Contents

Pass the parcel leadership

Sovereign wealth funds

A new report published by RiskMetrics looks at the emerging governance issues associated with SWFs; their rise and growing influence; implications of their investment objectives and strategies; and the call for greater transparency.

CSR moves up the agenda in Canadian boards

Shareholder rights to raise audit concerns

Guidance for directors on going concern

Corporate reporting – two extremes

Brazilian Exchange launches new segment

China gets tough on corporate governance

Beyond pay for performance

David Shammai discusses new research into a new way of looking at top management remuneration and how it should be designed.

Directors’ conflicts of interest

Danielle Harris looks at what companies need to be doing to prepare for the new rules on directors’ conflicts of interest coming into force in October 2008.

An imported model of governance

Francesco Portolano looks at a number of Italian companies that have chosen to use the German management model rather than their domestic model.