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Author Archives: Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation
Testimony by PCAOB Chairman William D. Duhnke before the House Committee on Financial Services
Chairman Sherman, Ranking Member Huizenga, and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the important work of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). I joined our five-member board in early 2018, along with four other new board members. Not since the PCAOB was first […]
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Posted in Accounting & Disclosure, Practitioner Publications, Securities Litigation & Enforcement, Securities Regulation
Tagged Accountability, Accounting, Accounting standards, Audits, Disclosure, Financial reporting, Financial technology, Oversight, PCAOB, Sarbanes–Oxley Act, Securities enforcement, Securities regulation
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Weekly Roundup: January 10-16, 2020
Debt-Equity Conflict and the Incidence of Secured Credit Posted by Barry E. Adler (New York University) and Vedran Capkun (HEC Paris), on Friday, January 10, 2020 Tags: Bankruptcy, Debt, Debtor-creditor law, Distressed companies CalSTRS Green Initiative Task Force Annual Report Posted by Kirsty Jenkinson, California State Teachers’ Retirement System, on Friday, January 10, 2020 Tags: Boards of Directors, CalSTRS, Climate change, Environmental disclosure, ESG, Institutional Investors, Pension funds, Proxy […]
Click here to read the complete postEmbracing the New Paradigm
For the past decade, the debate about the purpose of the corporation and the role of companies and investors in the capital markets has been growing in intensity. What is their role in solving—or contributing to—the problems of short-termism, burgeoning income inequality, environmental degradation and other challenges, and how do governance principles play a role […]
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Posted in Accounting & Disclosure, Boards of Directors, ESG, Institutional Investors, Practitioner Publications
Tagged Accountability, Boards of Directors, Engagement, Fiduciary duties, Fund managers, Hedge funds, Institutional Investors, Investor horizons, Long-Term value, Management, New Paradigm, Shareholder activism, Short-termism, Stewardship, Sustainability
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Opening Remarks by Chairman Clayton at the Inaugural Meeting of the Asset Management Advisory Committee
I am delighted to welcome you in this new year to the inaugural meeting of the Commission’s newest advisory committee—the Asset Management Advisory Committee, or the “AMAC.” I apologize that I am not there to speak to you in person. I am in Europe for meetings with my international counterparts on matters that relate directly […]
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Posted in Practitioner Publications, Regulators Materials, Securities Regulation, Speeches & Testimony
Tagged Asset management, Capital markets, Diversity, Institutional Investors, Investor protection, Retail investors, SEC, Securities regulation
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Corporate Law for Good People
Our paper offers a novel analysis of the field of corporate governance by viewing it through the lens of behavioral ethics. It calls for both shifting the focus of corporate governance to a new set of loci of potential corporate wrongdoing and adding new tools to the corporate governance arsenal. In the legal domain, corporate […]
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Posted in Academic Research, Comparative Corporate Governance & Regulation
Tagged Agency model, Behavioral finance, Compliance & ethics, Conflicts of interest, Corporate culture, Misconduct
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ESG Matters
Summary High/favorable ISS ESG Corporate Rating performance is Generally Positively Related to Valuation and Profitability and Negatively Correlated with Volatility High/favorable ISS ESG Corporate Rating firms are Good Allocators of Capital High/favorable ISS ESG Corporate Rating Performance / High-EVA Margin Stocks tend to Outperform High/favorable ISS ESG Corporate Rating Firms Tend to be Less Cyclical […]
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Posted in Accounting & Disclosure, ESG, Institutional Investors, Practitioner Publications
Tagged Capital allocation, Climate change, ESG, Firm performance, Institutional Investors, Profitability, Risk, Risk management, Sustainability
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Startup Governance
In the past year, we have seen many “unicorns”—startups described as having private valuations over one billion dollars—hit the ten-year mark and reach important inflection points. They have defied existing corporate theory by growing to a large size with ownership shared between founders, investors, and employees. Record-breaking amounts of capital have flowed into these and […]
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Posted in Academic Research, Boards of Directors, Comparative Corporate Governance & Regulation, Private Equity
Tagged Agency costs, Agency model, Boards of Directors, IPOs, Private equity, Private firms, Public firms, Tech companies, Venture capital firms
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Eight Priorities for Boards in 2020
Boards will continue to be tested in 2020 as their work demands more diverse competencies, innovative thinking, complex problem-solving and stronger governance. Boards will need to allocate additional time to understand and address factors that contribute to sustainable long-term value creation while meeting urgent challenges stemming from economic, geopolitical, technology and social developments. To support […]
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Posted in Accounting & Disclosure, Boards of Directors, ESG, Practitioner Publications
Tagged Board communication, Board performance, Boards of Directors, Cybersecurity, Engagement, ESG, Human capital, Long-Term value, Risk management, Risk oversight
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