This conference will focus on the role of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) considerations in the management of public companies and the investment priorities of asset managers...
The fifth annual GCGC conference will take place at the House of Finance, Goethe University Frankfurt. Attendance is by invitation only.
The Roundtable will focus on the reasons and implications of fewer companies going public. The steep decline in initial public offerings in the U.S. has raised concerns about reduced opportunities for...
Corporations, and other forms of business associations, have been the subject of intense study including their history, governance, and obligations to stakeholders and the public at large...
I have been working at the Black Sea Trade & Development Bank since 2000, serving in a variety of procurement and governance-related posts. I have been the Head of the Bank's Internal Purchasing unit and, subsequently, the Bank's Head of Procurement, in charge of setting up major service contracts, managing equipment purchases, and overseeing the selection and employment of consultants.
With its rules on related party transactions (RPTs), the amended EU Shareholder Rights Directive introduces a novel ex ante review of suspicious transactions to many continental jurisdictions. German law, for instance, has traditionally been adhering to a very different regulatory strategy for...
A significant development in the global economy over the last two decades has been the emergence of businesses that define and organize themselves as “platforms.” Think Amazon, Facebook, or Uber.
A platform can be defined as an organization that uses digital...
Bank resolutions and specifically bail-ins are among the most complicated and contentious issues of banking law, in the EU and elsewhere. Bearing the potential to directly affect thousands of investors, and limiting the flexibility of Member States to rescue banks,...
All blockchains have rules that govern their operations. As blockchains evolve they may need to change their rules. Blockchain governance refers to the system in place through which decisions regarding the evolution of the blockchain are made. The question of blockchain governance is at the...
An emerging consensus in certain legal, business, and scholarly communities maintains that corporate managers are pressured unduly into chasing short-term gains at the expense of superior long-term prospects. The forces inducing managerial myopia...Read more
CEOs of public companies have influence over the political spending of their firms, which has been attracting significant attention since the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United. Furthermore, the policy views expressed by CEOs receive...Read more
Manipulative communications touting stocks are common in capital markets around the world. Although the price distortions created by so-called “pump-and-dump” schemes are well known, little is known about the investors in these frauds. By...Read more
This paper investigates what we can learn from the financial crisis about the link between accounting and financial stability. The picture that emerges ten years after the crisis is substantially different from the picture that dominated the...Read more
At a time when dual class share structures have come under regular attack by investors, the concept of loyalty shares, popularised in France and...Read more
ECGI is launching an independent engagement and collaboration platform open to all those with an interest in corporate governance. This replaces...Read more
ECGI is delighted to announce the appointment of 17 new Research Members to add to its distinguished ranks. The new Research Members, who are...Read more
On 11 February 2019 the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) teamed up with the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) to...Read more
Watch the welcome video for the 2018 Global Corporate Governance Colloquium at Harvard Law School.
Panel discussion on "CSR and Impact Investing: Framing the Questions" at GCGC 2018 in Harvard.
