governance

U.S. SEC to tighten insider trading rules, boost money market fund resilience

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday proposed tightening a legal safe-harbor that allows corporate insiders to trade…

4 years ago

How companies can lower the bar in sustainability bond binge

Companies are selling a record number of bonds with penalties attached if they fail to meet environmental and social targets,…

4 years ago

Analysis: U.S. wants more oil, but OPEC+ can’t turn on the tap much harder

U.S. pressure on OPEC+ to pump more oil and cool red-hot crude prices has shone a spotlight on a relatively…

4 years ago

Australian trading system upgrade was not ready, report into outage finds

An independent review of the Australian stock exchange outage last November found that the bourse operator's new trading system was…

4 years ago

Private equity’s falling out of love with plastic packaging

A decade ago, private equity couldn't get enough of plastic packaging. They snapped up companies making bags, films and trays…

5 years ago

Does good governance matter for post-pandemic economic growth recovery?

Post-COVID economic recovery could be delayed in countries with poor track records on governance. Many researchers have examined the effects…

5 years ago

Getting higher education governance right in South Asia

By Sungsup Ra, Jung Cheol Shin, Unika Shrestha Effective higher education systems are critical for countries to advance. In South Asia, reforming governance…

5 years ago