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Carlyle's proposed IPO disaster
Fortune - We've seen companies like News Corp (NWS), Blackstone (BX), and LinkedIn (LNKD) chip away at shareholder rights by limiting the voting rights of shareholders. Now Carlyle is adding insult to injury....
Feb 2, 2012
Ram Investment Advisors' Absolute Return Governance Fund(TM) Seed Managed Account Launches on the AlphaMetrix Global Marketplace
Business Press -- Transparency and a sound understanding of risk are hallmarks of well-governed companies, and we are pleased that AlphaMetrix can independently provide that to prospective investors on our behalf...
Jan 17, 2012
Investors embrace activist role
Financial Times - US companies face being drawn into a bitter election year contest, as shareholder activism takes on a more overtly political tone and executives come under heightened scrutiny over pay and their accountability to investors.
Jan 11, 2012
Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior 2012
Trust Across America - Many of these people are well known and have received numerous honors and accolades, while others are quietly working behind the scenes. It is our intention to shine the spotlight on both groups, hoping that the world focus will begin to shift from the “scandal of the day” to the trustworthy leaders and organizations of the day.
Jan 10, 2012
Investors unite to boost their power in the boardroom
Financial News - Some of the UK’s largest investors are banding together to discuss how to make more impact when engaging with companies over governance issues...veteran governance campaigner Robert Monks is among those in talks.
Jan 9, 2012
Editor’s choice: 35 of the greats
Directors & Boards 35th Anniversary Edition - Spotlight on a small sample of the enduring authors, articles, and gems of governance wisdom published during our 35 years. Robert AG Monks: Separating Top Jobs is a Must.
Dec 19, 2011
Corporate Diversity Initiatives: Risk and Reward for Investors
Forbes.com - Earlier today I read an interesting blog (3D blog post 12/1/11) by corporate governance expert Bob Monks which argued that at the board level, more important than diversity itself, is the promotion of a boardroom culture of curiosity and question asking.
Dec 2, 2011
Capitalism Without Owners Has Failed: Where Is True Growth Going to Come From?
EconoMonitor -- Four years into the most serious structural crisis of modern history and it is apparent that there are a number of flaws in both the current national and global economic system that need to be addressed if a number of countries are to resume stable and meaningful economic growth.
Nov 7, 2011
Robert Monks: Acionista Ativista Em Governaca
An exclusive "cover-interview" with Bob Monks, by Bill Mahoney, on October, 2011 issue of Revista RI, a major Brazilian financial and investor relations magazine.
Oct 20, 2011
Murdoch's Accountability Moment
The Nation -- Katrina Van Den Heuvel writes that at the heart of the NewsCorp scandal is, "corrupt corporate governance." Bob Monks mentioned.
Oct 19, 2011
To avoid a sting, Democrats need to heed OWS
Letter to the Editor response to Bob Monks' "Occupy Wall Street Protests and the Decline of the West," in the Washinton Post.
Oct 18, 2011
ISS on active ownership
Absent active ownership has been harmful to the investment industry, according to Robert Monks, founder of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and former administrator of the US Office of Pension and Welfare Benefit Programs.
Oct 12, 2011