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The Council of Institutional Investors
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Dec 20, 2022 • 6min

CPAs and Big 4 Office Audit Quality with Albert Nagy

In this episode, CII General Counsel interviews Albert L. Nagy, Professor of Accountancy at John Carroll University. Professor Nagy is one of the co-authors of a recent research paper entitled “CPAs and Big 4 Office Audit Quality.”
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Dec 19, 2022 • 23min

The Further Erosion of Investor Protection with Andrew Tuch

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Andrew F. Tuch, Professor of Law, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. Professor Tuch is a co-author of a recent research article entitled "The Further Erosion of Investor Protection: Expanded Exemptions, SPAC Mergers and Direct Listings."
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Dec 7, 2022 • 30min

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update

This episode has CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney covering the top 10 important events affecting institutional investors from October 31 - December 2.
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Nov 30, 2022 • 18min

Audit Committee: The Kitchen Sink of the Board with Lauren Cunningham and Sarah Stein

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Lauren Cunningham, the Keith Stanga Professor of Accounting at the University of Tennessee Knoxville and Director of Research for the C. Warren Neel Corporate Governance Center, and Sarah Stein, associate professor and the Deloitte Foundation Faculty Fellow in the department of Accounting and Information Systems at Virginia Tech. Professors Cunningham and Stein are two of the co-authors of a new report, developed with the Center for Audit Quality, entitled  "Audit Committee: The Kitchen Sink of the Board."
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Nov 17, 2022 • 10min

Are Audit Committees Overloaded? with Preeti Choudhary

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Preeti Choudhary of the University of Arizona Eller College of Management. Professor Choudhary is a co-author of a recent paper titled "Audit Committee Oversight and Financial Reporting Reliability: Are Audit Committees Overloaded?"
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Nov 10, 2022 • 30min

Human Capital and the Accounting Profession with Wes Bricker and Danna Spenceley

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews PwC's Vice Chair and US Trust Solutions Co-Leader Wes Bricker and Managing Director and People Leader Danna Spenceley. They discuss human capital and the accounting profession, including strategies for hiring and retention, the decline of college enrollment with regard to meeting assurance business needs, and public company disclosures regarding human capital management. 
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Nov 3, 2022 • 21min

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update

This episode has CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney covering the top 10 important events affecting institutional investors from October 3-31.
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Oct 25, 2022 • 18min

The Real Effects of Adopting Voluntary ESG Disclosure Standards with Khrystyna Bochkay and Jeffrey Hales

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Khrystyna Bochkay, Associate Professor of accounting at Miami Herbert Business School at the University of Miami and Jeffrey Hales, professor of accounting at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin . Professors Bochkay (an academic fellow at the International Sustainability Standards Board) and Hales (a recently-appointed member of the International Sustainability Standards Board) are two of the co-authors of a recent research paper titled ‘Mere Puffery’ or Credible Disclosure? The Real Effects of Adopting Voluntary ESG Disclosure Standards.
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Oct 13, 2022 • 7min

Does ESG Negative Screening Work? With Shiva Rajgopal

In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Shiva Rajgopal, the Roy Bernard Kester and T.W. Byrnes Professor at Columbia Business School at Columbia University. Professor Rajgopal is one of the co-authors of a recent research paper entitled “Does ESG Negative Screening Work?”
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Oct 5, 2022 • 26min

CII’s Monthly Governance and Capital Market Regulation Update

This episode has CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney covering the top 10 important events affecting institutional investors from August 30 to October 3.

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