

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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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.

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?”

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.

Sep 8, 2022 • 17min
Investors and SCOTUS: West Virginia v. EPA and a Preview of the 2022-2023 Term with Robert K. Kry
In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Robert K. Kry, a Founding Partner of the law firm of MoloLamken LLP. Listeners will hear an expert legal analysis of the investor implications of the United States Supreme Court’s recent decision in West Virginia v. the Environmental Protection Agency, followed by an investor-oriented preview of the Court’s 2022-2023 term.

Sep 1, 2022 • 18min
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 1-30.

Aug 24, 2022 • 19min
Audit Quality with Bob Conway
In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Bob Conway, the Author of "The Truth About Public Accounting - Understanding and Managing the Risks the Auditors Bring to the Audit."

Aug 18, 2022 • 16min
Trust in U.S. Business Survey with Wes Bricker
In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Wes Bricker, Vice Chair - US Trust Solutions Co-Leader at PwC on PwC's recently released 2022 Consumer Intelligence Series Survey on Trust.

Aug 4, 2022 • 24min
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 June 29 to August 1.

Jul 21, 2022 • 11min
The INDEX Act with Professor Caleb Griffin
In this episode, CII General Counsel Jeff Mahoney interviews Caleb N. Griffin, Assistant Professor of Law, at the University of Arkansas School of Law. Last month Professor Griffin testified before the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs at a hearing entitled "Considering the Index Fund Voting Process."

Jun 30, 2022 • 38min
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 May 31 to June 29.