Boardroom Trends among transfer agents Mar 31, 2005 By Elizabeth Judd 6 min read Finding a transfer agent whose representatives could recognize – and spell – Kalaniana’ole Highway and other vowel-laden Hawaiian... Read More
Boardroom Directors look for individual cover Mar 31, 2005 By Amanda Friedlander 8 min read Let’s say you are an outside director of a large company and you keep a close watch on corporate reporting, accounting standards... Read More
Boardroom Majority rules Mar 31, 2005 By Brendan Sheehan 3 min read Director elections are under the microscope this proxy season with a small but influential group of companies testing the majority... Read More
Boardroom Gray power Mar 31, 2005 By Elizabeth Judd 7 min read Aged 90, Appel is younger than former US President Gerald Ford, but he is due to retire from Citigroup in April. In fact, a recent... Read More
Boardroom A Fair deal Mar 31, 2005 By Daniel Murray 3 min read Corporate executives wonder whether their company will be the next defendant submerged in asbestos litigation and what their... Read More
Boardroom How diverse is your board? Mar 31, 2005 By Vlada Tkach 6 min read Around half the US workforce is female, and their wages are rising. Yet the number of women serving on the boards of US companies... Read More
Boardroom Do the right thing Feb 28, 2005 By Mary Beth Kissane 3 min read Q.) What steps can my directors take to protect themselves? A.) According to E Norman Veasey, former chief justice of Delaware and... Read More
Boardroom The trillion-dollar pig Feb 28, 2005 By Donald Nordberg 3 min read They now control $1 tn in assets in the US alone, and they have more than doubled in size in the past two years. Moreover, these... Read More
Boardroom Mailing madness Feb 28, 2005 By Adrian Holliday 6 min read In the proxy mailing process few things are as important as accuracy. ‘More than 17 percent of the population moves every year... Read More
Boardroom Rewriting the minutes Feb 28, 2005 By Elizabeth Judd 7 min read ‘Because there’s a buzz about how important minutes are, people who draft minutes are paying more attention,’ says Robert Lamm... Read More