Appraisers Blog

APRIL 23, 2024

Well girls and boys, it sounds like participants in the appraisal industry are coming together in a “grass roots” movement. Rather than complaining, it sounds as if we are using the tools available to us and their own words and ridiculous policies to our advantage.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

One of the most distinguishing features of US securities regulation is strict enforcement of insider trading. Related research from the Program on Corporate Governance includes Insider Trading Via the Corporation (discussed on the Forum here ) by Jesse M.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JUNE 14, 2022

1] After the financial crisis of 2008, that gave way to a greater focus on whether boards have the right mix of skills and experience to guide business strategy—as well as mechanisms for shareholders to hold boards accountable for business performance. [2]

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Harvard Corporate Governance

APRIL 10, 2023

and other US government officials announced significant changes to the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (ECCP) and continued to emphasize the importance of effective and robust compliance policies. Polite, Jr.

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Business Wire M&A

MAY 16, 2023

This acquisition will position Zefiro to address the burden to com

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JANUARY 14, 2023

It also specifies that large financial institutions should monitor microprudential risks, including credit, market, liquidity, operational, and legal and compliance risks, as well as other financial and nonfinancial risks that could arise from climate change.

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Appraisers Blog

JANUARY 12, 2024

Well my my my as Homicide Hunter would say. Sad thing is most of us will be gone by the time the sun sets on these new ideas and they will be wishing they left us alone and let us do our jobs for which we are well trained already. Not at all surprised. What a joke the whole idea was anyway.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

AUGUST 18, 2023

Many boards and executive leadership teams have already embraced the premise that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) initiatives when done well can yield many benefits, from improved talent attraction and retention rates to better decision-making by inviting in more diverse perspectives. Natapova, Ms.

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Appraisers Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

He reported me under fraudulent evidence, he slandered me as well as discrimination against me and intentional infliction of emotional distress. I am standing up for all of us. Does anyone know of a law firm that would take a case involving me being reported to HUD and another agency for racism? His entire case was all lies.

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Appraisers Blog

APRIL 9, 2024

In about 5 years when the **it hits the fan again…maybe, just maybe then the Feds will wake up and see that Fannie & Freddie have been lying all along, oh well, just pass another trillion dollars worth of losses on the American taxpayer. When will this madness stop?

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Harvard Corporate Governance

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

In recent years a variety of market disrupting events have underscored the importance of active ownership and the analysis of material environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in fundamental credit research as well as investment decision-making.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

This year’s survey report includes insights from more than 300 directors, which detail what directors expect in the coming year, as well as the key improvement areas that they deem important. [1] See Figure 1.)

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Harvard Corporate Governance

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Over the past two decades, a guiding idea of institutional investors and capital markets regulators in the US and the EU was that board structure and composition, and board directors’ professional expertise and diversity, were features that would improve board effectiveness. more…)

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JANUARY 6, 2023

Boards have to be prepared to resort to litigation, innovative fix-it-first strategies, and well-designed “efforts” covenants and “outside date” provisions to assure that the merger parties are aligned and prepared to survive the gauntlet of regulatory hurdles.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Over the past 40 years, the value of compensation packages awarded to corporate executives in the US has risen dramatically. At the same time, a less well-known trend has shaped the US economy: in the presence of increased pretax corporate profits, effective corporate income tax rates have decreased significantly.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

OCTOBER 18, 2022

I have known Bill, as well as his predecessor Michael Stevenson at the Washington Department of Financial Institutions, for many years through NASAA [North American Securities Administrators Association]. According to one recent report, “the number of US companies traded on major US exchanges has declined significantly in recent decades.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JANUARY 12, 2023

Posted by Carey Oven, Michael Stephan, and Reem Janho, Deloitte LLP, on Thursday, January 12, 2023 Editor's Note: Carey Oven is National Managing Partner at the Center for Board Effectiveness and Chief Talent Officer, Michael Stephan is US Human Capital national managing partner and Reem Janho is Senior Manager at Deloitte LLP.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

1] Looking at that publication five years later is instructive; it reminds us that while many new topics are likely to be on board agendas in 2023, some topics continue to be at the forefront of board consideration even if the details have changed in some respects. Board composition and skills (more…)

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Benzinga

APRIL 22, 2024

Operationally, it will unlock significant synergies, expand our global reach, and help us to further improve fertility outcomes for our customers. Financially, with the acquisition of a profitable business and a US$30 million fundraising, we will be well-equipped to fund our future growth. Full story available on Benzinga.com

