The Voice of Corporate Governance
The Council of Institutional Investors
CII’s podcast is one of many platforms CII offers members to access timely information and perspectives and to increase public attention to critical issues and developments in corporate governance and capital markets. The target audience for our podcast is CII Members, other institutional investors, public companies, securities lawyers, proxy advisory firms and other institutional investor service providers.The podcast is free to the public and available on all major podcast listening platforms, and is not sponsored or paid for by advertisements.
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Nov 14, 2019 • 16min
The Ethical Shareholder Initiative with Tamara Belinfanti and Arthur Kohn
In this episode, CII Executive Director Ken Bertsch interviews Tamara Belinfanti, professor of business and financial law at New York Law School, and Arthur Kohn, partner at Cleary Gottleib, on the Ethical Shareholder Initiative (ESI). ESI's mission is to educate and empower shareholders to work together to help corporations protect long-term interests in sustainable profits earned while respecting people, the planet, and our political system.
Nov 7, 2019 • 17min
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for Oct. 1 - Nov. 1
In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney discusses some of CII's advocacy efforts and regulatory/legislative activities for the period of October 1 though November 1 relevant to the Administration’s efforts to reform the U.S. financial regulatory system.
Oct 16, 2019 • 12min
Sustainability Reporting Frameworks with Rhonda Brauer
In this episode, CII Director of Research Glenn Davis interviews Rhonda Brauer, the principle author of Council of Institutional Investors’ Research and Education Fund's newest publication: Sustainability Reporting Frameworks: A Guide for CIOs.
Oct 10, 2019 • 17min
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for Sept. 1 - Oct. 1
In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney discusses some of CII's advocacy efforts and regulatory/legislative activities for the period of September 1 through October 1 relevant to the Administration’s efforts to reform the U.S. financial regulatory system.
Oct 1, 2019 • 25min
Enforcement of Federal Securities Laws with Professor Urska Velikonja
In this episode, CII legal intern Joe Caputo interviews Georgetown Law Professor Urska Velikonja on legislation and enforcement of federal securities law and how it applies to investors.
Sep 9, 2019 • 19min
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for July 30 - August 30
In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney discusses some of CII's advocacy efforts and regulatory/legislative activities for the period of July 30 through August 30 relevant to the Administration’s efforts to reform the U.S. financial regulatory system.
Aug 13, 2019 • 8min
Materiality and Financial Reporting Reliability with Professor Preeti Choudhary
In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Preeti Choudhary, Associate Professor of Accounting at Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona, on her research paper "Auditors’ Quantitative Materiality Judgments: Properties and Implications for Financial Reporting Reliability." The research analyzes data made available through the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and concludes that there is a linkage between higher materiality thresholds used by external auditors and lower financial statement reliability.
Aug 6, 2019 • 18min
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for July 1-30
In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney discusses some of CII's advocacy efforts and regulatory/legislative activities for the period of July 1-30 relevant to the Administration’s efforts to reform the U.S. financial regulatory system.
Jul 23, 2019 • 15min
SSGA's R-Factor and Sustainability Reporting with Rakhi Kumar
In this episode, CII Deputy Director Amy Borrus interviews Rakhi Kumar, senior managing director and head of ESG investments at State Street Global Advisors, on R-Factor, a new trademarked ESG scoring system that State Street has developed to inform its proxy voting and engagements with portfolio companies.
Jul 1, 2019 • 16min
CII's Monthly Financial Regulation & Corporate Governance Update with Jeff Mahoney for June 1-28
In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney discusses some of CII's advocacy efforts and regulatory/legislative activities for the period of June 1-28 relevant to the Administration’s efforts to reform the U.S. financial regulatory system.
