MENA-OECD Task Force Meeting on Corporate Governance of SOEs, 1 March 2010, Paris, France

27-janv.-2010

This meeting focused on two areas of governance reform that are priorities for the Middle East North Africa region: Transparency and accountability and the selection and quality of SOE boards. 

Defining effective policies in the area of corporate governance

15-déc.-2009

The financial crisis has led to a strong demand for new regulation and for this to be implemented rapidly. To avoid excessive regulation, a new publication calls for increased use of Regulatory Impact Assessment in the area of corporate governance and gives a number of examples of how the technique has been applied to promote more efficient policy. Examples include both ex-ante and ex-post analysis, the approach to defining policy needs and the role of quantification.

Study of temporary government ownership / control in the Financial Crisis

24-nov.-2009

The corporate governance landscape has changed significantly through increased state ownership as governments had to recapitalize financial and other institutions during the crisis. OECD has examined national practices and published its conclusions. 

The Financial Crisis: Reform and Exit Strategies

17-sept.-2009

The financial crisis required governments to make massive interventions in their financial systems. This book sets out priorities for reforming incentives in financial markets as well as for phasing out these emergency measures.

Fighting abusive related party transactions in Asia

09-sept.-2009

Where a party in control of a company enters into a transaction to the detriment of non controlling shareholders – is one of the biggest corporate governance challenges facing the Asian business landscape. This Guide provides options for monitoring and curbing such abusive related party transactions. 

Publication of the Practical Guide to Corporate Governance

09-sept.-2009

The Practical Guide to Corporate Governance: Experiences from the Latin American Companies Circle highlights the challenges, priorities and tangible benefits of adopting leading corporate governance practices in the region. The publication offers a first look at Latin American company results during the recent period of financial crisis showing that firms recognized for better corporate governance practices suffered less damage than average listed Latin American companies. It is now available for dowload. 

Privatisation in the 21st Century: Recent experiences in OECD countries

06-août-2009

This report on good practices in privatisation is based on OECD country experiences since 2000. It reviews the main challenges during the privatisation process and offers advice to public authorities on how to address them.

Finance, Competition and Governance: Priorities for Reform and Strategies to Phase-Out Emergency Measures

18-juin-2009

This report describes issues that must be addressed to restore public confidence in financial markets and to put incentives in place to encourage a prudent balance between risk and the search for return in (broadly-defined) banking.

The OECD’s effort to help build a stronger, cleaner and fairer global economy

03-juin-2009

The current economic crisis has exposed the deficiencies of economic global governance and the risk of having a highly integrated global economy with fragmented global economic decision-making and regulation. To improve our impact, we do need stronger, more inclusive and better coordinated international organisations, warned the OECD Secretary-General.

Consultation publique sur la crise et le gouvernement d'entreprise

23-mars-2009

La crise financière a mis à jour de nombreuses défaillances des mécanismes de gouvernement d’entreprise. Dans le cadre de sa réponse stratégique face à la crise, l’OCDE recherche la contribution des parties prenantes concernées pour développer des recommandations afin de remédier à ces défaillances du gouvernement d’entreprise liées à la crise financière.
Date limite pour réponse : 16 avril 2009.

Reinforcing Financial Supervision and Regulation - Lessons from the Crisis, Beirut, Lebanon

du 28-mai-2009 au 29-mai-2009

The conference focused primarily on corporate governance lessons emerging from the current financial crisis.

Regional Symposium on Insolvency and Creditor Rights in the MENA countries, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

du 26-mai-2009 au 27-juin-2009

The conference took place to advance the level of understanding of the insolvency systems in countries in the region.

10 year anniversary of the Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance, Manila, 9-10 September 2009

du 09-sept.-2009 au 10-sept.-2009

This meeting evaluated whether corporate governance standards and practices are working. What will the next decade of Corporate Governance in Asia be like?

4th meeting of the Network on Corporate Governance of SOEs in Asia

du 20-mai-2009 au 21-mai-2009

Taking place in Bangkok, 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.

Global consultation on corporate governance and the financial crisis

le 18-mars-2009

This consultation addressed 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.

Second meeting of the Southern African State Owned Enterprise Network

du 27-mai-2009 au 28-mai-2009

After a successful launch in 2008, the Southern African State Owned Enterprise Network met again on 27-28 May 2009 in Maputo, Mozambique. The substantive issues on the agenda included appropriate legal and regulatory frameworks for SOEs, relations with stakeholders and the equitable treatment of minority shareholders.

Gouvernement d’entreprise et la crise financière

La crise financière a mis à jour de nombreuses défaillances des mécanismes de gouvernement d’entreprise. Dans le cadre de sa réponse stratégique face à la crise, l’OCDE travaille avec les gouvernements et le monde des affaires afin de développer et mettre en place des meilleures normes de Gouvernement d’entreprise.

Asian Roundtable Task Force on Related Party Transactions

du 05-févr.-2009 au 06-févr.-2009

For the first time, Asian and OECD policy makers met to discuss concrete solutions to detecting and curbing abusive related party transactions – one of the most serious corporate governances failures. Participants focused on policy options, including assessing strengths and weaknesses of various regulatory approaches, tightening enforcement and facilitating a change in culture and practice, particularly in the boardroom.

2008 meeting of the Latin American Roundtable on Corporate Governance

du 02-déc.-2008 au 03-déc.-2008

Organised in Mexico City, 2-3 December 2008, this meeting provided an important opportunity to take stock of recent corporate governance-related developments in Latin America, particularly in the wake of the current global financial turmoil. 

OECD Secretary-General opens the 2008 International Corporate Goverance Network (ICGN) Conference

du 18-juin-2008 au 20-juin-2008

This event, which took place in Seoul, focused on the globalisation of capital markets and its impact on corporate governance. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, gave a keynote address on the progress of international corporate governance reform and next steps.