The Voice of Corporate Governance

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Carrie Green of the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System and professor Greg Nagel discuss their research in support of filling the CEO role through internal promotion and developing that person’s preparedness, in part, through board service prior to being named CEO.

Short Hills Capital Partners Managing Partner Stephen Weiss discusses his new paper, A Governance Solution to Prevent the Destruction of Shareholder Value in M&A Transactions. The publication argues that shareholders should have an independent monitor working for them in cases of a change in corporate control or key initiatives such as major acquisitions. 

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney discusses some of CII's advocacy efforts and regulatory/legislative activities for the period of April 26 - May 31 relevant to the Administration’s efforts to reform the U.S. financial regulatory system.

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Professors Salman Arif and Joseph Schroeder of the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, and Professor Daniel Taylor of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Professors Arif, Schroeder, and Taylor (and Professor John Kepler of the Wharton School) are the co-authors of a new research paper entitled Audit Process, Private Information, and Insider Trading. The paper examines whether corporate insiders trade based on private information about audited findings. Mr. Mahoney asks the Professors about the potential implications of their research on long-term investors, draft federal legislation on insider trading, and public company auditing standards.