The Voice of Corporate Governance

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney discusses some of CII's advocacy efforts and regulatory/legislative activities for the period of July 1-30 relevant to the Administration’s efforts to reform the U.S. financial regulatory system.

In this episode, CII Deputy Director Amy Borrus interviews Rakhi Kumar, senior managing director and head of ESG investments at State Street Global Advisors, on R-Factor, a new trademarked ESG scoring system that State Street has developed to inform its proxy voting and engagements with portfolio companies.

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney discusses some of CII's advocacy efforts and regulatory/legislative activities for the period of June 1-28 relevant to the Administration’s efforts to reform the U.S. financial regulatory system.

Carrie Green of the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System and professor Greg Nagel discuss their research in support of filling the CEO role through internal promotion and developing that person’s preparedness, in part, through board service prior to being named CEO.

Short Hills Capital Partners Managing Partner Stephen Weiss discusses his new paper, A Governance Solution to Prevent the Destruction of Shareholder Value in M&A Transactions. The publication argues that shareholders should have an independent monitor working for them in cases of a change in corporate control or key initiatives such as major acquisitions. 

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney discusses some of CII's advocacy efforts and regulatory/legislative activities for the period of April 26 - May 31 relevant to the Administration’s efforts to reform the U.S. financial regulatory system.

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Professors Salman Arif and Joseph Schroeder of the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, and Professor Daniel Taylor of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Professors Arif, Schroeder, and Taylor (and Professor John Kepler of the Wharton School) are the co-authors of a new research paper entitled Audit Process, Private Information, and Insider Trading. The paper examines whether corporate insiders trade based on private information about audited findings. Mr. Mahoney asks the Professors about the potential implications of their research on long-term investors, draft federal legislation on insider trading, and public company auditing standards.

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney discusses some of CII's advocacy efforts and regulatory/legislative activities for the period of March 26 - April 26 relevant to the Administration’s efforts to reform the U.S. financial regulatory system.

Robert Pozen, Senior lecturer at MIT Sloan, discusses the increasing use of 'adjusted' earnings in executive compensation, urging transparency and reconciliation with GAAP standards. The podcast highlights the challenges in explaining these adjustments to shareholders, the influence of non-GAAP figures on compensation decisions, and the importance of clear guidelines from the SEC in governing executive pay metrics.

Cybersecurity is on the engagement agenda for an increasing number of stewardship professionals and portfolio companies. In this episode of The Voice of Corporate Governance, Ryan Dodd, founder of CyberHedge, chats with CII’s Glenn Davis on how investors can make the most of these opportunities.