IRRCi
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
A report commissioned by the Investor Responsibility Research Center Institute (IRRC) and conducted by the Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University raises concerns that the financial markets’ ability to divorce economic interests from ownership rights – via derivatives and other means – has outpaced the existing corporate governance and bankruptcy legal framework. View PDF
IRRCi
Thursday, October 14, 2010
A new study finds that while nearly 80 percent of S&P 500 companies have disclosed direct political campaign spending policies, 86 percent have no disclosed policies regarding indirect political expenditures. Additionally, only 20 percent of corporations disclose how much is actually spent and which organizations or causes receive the funds. View PDF
IRRCi
Thursday, June 24, 2010
A new study identifies a subset of S&P 500 companies with high pay that is not aligned with high performance. The data reveal that high executive pay companies self-select larger than appropriate peers – in terms of market capitalization and revenue – for compensation benchmarking purposes. View PDF
IRRCi
Monday, June 7, 2010
Lucian Bebchuk, professor of law, economics and finance, and director of the program on corporate governance at Harvard Law School, will present the findings contained in the Executive Compensation Research Series sponsored by the IRRC Institute on June 15. View PDF
Executive Compensation Research Series
Harvard Law School and IRRC Institute – June 15, 2010 The IRRC Institute has funded three research reports conducted by the Harvard Law School Program on Corporate Governance related to executive compensation. The three reports are as follows:
1. Executive Compensation Research Series, Part 1: The Wages of Failure
Harvard Law School and IRRC Institute – June 15, 2010 The IRRC Institute has funded three research reports conducted by the Harvard Law School Program on Corporate Governance related to executive compensation. The first report is entitled, “The Wages of Failure: Executive Compensation at Bear Stearns & Lehman 2000-2008.” View Report
2. Executive Compensation Research Series, Part 2: Paying for Long-Term Performance
Harvard Law School and IRRC Institute – June 15, 2010 The IRRC Institute has funded three research reports conducted by the Harvard Law School Program on Corporate Governance related to executive compensation. The second report is entitled, “Paying for Long-Term Performance.” View Report
3. Executive Compensation Research Series, Part 3: Regulating Bankers’ Pay
Harvard Law School and IRRC Institute – June 15, 2010 The IRRC Institute has funded three research reports conducted by the Harvard Law School Program on Corporate Governance related to executive compensation. The third report is entitled, “Regulating Bankers’ Pay.” Harvard Paper 3 – Regulating Bankers Pay
Download a summary of the report: Exec Comp Harvard IRRC Webinar – June 15. 2010
IRRCi
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Some active equity fund managers have higher portfolio turnover rates than they themselves claim, a new study finds. Nearly two-thirds of institutional investor-focused investment strategies exceeded their expected turnover from June 2006 through June 2009. View PDF
IRRCi
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Some 28% of global companies—including nearly half of those with market capitalizations of more than $10 billion—have labor and human rights (LHR) policies covering their global supply chains. View PDF
