How Boards and Management Can Accelerate Shareholder Value Growth Wednesday October 17, 2012, 2pm EDT/11 am PDT, To register for this complimentary webinar, click here. Shareholder value growth is the core challenge of every business and the ultimate (more…)
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Controlled Companies Carry Negatives
James McRitchie, 10/10/2012 ,
A new study finds that controlled companies – particularly those with multiple classes of shares – generally underperform over the long term. As compared to companies with dispersed ownership, controlled companies experience more stock price volatility, increased material weakness in accounting controls, more related party transactions, and offer fewer rights to unaffiliated shareholders. The study […]
Director Elections: Shareowners Still Relatively Powerless
James McRitchie, 08/23/2012 ,
In theory, throwing out current directors and/or electing new candidates through their proxy votes is the most important function of shareowners with respect to corporate governance. That’s how we hold our agents accountable. In practice, shareowners look like powerless wimps, even at companies with majority or plurality plus resignation election standards. At least that is […]
IRRC Announces Research Competition
James McRitchie, 04/26/2012 ,
The Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC) Institute announce its second annual competition for research that examines the interaction of the real economy with investment theory. Two papers – one academic and one practitioner – each will receive the “2013 IRRC Institute Research Award” along with a $10,000 award. A blue-ribbon panel of renowned judges with […]
Research on Post-Modern Portfolio Theory Awarded by IRRC Institute
James McRitchie, 02/21/2012 ,
The Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC) Institute today announced the first recipients of a new annual research competition that examines the interaction of the real economy with investment theory. A blue-ribbon panel of judges selected two papers – one practitioner and one academic – for the new IRRC Institute Research Award. The authors of each […]
Water Threats for Investors: Friday Webinar
James McRitchie, 01/18/2012 ,
In response to increasing corporate exposure to global water supply threats and investment community interest in water-related issues, Ceres has released a new report and tool that investors and companies can use as a roadmap to enhanced water risk (more…)
IRRC Deadline Upcoming for Research Entries
James McRitchie, 10/20/2011 ,
Friday, November 18, 2011 is the deadline to enter the IRRC Institute’s competition for research that examines the interaction of the real economy with investment theory. Two papers – one academic and one practitioner – will receive the new “IRRC Institute Research Award” along with a $10,000 award. Maybe it is just me, but I’ve […]
Governance After the Financial Crisis
James McRitchie, 03/03/2011 ,
Corporate Governance in the Wake of the Financial Crisis: Selected International Views is a publication of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). It contains commentary and analysis by leading experts from around the world, including the OECD, World Bank, ICGN, IOSCO, The Corporate Library, PRI and others with a forward by Mervyn […]
July 2008
James McRitchie, 07/30/2008 ,
ESG Gaining Acceptance Since 2005, KLD has studied the S&P 100’s sustainability reporting practices for the Sustainable Investment Research Analyst Network, a working group of the Social Investment Forum. The 2008 Sustainability Report Comparison reveals encouraging news. Of the 100 largest U.S. publicly-traded companies, 86 maintain corporate sustainability websites and 49 produced sustainability reports in 2007. These numbers represent significant progress […]