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Recommended CEO’S and Entrepreneurs resources for Corporate Governance part- 2
By Amarendra Bhushan for CEOWORLD Magazine Updated:October 16, 2008
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This is Part 2 in a series on Recommended CEO’S and Entrepreneurs resources for Corporate Governance – The full series is Part 1, Part 2, Part3, part4.
Here i tried to put together sites on corporate governance and related subjects. Please recommend additional links (only with substantial corporate governance content) and let us know if you find dead links listed below. If you’d like to add a link from your site to ours, please drop a comment. Additional resources are on our NetWork page.
He i tried to cultivate and share knowledge and ideas in order to assist businesses to enhance their corporate governance practice topics included in this volume Government sites,
Good corporate governance is about building and maintaining trust to protect the interests of all stakeholders and a key to the integrity of corporations, financial institutions and markets, and central to the health of our economies and their stability. A listing of website providing essential strategic information, analysis, insight, opinion, and discussion of corporate governance issues:
Vice Presidents
Chief Executive Officers
Chief Operating Officers
Chief Financial Officers
Boards of Trustees
Boards of Directors
Business and Management Schools
Managing Directors
Presidents
Executive Directors
Chairmen
Directors of Finance
Senior/Managing Partners
HR Directors
Company Secretaries
Education and training professionals
Government site for CEO’S and Entrepreneurs resources on Corporate Governance
1) United States Department of Justice
To enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threats foreign and domestic; to provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime; to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior; and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans.
2) U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
The mission of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation.
3) THOMAS (Library of Congress)
The leadership of the 104th Congress directed the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the public.
4) business.gov
Business.gov, the official business link to the U.S. Government, is managed by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in a partnership with 21 other federal agencies.
EBSA protects the integrity of pensions, health plans, and other employee benefits for more than 150 million people.
6) PBGC
It currently protects the pensions of nearly 44 million American workers and retirees in 30,000 private single-employer and multiemployer defined benefit pension plans.
7) GPO Access
The U.S. Government Printing Office disseminates official information from all three branches of the Federal Government.
The FedWorld.gov web site is a gateway to government information. This site is managed by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) as part of it’s information management mandate.
The FTC deals with issues that touch the economic life of every American. It is the only federal agency with both consumer protection and competition jurisdiction in broad sectors of the economy.
10) Federal Reserve
Provides a detailed look at the structure, responsibilities, and operations of the Federal Reserve System. Revised in 2005 to reflect changes in monetary, regulatory, and other policy areas. Incorporates major changes in the law and in the structure of the financial system in the past decade.
Individual Investors sites for CEO’S and Entrepreneurs resources on Corporate Governance
11) AAII
Resources, our way of thinking, and the exclusive benefits of membership in AAII combine to give investors a powerful advantage.
Informed Investors is dedicated to bringing investors and public companies together. Our sector-specific forums allow investors to hear directly from company executives, and to ask questions- before they invest.
The Investor Protection Trust provides independent, objective information to help consumers make informed investment decisions.
14) Motley Fool
The Motley Fool provides financial solutions for investors of every kind. Our products and services — whether free or fee-based, online or offline — are designed to help people take control of their financial lives.
15) WR Hambrecht Co’s internet auction
Founded in 1998 by William R. Hambrecht, WR Hambrecht + Co is a financial services firm committed to using technology and auction processes to provide open and fair access to financial markets for all its clients.
Institutional Investors, Advisors sites for CEO’S and Entrepreneurs resources on Corporate Governance
16) NYSTRS
The New York State Teachers’ Retirement System (NYSTRS) provides retirement, disability and death benefits to eligible New York State public school teachers and administrators.
17) OMERS
As a plan that is managed by and for its members and employers, OMERS has become synonymous with partnership – with our members, retirees, employers, employees and the many companies we invest in.
18) otpp
With $108.5 billion in net assets at December 31, 2007, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Teachers’) is the largest single-profession pension plan in Canada. An independent corporation, it invests the pension fund’s assets and administers the pensions of 278,000 active and retired teachers in Ontario.
