ECGI News
The ECGI news section is focused on news about ECGI, events, projects, publications and ECGI members. It is not intended as a news site to share media stories about corporate governance. Queries about news stories can be directed to admin@ecgi.org
Latest News
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Does Transparency Increase Takeover Vulnerability?
Takeovers and especially models predicting takeovers have been of interest to academics and practitioners.
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The Teva Case: A Tale of a Race to the Bottom in Global Securities Regulation
This article tells the story of our shareholder class action against Teva Pharmaceutical Industries as an illustration of the global race
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Elective Stock and Scrip Dividends
Payout policy is an important component of a firm’s ability to maintain financial flexibility.
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Insider Trading and Networked Directors
There is an extensive literature in finance, which documents that executive and non-executive directors have an informational advantage w
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Passive Investors
Passive investors, such as Vanguard or Blackrock, that track an index and have no discretion over their investments own a growin
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Perils of Limiting the Coverage of Mandatory Pay Disclosure: The Korean Experience
Government regulation on disclosure differs considerably across countries. This gives rise to some interesting research questions.
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The Sustainability Footprint of Institutional Investors
Institutional Investors are currently the dominant category of shareholders in stock markets and have attracted considerable attention by
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Which Aspects of Corporate Governance Matter in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Brazil, India, Korea, and Turkey
There is evidence that some “corporate governance indices” predict higher firm values in emerging markets, but little evidence on which s
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Guy Jubb appointed as Interim Chairman of ECGI
Guy Jubb, a Director of the ECGI, was appointed interim Chairman of the Board on August 30, 2018, succeeding David Devlin, who remains on