How to build your corporate governance library. Now that industry-wide conferences are in full swing, whether you are traveling to your destination by bus, train or hopping on a plane, there should be some spare time to get in a little bit of reading. So, corporate secretaries should consider using some of that valuable time building or adding to your corporate governance library. We spoke to a few industry experts and governance professionals who recommended some books worth reading – books that can help corporate secretaries keep up with the changing regulatory environment and other emerging issues. Here are a…

The oversight function of a parent company’s board of directors extends across its subsidiaries. So what role is left for directors on subsidiary boards?  Many companies have subsidiaries, either wholly or partially owned, whose financial data are consolidated into the par- ent’s financial statements. The subsidiaries also may make separate filings, perhaps because they have a stock-market listing that is distinct from their parent. When subsidiaries do prepare separate financial reports, it helps all of the group’s execu- tives, directors and board committees, as well as investors and analysts, in their efforts to better understand the perform- ance of each…