The CII Research and Education Fund (CII-REF), a Council of Institutional Investors (CII) subsidiary, issued a Guide to Disclosure of Board Evaluation Processes highlighting best practices. (more…)
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Board Evaluation Practices in India
Board Evaluation Practices in India: Background CimplyFive Corporate Secretarial Services Pvt. Ltd. (CimplyFive), pioneer in offering research and technology based solutions for compliance with the Companies Act 2013, and InGovern Research Services Pvt. Ltd. (InGovern), India’s first proxy advisory and a premier corporate governance research and advisory company, released their report Board Evaluation Practices in […]
Replacing Board Members: The Elephant in the Room
Finally, an SVDX/Rock Center event that just about packed the house! I’ve complained frequently that people, especially students from nearby universities, are missing out on these excellent programs. Attendees still looked mostly like directors to me. If students ever show up in large numbers, we’ll have to move to an arena or stadium. I’m not […]
CII Issues “Best-in-Class” Board Evaluation Disclosure
This recently released CII report highlights two suggested alternative approaches to company disclosure of the board evaluation process. The suggestions are based on CII’s informal survey of its members for “best-in-class” disclosure from 2013 and 2014 proxy statements. CII acknowledges that most companies have a board self-evaluation process and disclose that fact in their proxy statements, but indicates that investors […]
Review: A Real Look at Real World Corporate Governance
This book follows the theme of Corporate Governance Matters: A Closer Look at Organizational Choices and Their Consequences also by David Larcker and Brian Tayan. Larcker is the James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting, Stanford Graduate School of Business. Brian Tayan is a member of the Corporate Governance Research Program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. While Corporate Governance […]
NACD Offers Board Advisory Services
Boards ranging from small-cap companies to the Fortune 10 are currently working with NACD Board Advisory Services to facilitate confidential and independent evaluations of their boards and directors. (more…)
Board Evaluations: Rigorous Process or Kabuki Theater?
In recent years, virtually all boards acknowledge that an annual board evaluation is required by “best practices.” How that evaluation should be done, by the board members themselves or by outside “experts” still remains an open matter. And whether these evaluations, either internal or external, are in most cases useful in improving board performance or […]