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Earlier this year, I looked at how an Australian regulatory authority, the Takeovers Panel, was moving to address conflicts of interest that occur in private equity takeovers where managers and boards…

As expected, most companies in the US are continuing to fill their board rooms with the same sorts of people: white, male and mostly in their 50s. According to a new report, Women on Boards: Missed Op…

While the Bush administration has gone for a hands-off approach to hedge funds and private equity, as reported last week in the International Herald Tribune, the Australian regulatory authority has co…

With at least 140 companies including UnitedHealth and Apple saying they are being examined by federal authorities or are reviewing the way they timed their stock-option grants, the role of company di…

Breaking the glass ceiling is not easy. According to one study, it would take women 40 years to catch up to men in the corporate world. That's assuming everything remains static on the other side …

Story of the week would have to be the revelations of Hewlett-Packard's chairwoman Patricia Dunn spying on the home phone records of the company's directors, as reported in full detail the New…

The gene pool of directors is shallow. Companies are now under pressure to recruit from a broader base. But how do you train directors? Apart from having the right skills, what do you need to do to ge…

Women's progress up the corporate ladder is so slow that it would take them 40 years to catch up with men, according a new Catalyst study.The study found that average growth in the percentage of c…

Enron has shaken the corporate world to its foundations. The trial is over but directors and managers are still asking what lessons are to be drawn from the debacle. Chances are the questions will sti…

What do Bob Geldof and Nick Mason (drummer and percussionist with Pink Floyd) have in common?They are both company directors and part of a trend now to recruit celebrity directors, according to the Su…