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Passive investors: the invisible hand of the marketplace?

by Cydney Posner You might be interested in this article in the WSJ discussing the ascension to power-broker status of passive investors, such as index funds. The article contends that “leverage over America’s corporate boards… increasingly belongs to investors such as [the] pioneers of passive investment funds that track indexes […]

Cydney Posner / October 26, 2016

Corporate Governance

NACD governance survey reports on top board priorities, time commitment and other matters

by Cydney Posner The National Association of Corporate Directors has made available the highlights of its 2015-2016 Public Company Governance Survey of over a thousand directors and executives.

Cydney Posner / February 1, 2016

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Passive investors: the invisible hand of the marketplace?

NACD governance survey reports on top board priorities, time commitment and other matters