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Experts share their thoughts on a range of topics from board diversity to AI at Governance Intelligence event ‘Cautiously optimistic’ was a phrase used around the event hall at this year’s M&A Forum, co-hosted by Governance Intelligence and IR Magazine in New York. The term reflects a perspective that 2024 will see improvements in M&A activity compared with 2023 despite geopolitical and other headwinds, according to panelists at the event, held on November 7. The event brought together corporate governance, corporate development and investor relations professionals to discuss how to prepare for 2024 and what measures to take when learning…

Rich Harper and Travis Wofford explain steps boards can take to help their company make the best of the new technology, including paying attention to D&O liability Governance professionals recently gathered at the Corporate Secretary Forum – Winter in New York, hosted by Governance Intelligence, for discussions highlighting the variety of challenges they face in the coming year and offering practical solutions. An array of experts, both on panels and in the audience, shared their insights on areas such as boards’ agendas for 2024, preparing next year’s proxy statements, risks facing companies in 2024, building a successful team of directors…

Winners of Governance Intelligence’s 16th annual Corporate Governance Awards announced at gala ceremony in New York Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Blackbaud last night won two of the top categories at the 16th annual Corporate Governance Awards, hosted by Governance Intelligence (formerly Corporate Secretary). HPE was named governance team of the year (large cap) and Blackbaud received the governance team of the year (small to mid-cap) title. The two companies were presented with their awards at a gala event in New York. The awards ceremony capped two days of events hosted by Governance Intelligence at Governance Live 2023 in New…

Our new name recognizes the evolution of the governance profession and our efforts to represent everything you do in everything we do Corporate Secretary welcomes you to our new name, Governance Intelligence. Corporate Secretary was founded in 2002 and today our audience includes a much broader range of professionals than those whose job title is ‘corporate secretary.’ At the same time, their work is becoming more varied, more challenging and more influential than ever before. Governance professionals are at the forefront of industry best practices, whether that’s in reporting on and supporting ESG-based initiatives, helping your board develop better ways…

Winners to be announced at grand event in New York on November 8 Corporate Secretary is delighted to announce the short-listed nominees for its 16th Corporate Governance Awards. The winners, selected by an independent panel of judges, will be announced at a gala ceremony in New York on Wednesday, November 8. The gala caps two days of special governance-related events hosted by Corporate Secretary: the M&A Forum on November 7 and the Corporate Secretary Forum on November 8. The awards recognize companies’ and individuals’ outstanding achievements in governance, risk and compliance. Submissions were made by and on behalf of a…

In the first instalment of a new series for Corporate Secretary, Jeff Cossette reports on academic research providing insights for governance professionals 1) The price of sexual harassment How much does workplace sexual harassment damage company value? Evidence from a new study suggests it’s more than you might think – a lot more. Until now, researchers have approached the question by measuring the short-term stock market reactions around public revelations of sexual harassment scandals. This line of research documents an immediate shareholder value loss of 0.6 percent to 1.5 percent of market cap. But the short-run market reaction may vastly…

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…