16-June-2009
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This report aims to further advance the action plan on corporate governance and the financial crisis. Following an analysis of major corporate governance weaknesses using the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance.It provides a set of key findings and main messages These findings will provide the basis for a set of recommendations to be issued towards the end of 2009.
15-June-2009
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The main purpose of this paper is to discuss the impact of the changing ownership of stock exchanges on the corporate governance of listed companies.
28-May-2009
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The Union of Arab Banks, an umbrella organisation for banks operating across the MENA region, had organised a conference on “Reinforcing Financial Supervision and Regulation”, with support and participation of the OECD as well as other partner organisations such as the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), the Lebanese Transparency Association (LTA), the Financial Services Volunteers Corps. (FSVC) and the World Union of
27-May-2009
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This meeting took place on 27-28 May 2009 in Maputo, Mozambique and addressed a number of high priority issues for the region.
26-May-2009
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This symposium brought together over 200 practitioners, regulators and industry participants to discuss the legal and regulatory insolvency frameworks and challenges of their application in the Middle East North Africa region.
20-May-2009
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Taking place in Bangkok on 20-21 May 2009, this year's meeting focussed on implementation of the Policy Brief on priorities and recommendations for improving the corporate governance of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) in Asia using case studies on good practice from around the Asia region.
19-May-2009
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The OECD is undertaking a review of the role of corporate governance in the financial crisis, focusing on monitoring, implementation and enforcement of standards and codes, as well as specific areas for improvement. An important part of this programme is to engage and seek advice from key stakeholders.
13-May-2009
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The economic crisis has generated an urgent need to restore confidence in our future and make the world economy stronger, cleaner and fairer. There is growing political consensus on the need to develop a set of common principles and standards in order to ensure a more stable and sustainable development of the global economy, according to the OECD Secretary-General.
30-April-2009
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This paper portrays a picture of Corporate Governance in The United Kingdom, the United States of America and France in the banking sector being severely challenged in an extreme Financial Crisis that has seen household banking names run into trouble, some to fail and others to be taken into various degrees of national ownership. Corporate Governance is stretched to the extent that it is distressed and has been unable to cope with the
2-April-2009
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The OECD has been developing a response to the crisis that is holistic, looking atfinancial market issues, and the wide variety of factors that led to damaging incentive structures, as well as the requirements for broader macro and fiscal policies. The crisis has led to a variety of emergency financial measures such as loans, guarantees, and nationalisations. For financial markets, the focus is on exit strategies that are consistent