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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reports from corporate governance land
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.
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?
Doug Chia
Apr 17, 2020
What is an Executive Chairman?
This type of leadership succession is actually fairly common, or at least not uncommon.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
Doug Chia
Sep 3, 2019
Business Roundtable's new Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation
By now, you've seen the Statement... so I'll skip right to my own thoughts.
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