19) State of Wisconsin Investment Board
The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) is the state agency that invests the assets of the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), State Investment Fund and other state trust funds. The WRS Trust Funds make up about 90% of the assets managed by SWIB.
20) Tiaa-Cref
TIAA-CREF has been helping those in the academic, medical, cultural and research fields plan for and live in retirement. We do this with a full array of financial products and services to help them live to and through retirement and invest for life’s other goals along the way.
21) New Jersey Department of the Treasury
22) LACERS
The Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System (LACERS) is a public pension fund providing service retirements, disability retirements, and health insurance subsidies to our Members and their families.
Insight Investment is part of the HBOS Group. Launched in 2002, Insight Investment is already one of the UK’s largest asset managers with over £112 billion* in assets under management as at 30 June 2008.
24) Hermes
Hermes is an institutional fund manager independent of any broader financial services group. We invest funds on behalf of 206 clients including pension funds, insurance companies, government entities and financial institutions, as well as charities and endowments.
25) SBA
The SBA, a constitutional entity of Florida state government, manages 34 investment funds, comprising over $163 billion in assets under management as of April 30, 2008.
26) Employees Retirement System of Texas
The Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS) was created in 1947 to oversee retirement benefits for State of Texas employees.
27) CalSTRS
CalSTRS primary responsibility is to provide retirement related benefits and services to teachers in public schools and community colleges.
28) CalPERS
29) Asian Corporate Governance Association
30) Australian Employee Ownership Association
31) Australian Securities and Investments Commission
32) British Accounting Association Corporate Governance Special Interest Group
33) Canadian Coalition for Good Governance
34) Canadian Council of Chief Executives
35) Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
36) Caribbean Corporate Governance Forum
37) China Center for Corporate Governance
38) Club of Florence – International Institute for Good Corporate Governance
39) Conference Board of Canada
40) Corporate Governance and Responsibility Forum (MENA region)
41) CG Asia (Corporate Governance Asia)
42) Corporate Governance Initiative for Bulgaria
43) Corporate Governance in Russia
44) Corporate Social Responsibility Europe
45) Credit Rating Information Services of India Ltd (CRISIL)
46) Danish Corporate Governance Network (DCGN)
48) Deutsche Schutzvereinigung für Wertpapierbesitz (DSW) association for private investors
49) European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
50) European Corporate Governance Service (ECGS)
51) European Federation of Employee Ownership
53) EU Modernisation of Company Law and Enhancement of Corporate Governance
54) German Corporate Governance Network
55) Institutional Voting Information Service (British)
56) The International Chamber of Commerce
57) International Compliance Association: supports/educates compliance professionals in the fight against corruption and financial crime.
58) International Co-operatie Alliance (ICA)
59) International Organization of Securities Commissions
61) Manifest (UK) Proxy Voting and Corporate Governance Analysis
62) National Association of Pension Funds (UK)
63) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
64) Pension Investment Research Consultants (British)
65) Polish Forum for Corporate Governance (PFCG)
67) Swedish Shareholders Association
68) World Bank Corporate Governance (Forum)
69) The World Trade Organization
Ratings (Corporate Governance) sites for CEO’S and Entrepreneurs resources on Corporate Governance
Governance Services offers a range of products and services to evaluate the corporate governance standards of individual companies around the world. The Corporate Governance Score assesses companies’ corporate governance performance for investors.
71) moodys
Moody’s Investors Service is among the world’s most respected and widely utilized sources for credit ratings, research and risk analysis. Moody’s commitment and expertise contribute to stable, transparent and integrated financial markets, protecting the integrity of credit. In addition to our core ratings business, Moody’s provides research data and analytic tools for assessing credit risk, and publishes market-leading credit opinions, deal research and commentary, serving more than 9,300 customer accounts at some 2,400 institutions around the globe.
At RiskMetrics Group, we are extremely passionate about what we do and the role we play in improving the world’s financial markets. Financial markets are opaque. And so, at RiskMetrics Group, we help investors and other financial market participants better understand and manage the risk inherent in their portfolios so they can make more informed investment decisions. While we embrace and leverage risk as a tool for more effective asset management, we also view our role in the market as something bigger.
