Download or read book How Boards Work written by Dambisa Moyo and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestselling author and veteran board member offers an insider's view of corporate boards, their struggles, and why they must adapt to survive. Corporate boards are under great pressure. Scandals and malpractice at companies like Theranos, WeWork, Uber, and Wells Fargo have raised justified questions among regulators, shareholders, and the public about the quality of corporate governance. In How Boards Work, prizewinning economist and veteran board director Dambisa Moyo offers an insider's view of corporate boards as they are buffeted by the turbulence of our times. Moyo argues that corporations need boards that are more transparent, more knowledgeable, more diverse, and more deeply involved in setting the strategic course of the companies they lead. How Boards Work offers a road map for how boards can steer companies through tomorrow's challenges and ensure they thrive to benefit their employees, shareholders, and society at large.
Download or read book Financial Supervision in the 21st Century written by A. Joanne Kellermann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The financial crisis prompted financial supervisors to take a critical look at their own performance. The "toolkit" available to supervisors is considerably more varied than it was a few years ago. Supervision has become more forward-looking, taking into account also soft controls, such as ‘conduct and culture’, corporate governance, and business models of financial institutions. This collection of essays discusses several significant changes in supervision methods and supervisory organisations and examines what methods contribute to ‘good supervision’ and what can reasonably be expected of supervisors. The authors are experts in the field and most of them are affiliated to organisations responsible for financial supervision.
Download or read book OECD Pensions Outlook 2022 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2022-12-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2022 edition focuses on describing best practices for developing mortality tables and providing policy guidance on how to design, implement and continue the operation of non-guaranteed lifetime retirement income arrangements.
Download or read book European Regulation of Pension Plans written by Frank M. Kleiler and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gender Diversity in the Boardroom written by Cathrine Seierstad and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-09-13 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection provides a structured and in-depth analysis of the current use of quota strategies for resolving the pressing issue of gender inequality, and the lack of female representation on corporate boards. Filling the gap in existing literature on this topic, the two volumes of Gender Diversity in the Boardroom offers systematic overviews of current debates surrounding the optimisation of gender diversity, and the suggested pathways for progress. Focusing on sixteen European countries, the skilled contributors explore the current situation in relation to women on boards debates and approaches taken. They include detailed reflections from critical stakeholders, such as politicians, practitioners and policy-makers. Volume 1 focuses on eight European countries having adopted quotas and is a promising and highly valuable resource for academics, practitioners, policy makers and anyone interested in gender diversity because it examines and critiques the current corporate governance system and national strategies for increasing the share of women not only on boards, but within companies beyond the boardroom.
Download or read book Corporate Governance Regimes written by Joseph McCahery and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides an up-to-the-minute survey of the field of corporate governance, focusing particularly on issues of convergence and diversity. A number of topics are discussed including bankruptcy procedures, initial public offerings, the role of large stakes, comparative corporate governance, and institutional investors.
Download or read book Achieving Investment Excellence written by Kees Koedijk and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-04-08 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crucial methods, tactics and tools for successful pension fund management Achieving Investment Excellence offers trustees and asset managers a comprehensive handbook for improving the quality of their investments. With a stated goal of substantially and sustainably improving annual returns, this book clarifies and demystifies important concepts surrounding trustee duties and responsibilities, investment strategies, analysis, evaluation and much more. Low interest rates are making the high cost of future pension payouts fraught with tension, even as the time and knowledge required to manage these funds appropriately increases — it is no wonder that pensions are increasingly seen as a financial liability. Now more than ever, it is critical that trustees understand exactly what contributes to investment success — and what detracts from it. This book details the roles, the tools and the strategies that make pension funds pay off. Understand the role of pension funds and the fiduciary duty of trustees Learn the tools and kills you need to build profound and lasting investment excellence Analyse, diagnose and improve investment quality of funds using concrete tools and instruments Study illustrative examples that demonstrate critical implementation and execution advice Packed with expert insight, crucial tools and real-life examples, this book is an important resource for those tasked with governing these. Achieving Investment Excellence provides the expert insight, clear guidance and key wisdom you need to manage these funds successfully.
Download or read book Sociological Abstracts written by Leo P. Chall and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 1588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An International Comparison of Corporate Governance Models written by Gregory Francesco Maassen and published by Gregory Maassen. This book was released on 1999 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Effective Directors written by Charlotte Valeur and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-10-10 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. Being a good board member is not about knowing everything; it is about asking the right questions and challenging appropriately. Effective Directors: The Right Questions To Ask (QTA) is a reference book for board members and executives globally to support them in their work. With chapters written by senior company board members and respected figures in corporate governance, the questions have been drawn together to offer food for thought and useful prompts that take boards beyond operational discussions. The book clearly presents key areas to be considered by the board (there are over 50 in total) and range from board composition, to data security, diversity and inclusion, and succession planning. The questions are ones that boards, in any organisation, should be asking themselves, their fellow board members, service providers, executives, and other stakeholders to ensure that the right issues are raised, transparency and effective oversight are achieved, and the board is fulfilling its role in governing the organisation. In addition to being invaluable for board members, the book is also a very useful tool for executives in understanding the kind of questions their board members are likely to ask, and the kind of questions that should be asked and discussed in the boardroom.
