BoardroomBoards looking beyond traditional experience for new director appointments Jul 29, 2021Maria Ward-BrennanThe number of newly appointed directors with traditional backgrounds has fallen from 59.4 percent in 2019 to 56 percent in 2021,...Read more
BoardroomSEC’s Lee looks to boards’ role in ESG Jul 01, 2021Ben MaidenBoards are central to companies addressing ESG issues and should look to enhanced diversity and expertise to fulfill this role in a...Read more
ESGNasdaq reviews feedback and proposes changes to board diversity plan Mar 04, 2021Ben MaidenNasdaq has responded to the many comments on its board diversity proposal, including making some tweaks to the plan. Nasdaq in...Read more
ComplianceGOP senators criticize Nasdaq’s board diversity plan Feb 24, 2021Ben MaidenThe Republican members of the Senate Banking Committee have urged the SEC to shut down Nasdaq’s proposal for promoting diversity on...Read more
Boardroom‘Overboarding’ focus as firms seek to boost diversity Oct 28, 2020Garnet RoachCorporate boards are committed to increasing diversity: that’s the message from a new study showing that 81 percent of companies...Read more
BoardroomCalifornia law set to boost board diversity Sep 29, 2020Alexa Belonick, Will Carter, Jackie Liu and Alfredo SilvaCalifornia’s Assembly Bill (AB) 979 is set to make waves both within the state and across the country as a groundbreaking new law that...Read more
ESGCoalition offers blueprint for boosting board diversity Aug 19, 2020Ben MaidenSeveral groups have come together to urge US companies to increase diversity on their boards and present a framework for how such...Read more
ESGCovid-19 not derailing board diversity for RBC GAM Apr 22, 2020Ben MaidenRBC Global Asset Management (RBC GAM) will continue to press companies on board diversity amid the Covid-19 pandemic. RBC GAM this...Read more
BoardroomHow board diversity is shifting in Canada Mar 23, 2020Lisa Culbert and Ramandeep GrewalBoard composition continues to be a primary area of focus, particularly as it relates to diversity and gender, in addition to tenure,...Read more
ESGNYSE targets change in board diversity with elite networking program Jan 09, 2020Ben AshwellWhen Betty Liu joined the NYSE in July 2018, she hit the road. In her newly created role as executive vice chairman of the exchange...Read more