Funmilayo Fenwa
- Jun 13
Should Large Index Funds Invest More Assets in Engagement and Stewardship?
Background Index funds replicate existing stock indices by buying shares of the member firms of a particular index, and holding them...
Ma Carla Mapalo
- Mar 10
Tenure-Based Voting: Is it Worth Trying?
Short-termism is currently a corporate governance concern. Data provides that the average holding period of public companies has been...
Funmilayo Fenwa
- Mar 6
Impact Investing: What is it and why consider it?
Now more than ever, companies are increasingly measured not only by their revenues, but also by the societal impact they have. As a...
Pedro Arango
- Mar 6
Climate Change and Fiduciary Duties in the context of Fossil-Fuel Companies
Aware of the risks that climate change poses to humankind, hundreds of countries around the world signed in 2015 the so-called Paris...
Gargi Bohra
- Feb 28
Benefit Corporations: Doing Well and Doing Good
37 States and territories (including Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico) have passed legislation allowing corporations to be registered as...
Pedro Arango
- Nov 30, 2021
ESG & Biden’s Administration: Department of Labor's & the SEC's recent efforts to enhance ESG's role
Several legal barriers have prevented institutional investors (including the employee benefit plans subject to the Employee Retirement...
Gargi Bohra
- Oct 26, 2021
Nasdaq’s diversity inclusion rules: All bark and no bite?
Background In August 2021, the SEC approved Nasdaq’s proposal on diversity inclusion premised on the self-accountability framework of...
Funmilayo Fenwa
- Oct 18, 2021
General Best Practices: Another Box-Ticking Exercise or Improved Corporate Governance?
Interestingly, there is no single accepted definition of the term “corporate governance.” Broadly speaking, it refers to the system by...
Rilwan Shittu
- Oct 11, 2021
Mandatory ESG and Climate-Risk Disclosures: An Appraisal of the SEC’s Proposition
Background ESG disclosures have become front and center for businesses and corporations in recent years. Findings from a recent 2019...
Julius H. F. Henneberg
- Mar 4, 2021
New Enhancements to Anti-Money Laundering Law - an Overview
New Enhancements to Anti-Money Laundering Law - an Overview The most recent amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering Law are part of the...