African Exchanges need Innovation to Seduce Business
November 23, 2015
THE continent’s stock exchanges are a hard sell to African companies. Of more than 1.5-million businesses registered in Africa, only 1,600 are listed on the stock exchanges of the 23 states that make up the African Securities Exchanges Association (Asea).
Read MoreInternational Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) Policy Priorities 2015/2016
November 23, 2015
The International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) was founded in 1995, and is an investor-led membership organisation of more than 660 individuals based in 47 countries around the world.
Read MoreNational Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and Major Institutional Investors Identify 2016 Priorities for Corporate Boards
November 20, 2015
The two biggest proxy advisory firms are cracking down on board members with too many seats.Institutional Shareholder Services on Friday said it will consider a non-CEO director on five public company boards to be “overboarded,’’ down from its earlier policy of six.
Read MoreISS Adopts Stricter Rules on Director Overboarding
November 20, 2015
The two biggest proxy advisory firms are cracking down on board members with too many seats. Institutional Shareholder Services on Friday said it will consider a non-CEO director on five public company boards to be “overboarded,’’ down from its earlier policy of six.
Read MoreHow Breach of Rules Tests Regulatory Strengths, Investments in Nigeria
November 18, 2015
The assessed serial breaches of rules by major corporate establishments have put to the test the nation’s regulatory strengths and aggravating the already tensed investor confidence, with doubts over the integrity of Nigerian companies.
Read MoreImperatives of Corporate Governance in National Development
November 18, 2015
Enron Corp., WorldCom, Parmalat, Barings Bank and so on are multiple examples of global brands that had bit the dust for lack of good corporate governance practices and lessons for corporate organizations world over, including Nigeria.
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