Portfolio Strategies Proxy Voting for Individual
Investors Good corporate governance can improve returns and lower volatility.
Not exact matches
But formalized
corporate governance is designed to be executed by boards,
investors, and government on behalf of the public
good, and the active efforts of all three are required.
Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said earlier on Tuesday that the accounting irregularities at Toshiba were «very regrettable», coming at a time when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is trying to regain global
investors» confidence with
better corporate governance guidelines.
We have made major investments in our
corporate governance and compliance capabilities and, in 2006, were proud to be named Canada's
best company for
corporate governance by
Investor Relations Magazine, and fourth
best by the Globe and Mail.
Poor
corporate governance (US
investors don't know how
good they have it, or on the negative side, SOX chases foreign firms away from US listings.)
[And maybe the
best Ben Graham - type market in the world, if you can't resist that sort of thing...] Of course,
investor sentiment's improved accordingly — concern about the fate of the yen & Japan's debt burden has abated for now, and Shinzo Abe has generated new expectations of meaningful change and progress in terms of
corporate regulation, shareholder value &
governance, and
investor activism.
The
Investor believes that it would serve the
best interests of the Company and its stockholders for the Nominating /
Corporate Governance Committee of the Company (the «Committee») to nominate the following two candidates (each a «Candidate» and together the «Candidates») to the Board of Directors of the Company (the «Board») at the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company (the «2009 Annual Meeting»):