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SPACs: Navigating Challenges in an Evolving Market
A discussion of current trends in a fast-changing SPAC market and recent developments impacting SPACs and their targets, including the SEC’s proposed new rules regarding SPAC transactions and litigation involving SPACs and companies that have gone public through SPAC transactions.
Delaware Law Update
“Board Oversight Liability Three Years After Marchand –What Has Changed? What Still May Change?”
The Chancellors: Past and Present
Date-Time: Wednesday, March 23, 2022, 9:30 AM to 10:45 AM Location: Clayton Hall, University of Delaware View Video the Weinberg Center will be hosting "The Chancellors: Past and Present," which will feature the following current and former Chancellors from the...
University of Delaware Weinberg Center/ECGI Corporate Governance Symposium
Friday, March 11, 2022, 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM @Virtual : REGISTER Agenda Co-sponsored with the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) In collaboration with the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate...
ESG: Practical Advice for Boards Today
Thursday, March 3, 2022, 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM @Clayton Hall, University of Delaware : REGISTER This three-hour interactive program will address how boards can navigate the evolving and sometimes challenging ESG landscape. Led by Sabastian V. Niles from...
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The Election of Corporate Directors: What Happens When Shareowners Withhold a Majority of Votes from Director Nominees?
GMI Ratings, IRRC Institute - Thursday, August 16, 2012 In theory, the most significant corporate governance check and balance between public company shareowners and the company is the ability to elect corporate directors. In reality, that control mechanism is...
Environmental, Social and Governance Investing by College and University Endowments in the United States
IRRC Institute, Tellus Institute - Wednesday, July 18, 2012 With more than $400 billion in combined assets under management, US college and university endowments constitute an important segment of institutional investors involved in sustainable and responsible...
Voting Decisions at US Mutual Funds: How Investors Really Use Proxy Advisers
Richard Fields, Robyn Bew - Monday, June 4, 2012 A new report finds that proxy advisory firms clearly impact the corporate governance dialogue, but that mutual funds generally consider multiple factors in deciding how to vote. Additionally, voting outcomes do not...
Discovering Shale Gas: An Investor Guide to Hydraulic Fracturing
Susan Williams - Thursday, March 8, 2012 The natural gas industry is technologically capable of tapping vast shale gas resources in the United States, but it is unclear if all companies can successfully manage the complex array of environmental and social risks that...
Finding Common Ground on Metrics that Matter
Mark E. Bateman, Peter A. Soyka - Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Investors and companies are both increasingly interested in sustainability issues. These issues typically revolve around environmental and social factors that have real but potentially long-term or...
IRRC Institute Research Award Winning Practitioner Paper
Funding from IRRC Institute - Tuesday, February 21, 2012 The Institute has announced the recipients of a new annual IRRC Institute Research Award. This competition examines the interaction of the real economy with investment theory. A blue-ribbon panel of judges...
IRRC Institute Research Award Winning Academic Paper
Funding from IRRC Institute - Tuesday, February 21, 2012 The Institute has announced the recipients of a new annual IRRC Institute Research Award. This competition examines the interaction of the real economy with investment theory. A blue-ribbon panel of judges...
Growing Traction For Environmental & Social Shareholder Proposals At Us Companies
IRRC Institute - Sunday, February 12, 2012 A new analysis indicates that environmental and social (E+S) shareholder proposals are gaining increased voting support from investors at U.S. public companies. From 2005-2011, average support for these proposals more than...
Key Performance Indicators for Investors to Assess Labor & Human Rights Risks Faced by Global Corporations in Supply Chains
Funding from IRRC Institute, The Fair Labor Association, The Pensions and Capital Stewardship Project at Harvard Law School - Sunday, January 1, 2012 Harvard Law School's Pensions and Capital Stewardship Project, part of the Labor and Worklife Program, has completed...
Mergers and Acquisitions and the Universal Investor
Anurag Sharma, Ben Branch, Chetan Chawla, Liping Qiu, Ning Pu - Sunday, January 1, 2012 Institutional investors often must decide whether to favor or oppose a proposed acquisition or whether to accept or reject a tender offer. In isolation such decisions are usually...
Corporate Governance of Political Expenditures: 2011 Benchmark Report on S&P 500 Companies
IRRC Institute, Si2 - Friday, November 11, 2011A new study finds that corporate accountability and disclosure of political expenditures is on the upswing, with the boards of 31 percent of S&P 500 companies now explicitly overseeing such spending, compared to 23...
Weinberg Center Marks 10th Anniversary
PepsiCo CEO delivers keynote at anniversary celebration April 12, 2011 Focusing on establishing an ethical corporate culture and long-term planning for results may be the keys to overcoming future corporate scandals, Indra K. Nooyi, chairman and CEO of PepsiCo told an...
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