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Corporate governance review 2012

Grant Thornton’s recently published 11th Annual Corporate Governance Review reviews current corporate governance practice in the UK, looks at how far companies have come and how far they still have to go.

The CFO and beyond

Unprecedented demand for the unique skill-set of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) outside the finance role makes them arguably the individual with the most career options in the corporate hierarchy according to a global study recently published by Ernst & Young.

The value of good governance

Eighty-two per cent of professionals believe getting good governance practices in place will lead to long-term reduced costs, according to a new governance survey.

EC corporate governance proposals

Bursa Malaysia Listing Requirements amendments 

SEBI seeks to boost corporate governance

Canadian Excellence in Governance awards

Family and the board

Penny Webb and Philip Whiteley look at some of the issues peculiar to the boards of family owned companies.

The natural laws of governance

Dr Shann Turnbull suggests that companies should emulate nature with a bottom-up, networked governance model that benefits stakeholders, management and boards alike.