Download or read book Governance and Investment of Public Pension Assets written by Sudhir Rajkumar and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2011 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: And key messages -- Key principles of governance and investment management -- Governance of public pension assets -- Governance structures and accountabilities -- Qualification, selection, and operation of governing bodies -- Operational policies and procedures -- Managing fiscal pressures in defined-benefit schemes -- Policy responses to turbulent financial markets -- Investment of public pension assets -- Defining the investment policy framework for public pension funds -- Managing risk for different cohorts in defined-contribution schemes -- An asset-liability approach to strategic asset allocation for pension funds -- In-house investment versus outsourcing to external investment managers -- International investments and managing the resulting currency risk -- Alternative asset classes and new investment themes.
Download or read book Going Global written by Lawrence W. Tuller and published by Irwin Professional Publishing. This book was released on 1991 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English summary: This book is both a study about the Socratic-Platonic conception of a good life, and an analytical study on self-knowledge, self-determination, and moral motivation. In the first part of his book, the author provides a detailed analysis of arguments from The Apology, Protagoras, Laches, Meno, Gorgias, Charmides, Republic, and Phaedo. For Socrates, the life we ought to live is the good life (or happiness, eudaimonia); the life we want to live - once we know what it means to live - is a good life. The good life requires the knowledge of human well-being, which is to be acquired by way of questioning ourselves and examining our and others' beliefs. An agent who possesses this knowledge pursues three general, supreme goals: she wants to know the particular action, which is all-things-considered in a present situation the best means to her happiness; she wants to act on her knowledge; and she does not want to harm other people. Hardy defends a non-reductive reading of Socratic intellectualism: The knowledge about human well-being is a comprehensiveuboth theoretical, and practical, knowledge, which encompasses all the relevant mental capacities and abilities of a person. In the second part of the book, the author presents a theory of self-knowledge, self-determination, and moral motivation on the basis of his interpretation of the Socratic conception of virtue. German text. German description: Wie ware es, ein nachdenkliches und gedanklich selbst-bestimmtes Leben zu fuhren - ein Leben, das von einem moglichst genauen und moglichst tauschungsresistenten Wissen uber die eigene Person bestimmt ist? Diese Frage wird in dieser Studie im Blick auf die Platonische Philosophie sowie im Blick auf zeitgenossische, systematische Fragen erortert. Wenn wir ein gelingendes Leben fuhren wollen, sollten wir Sokrates zufolge drei allgemeine, vorrangige, modale Ziele verfolgen: das Verfugen uber Wissen bzw. gerechtfertigte Meinungen, das von Wissen bestimmte Wollen und das moralische Wollen. Um diese Ziele erreichen zu konnen, brauchen wir ein komplexes handlungsleitendes Wissen uber das gelingende Leben. Der Autor nennt es das eudamonistische Wissen. In dem ersten Hauptteil der Studie wird das eudamonistische Wissen erlautert. Interpretiert werden Argumente aus Apologie, Protagoras, Laches, Menon, Gorgias, Charmides, Politeia und Phaidon. Zwei wesentliche Elemente eines gelingenden Lebens sind Selbsterkenntnis und gedankliche Selbstbestimmung. In dem zweiten Hauptteil der Studie wird der Versuch einer systematischen Interpretation der sokratischen Konzeption unternommen: Wie haben wir uns den menschlichen Geist vorzustellen, um den Zusammenhang zwischen Selbst-erkenntnis und gedanklicher Selbstbestimmung zu verstehen? Welchen Beitrag leisten Selbsterkenntnis und Selbstbestimmung zur moralischen Einstellung?
Download or read book The Myth of Private Equity written by Jeffrey C. Hooke and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once an obscure niche of the investment world, private equity has grown into a juggernaut, with consequences for a wide range of industries as well as the financial markets. Private equity funds control companies that represent trillions of dollars in assets, millions of employees, and the well-being of thousands of institutional investors and their beneficiaries. Even as the ruthlessness of some funds has made private equity a poster child for the harms of unfettered capitalism, many aspects of the industry remain opaque, hidden from the normal bounds of accountability. The Myth of Private Equity is a hard-hitting and meticulous exposé from an insider’s viewpoint. Jeffrey C. Hooke—a former private equity executive and investment banker with deep knowledge of the industry—examines the negative effects of private equity and the ways in which it has avoided scrutiny. He unravels the exaggerations that the industry has spun to its customers and the business media, scrutinizing its claims of lucrative investment returns and financial wizardry and showing the stark realities that are concealed by the funds’ self-mythologizing and penchant for secrecy. Hooke details the flaws in private equity’s investment strategies, critically examines its day-to-day operations, and reveals the broad spectrum of its enablers. A bracing and essential read for both the financial profession and the broader public, this book pulls back the curtain on one of the most controversial areas of finance.
Download or read book Decline of the Corporate Community written by Eelke M. Heemskerk and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditionally, much of big business in the industrialized Western world has been organized around particular corporate societies—notoriously referred to as “old boy” networks. With the recent drift toward a more liberal market economy, however, these networks have been showing signs of decline—in some cases, all but disappearing. Eelke M. Heemskerk combines formal network analysis and interviews with key members of the corporate elite in order to examine how this decline has affected Dutch capitalism. Even in a liberal market economy, however, corporate directors need social networks to communicate and coordinate their strategic decisions, and Decline of the Corporate Community considers the shift of the corporate elite to the new private and informal circles where networking takes place.
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Diversity in Organizations written by Regine Bendl and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description of the foundations of organizing and managing diversities, and multidisciplinary, intersectional and critical analyses on key issues.
