Category: Corporate Governance
02/17/13
Kimbro, Marinilka Barros and Xu, Danielle, Should Shareholders Have a Say on Executive Compensation? Evidence from Say-on-Pay in the United States (February 2013). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2209936 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2209… more »
11/10/12
07:03:37 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com 
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Categories: Corporate Governance, Central Banks/Government, Academic, Banks/Investment Banks
Dear Mervyn
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Best Wishes, George
Letter from the Chancellor to the Governor, Nov. 9, 2012
Keywords: Central Banking, Central Bank Independence more »
10/30/12
07:49:12 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 878 words
Categories: Corporate Governance, Investment, Banks/Investment Banks, Industrial Firms, Regulation
Today, UBS announced a massive downsizing of its investment bank. Other banks are in the same process of will follow. This is a logical consequence after various of the investment banks had reached a "bubble stage" prior to the financial crisis. Excesses… more »
08/25/12
08:58:09 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 140 words
Categories: Corporate Governance, Investment, Regulation
Regulators of non systemic financial sectors should look at this:
Allen, Franklin, Trends in Financial Innovation and Their Welfare Impact: An Overview (September 2012). European Financial Management, Vol. 18, Issue 4, pp. 493-514, 2012. Available at… more »
05/01/12
Following is an analysis of a broad data set. Examples of excesses (statistical outliers) are another story.Gao, Huasheng, Lemmon, Michael and Li, Kai, Are CEOs in U.S. Public Firms Overpaid? New Evidence from Private Firms (April 29, 2012). Availabl… more »
04/10/12
06:32:46 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 253 words
Categories: Corporate Governance, Investment
FT: Hedge fund gains are other funds’ losses, by John Chapman, April 8, 2012High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copy… more »
11/25/11
Rapp, Marc Steffen and Trinchera, Oliver, Regulation and the Anatomy of Ownership Structures in European Listed Firms (November 22, 2011). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1963336
Keywords: Corporate Governance, Ownership Structure, Firm Pe… more »
10/31/11
05:49:21 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 66 words
Categories: Corporate Governance, Leadership and Communication
Which is the "right" CEO model? The humble team player or the arrogant tyrant?
Chicago Booth' Steven Kaplan and his team came to following conclusion:
"Execution-related skills were the most important. The most successful CEOs were those who were p… more »
10/23/11
08:11:39 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 27 words
Categories: Corporate Governance, Central Banks/Government, Academic, Banks/Investment Banks, Industrial Firms
Stefania Vitali, James B. Glattfelder, Stefano Battiston, The network of global corporate control, ETH Zurich, Sept. 2011Abstract:"The structure of the control network of transnational corporations affects global market competition and financial… more »
10/17/11
James Kwak refers to interesting research regarding CEO pay. "Superstar CEOs" are not necessarily the best choice for value creation:The BaselineScenario: What happened to the global economy and what we can do about itThe More You Pay, the Less You… more »
10/15/11
06:04:19 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 185 words
Categories: Corporate Governance, Banks/Investment Banks
Schmid, Markus M., Sabato, Gabriele and Aebi, Vincent, Risk Management, Corporate Governance, and Bank Performance in the Financial Crisis (October 11, 2011)Abstract:"The recent financial crisis has raised several questions with respect to the co… more »
10/01/11
06:32:36 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 5 words
Categories: Corporate Governance, Investment
Keywords: Hedge Fund, Fund Structure more »
09/29/11
08:59:58 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 150 words
Categories: Corporate Governance, Investment
Great paper about the relationship between consistency of hedge fund financial information disclosures and hedge fund performance:
Patton, Andrew J., Ramadorai, Tarun and Streatfield, Michael, The Reliability of Voluntary Disclosures: Evidence from He… more »
09/27/11
07:09:29 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 270 words
Categories: Corporate Governance, Banks/Investment Banks
In a new article on Vox, professors Frey and Osterloh mention consequences of bonus cultures in financial institutions and argue that there could be alternative models for compensation and motivation of employees. Vox: Variable pay-for-performance is… more »
09/19/11
05:27:10 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 6 words
Categories: Corporate Governance, Banks/Investment Banks, Regulation
April 2011
Keywords: Large Financial Institutions, Complexity more »
09/15/11
12:13:04 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 6 words
Categories: Corporate Governance, Banks/Investment Banks, Fraud
Keywords: Investment Banking, Moral Hazard more »
05/29/11
10:56:32 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 51 words
Categories: Corporate Governance, Academic, Leadership and Communication
Vox: How do CEOs spend their time?by Oriana Bandiera, Luigi Guiso, Andrea Prat, Raffaella Sadun, May 28, 2011What do CEOs get up to all day? Most accounts are based on surprisingly small samples. A new study of how CEOs allocate their time yields… more »
02/23/11
08:20:51 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com, 4 words
Categories: Corporate Governance, Investment
Keywords: Value Investing, Disclosure more »
05:22:58 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 137 words
Categories: Corporate Governance, Regulation
Find here two links to recent papers by ECGI on management/CEO compensation. The papers show that regulation does often not have the expected effects. Looking at the market, a combination of strengthening shareholder rights and increased firm transpa… more »
02/21/11
Rapp, Marc Steffen, Sperling, Marco O. and Wolff, Michael, Who is Asking the Shareholders? Voting on Management Compensation in German Listed Firms – Evidence from the Annual Meeting Season 2010 (Wer fragt die Aktionäre? - Abstimmung über das Vorstandsve… more »
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