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Corporate Opportunities in the US and in the UK : How Differences in Enforcement Explain Differences in Substantive Fiduciary Duties
Gelter, Martin - 2020
Fiduciary duties are often today held out as typical instruments of shareholder protection in the common law of both … law conducive to good capital market development. However, fiduciary duties in these two jurisdictions often operate in … only in the US fiduciary duties are typically enforced by the courts, whereas in the UK, corporate law enforcement is …
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Outside Director Liability : German Stock Corporation Law in Transatlantic Perspective
Roth, Markus - 2010
The role of outside directors is one of the key features in the transatlantic corporate governance debate. As their importance rises, their liability is also attracting attention. Since there are only a few cases internationally in which outside directors of listed companies have been held...
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The Role and Obligations of Non-Executive Directors Under Maltese Law
Grech, Emma - 2013
The corporate governance debate has, in the last two decades, reached a stronghold in Europe. Perhaps the most valuable aspect of a company's governance is the constitution of its boardroom. Non-executive directors, in their independent and impartial, supposedly external nature, serve to keep...
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Shareholder Derivative Action in Europe : Monitoring the Management for Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Latella, Dario - 2010
The derivative action exerted by shareholders (i.e., by a single shareholder or by a minority of them) is usually activated to assert before the court administrators' managing responsibility. Falling within the wider topic of the defence of shareholder minorities and considered as one of the...
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Sharia Boards and Sharia Compliance in the Context of European Corporate Governance
Casper, Matthias - 2012
Islamic Finance has been growing at annual double-digit rates for about 40 years although even in conservative Islamic countries the Sharia with its prohibition of interest (ribâ) is not directly applicable law. Islamic Finance is voluntary and encompasses all kinds of financial services that...
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Boards in Europe – Accountability and Convergence
Davies, Paul L. - 2013
Corporate boards play a central role in corporate governance and therefore are regulated in the corporate law and corporate governance codes of all industrialized countries. Yet while there is a common core of rules on the boards, considerable differences remain, not only in detail, but...
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Quack Corporate Governance, Round III? Bank Board Regulation Under the New European Capital Requirement Directive
Enriques, Luca - 2014
After a crisis, broad and sweeping reforms are enacted to restore trust. Following the 2007-2008 Great Financial Crisis, the European Union has engaged in an ambitious overhaul of banking regulation. One of its centerpieces, the 2013 Fourth Capital Requirements Directive (CRD IV), tackles,...
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ESG Trends – What the Boards of All Companies Should Know About ESG Regulatory Trends in Europe
Pietrancosta, Alain; Marraud des Grottes, Alexis - 2022
France and Europe are at the forefront of ESG regulation. They have taken steps that go far beyond mere reporting requirements, aiming at designing a new capitalism. This will have significant consequences for European companies, but also for non-European companies doing business in Europe, as...
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Evolution and policy in company law : the non-executive director
Parkinson, John E. - In: The political economy of the company, (pp. 233-263). 2000
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Remuneration of Non-Executive Directors : Evidence from the UK
Goh, Lisa - 2016
This study examines the remuneration of non-executive directors, examining individual monitoring characteristics and director capital in addition to firm characteristics. Using a large sample of FTSE All-Share non-executive directors from 2001-2012, we find that remuneration is positively linked...
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