Zac Barnett and Richard Wheelahan, III By Oliver Estreich How does governance come into play for institutional asset managers. One key area is how leverage is managed, according to Richard Wheelahan, III, and Zac Barnett, the Co-Founders of Fund Finance...

Deloitte’s Irfan Saif and Maureen Mohlenkamp By Oliver Estreich From CRM tools offered by Salesforce.com Inc to highly-complex products from IBM, artificial intelligence (AI) has become central to corporate strategy. While the use of AI is mixed across organizations and...

By CorpGov Editorial Staff When most people hear about Wall Street and startup tycoons, they think of a dog-eat-dog world where only the fittest survive. In such a competitive environment, it can be challenging to get help with starting a...

McDonald’s Corporation Former CEO Easterbrook Departed without “Cause” So Keeps Valuable Stock and Options By John Jannarone At first glance, it might appear that Stephen Easterbrook left his post as CEO of McDonald’s Corporation with peanuts. But a closer look...

Hannah Orowitz, Managing Director, Corporate Governance, Georgeson By Oliver Estreich The increased emphasis on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concerns is something that should be on the minds of all directors, not a select few who are chosen for a...

Paul Gryglewicz, Senior Partner at ​Global Governance Advisors  By Oliver Estreich Fast-growing companies can be surprised when their shareholder base switches from insiders and a few loyal investors to a diversified base that thinks about corporate governance much differently. The...

  Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Pushed Through Questionable Merger with Votes from Directors Who Had Resigned Progenics Agreed to Large Termination Fee in Possible Move to Trap Shareholders in Deal Corporate Governance Expert Finds Termination Fee, Lame Duck Director Votes “Troubling”...

  Cambridge Capital CEO Benjamin Gordon By Oliver Estreich The doomed IPO of WeWork parent We Co. is likely to pressure technology companies to embrace more robust corporate governance and discourage features such as tiered voting shares that fueled investor...

From Pernod Ricard SA to Technicolor SA to XPO Logistics Europe SA, a growing number of France-listed companies have come under pressure from activists recently, prompting regulators there to consider steps to stymie their influence through legislation. And some of...

  PBHFA Treasurer and Secretary Dr. Anna Pomeranets with Managing Director and Founder David Goodboy By Oliver Estreich Last week, over 100 members of the regional investment community gathered in West Palm Beach, Florida to discuss financial markets, train-rail expansion,...