate governance as part of a package of measures aimed at restoring confidence in the markets....

Reuters
The ICGN calls for greater transparency in equity and derivatives transactions, 11 Nov 2008
The ICGN calls for greater transparency in equity and derivatives transactions ahead of a G-20 summit aimed to restore confidence in global financial markets....

Reuters
Germany mulls more disclosure for options trading, 10 Nov 2008
Peter Montagnon, ICGN Chairman, calls for more transparency in Germany re Porsche’s holdings in Volkswagen ...

Nihon Keizai Shimbun
Reformation of financial institutions---More shareholders oversight required, 10 Nov 2008
The ICGN calls for the enhancement of shareholders rights, including the election of directors as an important step to building more effective risk management....

the guardian
Investor power not state curbs "will solve crisis", 10 Nov 2008
ICGN says Governments should resist placing excessive restrictions on companies activities and consider giving shareholders greater powers to quiz managements ...

Chartered Secretary
Caveat emptor - "Let the buyer beware", 25 Oct 2008
The ICGN Executive Director, Anne Simpson, asks “if the chain of accountability has been broken” at the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators 2008...

Wall Street Journal
Tough Rules to curb executive pay, 20 Oct 2008
As they rescue battered financial institutions, an unprecedented number of countries simultaneously are trying to curb runaway executive pay. The efforts could change pay...

Financial Times
Shut out, 18 Oct 2008
Karl Marx was wrong about many things, but in 1893 he provided as good an account of today's financial implosion as any living commentator...

Financial Times
Brussels urged to review stance on audit liability, 25 Aug 2008
New protections for auditors mean the European Commission must drop its "piecemeal" approach to the subject and step up its efforts to improve quality...

Financial Times
Governance flaws seen as opening for short-sellers, 27 Jul 2008
Companies that do not comply with high standards of good governance are ripe for short-selling, one of the most successful hedge fund investors in...

Ethical Corporation
Governance: F&C Investments – Governance worth investing in, 17 Jul 2008
Key quote: Dallas encourages sovereign wealth funds to join the International Corporate Governance Network, an association of institutional investors that could help these funds...