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205 articles found
19 March 2024
Interview with Herman Daems, Chair of the Board of ECGI featured by 'De Bestuurder', Belgium.
12 March 2024
Introducing the ECGI Blog Review Vol.3, featuring the full collection of articles from the ‘Governance & Climate Change’ theme.
26 February 2024
By Susan Watson. The duty of good faith is owed to the corporation as an entity separate from its shareholders with the interests of shareholders, represented as the capital of the company, held in the entity.
21 February 2024
By Sarah C. Haan. The rising pitch of shareholder activism, particularly around ESG matters and the new universal proxy, challenges the passive shareholder paradigm.
21 February 2024
By Dr Tim Bowley. The industry funds’ distinctive origin story sets them apart from other major actors in the Australian capital markets and likely goes some way to explaining the industry funds’ distinct...
21 February 2024
By Steve Kourabas, Nick Sinanis & Timothy Peters. The function of ‘corporate office’ works both as a mode of accountability, at the same time, as encouraging a sense of separation or irresponsibility for...
13 February 2024
The informative value of future sustainability reporting and the overarching objectives of climate neutrality and strengthening human rights in the EU would be at risk without the CSDDD.
12 February 2024
By Alessio Pacces. To fulfil the mandate of climate-conscious beneficiaries, institutional investors should tie their hands to controlling shareholders with dual-class shares conditional on low-carbon...
9 February 2024
By Roza Nurgozhayeva & Dan W. Puchniak. Friedman’s world, in which corporate purpose was assumed to solely be determined within jurisdictional borders, if it ever existed at all, is now dead.
5 February 2024
By Hiroyuki Watanabe. In the US since the 2000s, some companies that have adopted a dual class share structure appear to have introduced clauses that grant voting rights in proportion to the percentage of...
26 January 2024
By Sang Yop Kang & Ling Tong. Considering the relative underdevelopment and inefficiency of the Chinese capital market, as well as the prevalence of tunneling, the Chinese authorities’ approach to...
26 January 2024
By S. Irem Akin. At the current state, it appears unlikely for courts to treat sustainability claims as exceptions justifying the circumvention of the business judgement rule
26 January 2024
By Narine Lalafaryan. Due to the changes in corporate finance markets, outside financial distress, often equity and debt governance complement each other: one cannot exist in a vacuum from one another.
11 December 2023
By Horst Eidenmüller and Javier Paz Valbuena. If Siemens Gamesa had a sound business model, its shareholder or other private parties could be expected to support its operations with the necessary capital and...
7 December 2023
By Caroline Escott. The CP23/10 proposals would do nothing to tackle the actual barriers to a UK listing cited by companies, including the relative lack of tech expertise amongst the investor base.
7 December 2023
By Tom Vos, Theo Monnens, Steven Declercq & Jeroen Delvoie. If legislators believe that loyalty voting rights play a useful role, they should also allow dual class share structures.
7 December 2023
By Ofer Eldar. By prompting startups to go public, VCs can reduce the risk of a major governance failure that they may be unable to prevent in an environment in which they compete for investments.
28 November 2023
By Kobi Kastiel and Yaron Nili. In continuation funds, sponsors place themselves in a position where they are committed to two groups of investors whose interests are in direct conflict.
16 November 2023
By Luca Enriques. Bargaining in the shadow of the explicit and implicit mandatory provisions of Italian corporate law leads to the adoption of a contractual technology that is overall costlier and less...
7 November 2023
By Nadya Malenko. As startups progress through their life cycle, the roles of major shareholders evolve, leading to a transformation in board composition. Changes in board control have many potential...