ICGN Investor Viewpoint: Board succession planning
ICGN Viewpoint Ensuring effective board succession planning June 2018 Many best practice companies have crafted sophisticated processes for board succession which helps ensure continuity and sustainability of corporate performance. However, […]
ICGN Investor Viewpoint: Related Party Transactions
ICGN Viewpoint Related Party Transactions: How to ensure adequate protection of minority shareholder rights June 2018 Related Party Transactions (RPTs) are common occurrences around the globe. The underlying relationships causing […]
ICGN Investor Viewpoint: Investment exclusions
ICGN Viewpoint Investment exclusions: some technical considerations February 2018 Introduction This Viewpoint discusses the technical factors that institutional investors may wish to consider when planning and implementing an exclusion policy […]
ICGN Investor Viewpoint: Inclusion of non-voting shares in indices
ICGN Viewpoint The inclusion of non-voting or limited voting shares in stock market indices November 2017 Introduction This Viewpoint follows an earlier ICGN report[1] on how differential ownership structures allow […]
ICGN Investor Viewpoint: Share buybacks
ICGN Viewpoint ICGN Viewpoint: Share buybacks and their governance implications May 2017 Introduction Share buybacks have proliferated in recent times. This ICGN Viewpoint examines them from a governance point of […]
ICGN Investor Viewpoint: Brexit: governance implications
ICGN Viewpoint Brexit: what are the governance implications for the EU and the UK? April 2017 A famous headline from 1930 in the UK’s Daily Mirror proclaimed “Fog in Channel: […]
ICGN Investor Viewpoint: Differential share ownership structures
ICGN Viewpoint Differential share ownership structures: mitigating private benefits of control at the expense of minority shareholders February 2017 The protection and enhancement of minority shareholder rights has been a […]
ICGN Investor Viewpoint: The changing US political landscape
ICGN Viewpoint Governance questions posed by the changing U.S. political landscape February 2017 Consistent with their stewardship obligations, institutional investors around the world regularly monitor and assess changing political dynamics, […]
ICGN Investor Viewpoint: Political Lobbying and Donations
ICGN Political Lobbying and Donations About ICGN Established in 1995, ICGN Members include institutional investors with global assets under management in excess of US$26 trillion present in over 45 countries. […]
ICGN Investor Viewpoint: Vote confirmation
December 2016 ICGN Viewpoint on Vote Confirmation Importance of voting as a key component of investor stewardship This Viewpoint explores ongoing challenges investors face in the area of cross-border voting- […]