73) Corporate Governance Quotient(CGQ)
74) GovernanceMetrics International
GMI was formed in April 2000 by a small group of people who recognized the need for a new, easy-to-use tool to monitor corporate governance. Their premise is straightforward: companies that emphasize corporate governance and transparency will, over time, generate superior returns and economic performance and lower their cost of capital.
The Corporate Library is the leading independent source for U.S. corporate governance and executive & director compensation information and analsysis.
Professional Associations sites for CEO’S and Entrepreneurs resources on Corporate Governance
78) The American Society of Corporate Secretaries
The Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, Inc. (the “Society”), founded in 1946 as the American Society of Corporate Secretaries, has over 3,800 members representing approximately 2,600 companies.
79) American Society of Pension Actuaries (ASPA)
80) CFA Institute
CFA Institute is the global, not-for-profit association of investment professionals that awards the CFA and CIPM designations. We promote the highest ethical standards and offer a range of educational opportunities online and around the world.
81) Information Systems Audit and Control Association
82) The Institute of Internal Auditors
The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) is the internal audit profession’s global voice, standard-setter,
and resource for professional development
and certification.
83) Investment Management Consultants Association
Investment Management Consultants Association was established in 1985 to deliver the premier investment consulting and wealth management credentials and world-class educational offerings.
84) National Association of Corporate Directors
Founded in 1977, NACD is a membership organization for directors and boards of U.S. and multinational companies. Whether your company is public or private, NACD provides educational, informational, and advisory services that prepare directors to add value to the corporation, enhance risk oversight, and build valuable skills for leading key committees.
85) National Association of Public Pension Fund Attorneys
86) National Institute of Pension Administrators
The National Institute of Pension Administrators (NIPA) is a national association representing the retirement and employee benefit plan administration profession.
87) National Investor Relations Institute
88) New York Society of Security Analysts
The New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA), has been a leading forum for the investment community since 1937. NYSSA was founded by a group of professionals that included Benjamin Graham, the “father of securities analysis” and one of the most influential men in the history of finance.
89) Securities Industry Association (SIA)
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) represents the industry which powers the global economy. SIFMA is the single powerful voice for strengthening markets and supporting investors — the world over.
Others:
90) Center for Corporate Governance
Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College
91) Chartered Secretaries Australia
The peak professional body in Australia delivering accredited education and practical and authoritative training and information on governance, as well as thought leadership in the field.
92) Corporate Governance Institute
The Corporate Governance Institute is an education and research center dedicated to the study and application of corporate governance principles. A collaboration between San Diego State University and the Corporate Directors Forum.
93) Corporate governance, leadership, and values Harvard Business School
94) European Corporate Governance Institute
The ECGI is an international scientific non-profit association, providing a forum for debate and dialogue between academics, legislators and practitioners, focusing on major corporate governance issues and thereby promoting best practice.
95) Global Corporate Governance Forum
OECD and World Bank initiative
96) International Chamber of Commerce
corporate governance A basic guide to corporate governance for business managers everywhere
97) International Corporate Governance Network
The ICGN is an association of organizations — primarily investors’ and shareholders’ associations — with am interest in corporate governance matters.
Governance in relation to information technology.
99) Japan Corporate Governance Forum
Some interesting information, although the site appears to be machine translated: While having supported the high economic growth and long-term employment of Japan heretofore, Japanese social system now draws more and more comments that its flaws have become very obvious.
100) Risk Management and Governance Board (Canada)
This site is meant to educate and communicate useful, authoritative information on the governance of organizations.
Dutch organization established in the light of the Peters Committee, the Corporate Governance Committee that has played an important role in intensifying and widening the corporate governance debate in the Netherlands.
102) US Securities and Exchange Commission: Sarbanes-Oxley Act
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The full series ofRecommended CEO’S and Entrepreneurs resources for Corporate Governance is Part 1, Part 2
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