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Doug Chia
May 4, 2020
Notes from the Berkshire Hathaway 2020 (Virtual) Annual Meeting
As probably everyone already knows, the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting is different than any other annual meeting you will find.
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Doug Chia
Apr 30, 2020
Should Directors Trust the CEO to be Their D&O Insurance Coverage Provider?
Management's decision to treat their directors like this calls into question how it views the role of the board.
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Doug Chia
Apr 28, 2020
Notes from the Wells Fargo 2020 (Virtual) Annual Meeting
Over the next few weeks, I'll be posting notes from a number of virtual annual meetings. Today, it was Wells Fargo & Company.
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Doug Chia
Apr 21, 2020
Thoughts on Asian Americans in the Boardroom
We haven't seen much sense of urgency to increase the numbers of Asian Americans in boardrooms. Is that about to change?
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Doug Chia
Apr 17, 2020
What is an Executive Chairman?
This type of leadership succession is actually fairly common, or at least not uncommon.
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Doug Chia
Apr 7, 2020
COVID-19 Annual Meeting and SEC Disclosure Checklist and Best Practices Reference Guide
ProxyAnalytics and SoundboardGovernance have published a COVID19 Annual Meeting & SEC Disclosure Checklist & Best Practices Reference Guide.
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Doug Chia
Mar 21, 2020
Tying Strings
Let's focus on curing Covid-19 and helping those most impacted today, and save curing the ills of corporate governance for later.
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Doug Chia
Feb 25, 2020
Back to school!
It's been really fun teaching at the Rutgers Law School with my friend and colleague Professor Doug Eakeley.
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Doug Chia
Dec 12, 2019
Governors in Governance
Oftentimes, it seems like appointing a former pol to the board is merely a way to rent some clout and borrow high-level contacts.
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Doug Chia
Dec 2, 2019
Say it ain't so, Broc. Say it ain't so!
A fond farewell to Broc Romanek, pillar of the corporate securities and governance community.
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Doug Chia
Nov 11, 2019
Big ESG
What is the methodology of ESG fund managers and the firms in the ESG industry that give companies ESG ratings?
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Doug Chia
Nov 8, 2019
WeFailed
The conventional wisdom is WeWork's IPO went bust because of serious corporate governance concerns. I don't think that was it.
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Doug Chia
Sep 14, 2019
ISS Policy Survey Results for 2019
No big surprises, but here are a few areas I found interesting, as well as some suggestions for ISS to make the survey results more helpful.
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Doug Chia
Sep 9, 2019
The SEC's Proxy Advisory Firm Guidance
What really needs to happen is throwing sunshine on the funds that heavily rely on PAFs. That's where some novel disclosure requirements...
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