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From investors in passive, index-tracking funds to active and activist investors, this presentation covers the different types of company shareholder. It also examines the concept of stewardship—the directors’ duty to protect and enhance the assets they are entrusted with.
Global society is facing significant and growing social, environmental, and economic development challenges. As governments and non-governmental organizations lack sufficient resources and capabilities to independently meet these challenges in full, businesses can create sustainable and scalable solutions if allowed. This presentation examines an organization’s responsibilities to various stakeholders, covers policies to improve workplace diversity and discusses the various aspects of a corporation’s role in society.
Governance determines productivity and a country’s wealth. This presentation shows (i) how firms in Asia are affected by its governance practices; (ii) evidence of how ownership structure has adjusted in different parts of the world; and (iii) the various dimensions of governance and how different countries have configured the governance system.
While female directors may not (always) be superheroes, there is little doubt that they influence firm and societal outcomes. Characterizing this influence requires a better understanding of what women bring to the boardroom table and how diversity affects firm outcomes. There is still a long way to go towards breaking the boardroom glass ceiling and more research is needed for understanding the benefits of board diversity. Find out whether female directors can help save economies and the firms on whose boards they sit.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), together with International Finance Corporation, Financial Times and London School of Economics, organized a conference on corporate governance challenges and opportunities in Asia. Over 100 regulators, judges, executives, lawyers and ADB staff discussed issues relating to corporate governance principles and best practices in private- and state-owned enterprises.
Learn about International Finance Corporation (IFC)’s approach to corporate governance in its investment process. This presentation briefly describes the methodology used, practical examples and lessons learned from IFC’s numerous client engagements in Asia.
Private enterprise helps drive economic growth and development in countries. There is broad recognition that good corporate governance standards better enable such growth and help meet wider development goals. As equity capital is seen as a key financing source for expansion of high-growth companies that are critical to driving economies, good corporate governance is particularly relevant to equity investors who take ownership stakes in projects or enterprises.
With increasing recognition that corporate governance should be principles-based and not rules-based, countries particularly in the ASEAN region, including the Philippines, have adopted the “comply or explain” approach in drafting their corporate governance codes. This approach recognizes that there is no “one size fits all” in corporate governance.
The Pacific is one of the few places without a legal framework to resolve cross-border commercial disputes through international arbitration. This stifles the growth of its economies, as a credible dispute resolution and enforcement regime is fundamental to their ability to attract foreign direct investment and trade with countries in other parts of the world.
The Circular enhanced and introduced amendments to the guidelines on information security management in the Manual of Regulation for Banks and Manual for Regulation for Non-Bank Financial Institutions, in line with the rapidly evolving digital technology and to likewise address concerns of cyber threats.