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Mckinsey and Company

JULY 19, 2023

Rapid economic growth has created ample opportunity—as well as a housing shortage. How the city and the surrounding region respond could provide a blueprint for other US cities.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA In 2021, Professor Larry Hamermesh and former Court of Chancery and Delaware Supreme Court judges Leo Strine and Jack Jacobs (together, the “ MatchMakers ”) wrote an article titled Optimizing the World’s Leading Corporate Law: A 20-Year Retrospective and Look Ahead (hereinafter “ Optimizing ”). [1]

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Harvard Corporate Governance

MAY 8, 2023

State Street Global Advisors’ Proxy Voting and Engagement Guidelines for North America (United States [“US”] and Canada) address our market-specific approaches to topics including directors and boards, accounting and audit related issues, capital structure, reorganization and mergers, compensation, and other governance-related issues.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

APRIL 21, 2023

To collect this research, the State Street team partnered with Russell Reynolds Associates, due to their board governance expertise and extensive relationships with corporate directors, as well as the Ford Foundation, whose grantees are increasingly centering worker voice and opportunity as essential for business success and sustainability.

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Benzinga

APRIL 19, 2024

In an interview with Video Games Chronicle, Longdale revealed Microsoft has largely allowed Blizzard to maintain its autonomy: “There's no one asking us to do anything.” Full story available on Benzinga.com

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Harvard Corporate Governance

MAY 12, 2022

BIS serves as an important link between our clients and the companies in which they invest, and the trust our clients place in us gives us a great responsibility to work on their behalf.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

BIS serves as an important link between our clients and the companies they invest in—and the trust our clients place in us gives us a great responsibility to advocate on their behalf. We engage with companies throughout each year and our engagements often span multiple years.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Posted by Blair Jones (Semler Brossy), Anna Natapova (Semler Brossy), and Chuck Gray (Egon Zehnder), on Thursday, September 7, 2023 Editor's Note: Blair Jones is a Managing Director at Semler Brossy LLC, Anna Natapova is Principal at Semler Brossy LLC, and Chuck Gray is Coleader of the US CEO and Board Practice at Egon Zehnder. Strine, Jr.;

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Harvard Corporate Governance

APRIL 15, 2023

Introduction The rationale behind a number of recent EU legislation changes focusing on corporate governance has been to prioritise a long-term focus on governance through various transparency measures as well as some concrete requirements for action, and on allowing shareholders and other stakeholders to be well informed.

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Appraisers Blog

JANUARY 2, 2024

No entities care about appraisers, our profession, or if we even exist, except us appraisers. The only way for us to become relevant again is for the public to see what happens when they take the only valuation professional out of the process and the very real harm it will cause to every homeowner.

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Appraisers Blog

MARCH 1, 2024

Sure, it stings but if one can endure the fallout I believe the awards are well worth it. As it is now, rather than coming to the table they have time to scheme and plan ways to exploit us. There needs to be an appraisal organization willing to really represent us.

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Appraisers Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

I remember back in the 90’s when Wells Fargo told us that we’d have to produce an all electronic delivered report and thinking, no way will that happen! I think that most of us enjoy the appraisal process, just not the garbage that we have to endure from AMC’s and such.

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Mckinsey and Company

JULY 31, 2023

Every day stress: All of us experience it, but top performers manage it differently. Rob Cross talks about the ways small strains and nuisances accumulate to thwart well-being and productivity—and what to do about it.

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Appraisers Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The answer to this mess is just let us Certified appraisers work as independent appraisers regarding lending transactions. We can handle this quite well without anyones help. They already have been fingerprinted, have E & O insurance, already have continuing education, my goodness we need to stop trying to reinvent the wheel.

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Mckinsey and Company

APRIL 20, 2023

Green bank financing could mobilize hundreds of billions in investment toward net-zero emissions by 2050 as well as advancing environmental justice in the US.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Thompson (Georgetown University Law Center), and Harwell Wells (Temple University - James E. Professor of Business Law and Georgetown University Law Center, and Harwell Wells is I. Posted by Randall S. Thomas (Vanderbilt University - Law School) , Robert B. Thomas is Professor of Law and John S. Thompson is Peter P. Widenbruch, Jr.

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Benzinga

APRIL 8, 2024

Matot's customer base includes current Savaria dealers as well as large passenger elevator companies. In 2023, Matot's dumbwaiter and material lift business generated US $6.3 million) in revenue with US $1.1 The quality and strong reputation of Matot are well known in our industry. million (C $8.6 million (C $1.5

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JANUARY 18, 2023

As stewards of our clients’ investments, BlackRock believes it has a responsibility to engage with management teams and/or board members on material business issues and, for those clients who have given us authority, to vote proxies in the best long-term economic interests of their assets. more…).

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