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		<title>Climate Change Among Risks Boards Have on Disclosure Radar</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/03/08/climate-change-among-risks-boards-have-on-disclosure-radar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Larkin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disclosure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calstrs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jack Ehnes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[proxy season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEC Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14E]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the 2010 proxy season upon us, there are already signs that risk disclosure will remain high on the priority list for boards in light of new enhanced SEC proxy disclosure rules and shareholder pressure.
In light of the recent financial crisis, the enhanced disclosure rules, which went into effect Feb. 28, [See past blog post, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worth Reading … Financial Crisis</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/03/03/worth-reading-%e2%80%a6-financial-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/03/03/worth-reading-%e2%80%a6-financial-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Larkin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Audit Committee Institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben W. Heineman Jr.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruce Aronson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CED]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Committee for Economic Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creighton University School of Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deloitte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Director Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eliot Spitzer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ernst & Young]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Wilcox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Knowledge@Wharton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KPMG ACI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Volcker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PWC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Role of the Board in Turbulent Times]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tcbblogs.org/governance/?p=384</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At this point, a lot has been written about the causes of the financial crisis of 2007-2009. From the toxic mortgage-backed securities market to the lax regulation of derivatives to the creation of financial institutions that were too big to fail, many experts have written about their take on this historic collapse.
But what’s more important [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life with Director Education Sans Accreditation</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/03/03/life-with-director-education-sans-accreditation/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/03/03/life-with-director-education-sans-accreditation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Larkin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[directors' education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[governance risk indicators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[institutional shareholder services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[msci inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NACD Corporate Directors Institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patrick mcgurn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RiskMetrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Conference Board Governance Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the director network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TK Kerstetter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tcbblogs.org/governance/?p=381</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I write this, we are in now officially in a post-accreditation era for director education. While it may not feel that much different than the past nine years, it means that organizations like The Conference Board Governance Center, The Director Network and the National Association of Corporate Directors are suddenly more accountable for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liquidity Risk Disclosure Could be a Game-Changer</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/02/26/liquidity-risk-disclosure-could-be-a-game-changer/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/02/26/liquidity-risk-disclosure-could-be-a-game-changer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Larkin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Basel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ernst & Young]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Reserve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial crisis responsibility fee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liquidity risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Credit Union Administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Office of the Comptroller of the Currency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Office of Thrift Supervision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Davis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the conference board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Role of the Board in Turbulent Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On paper, President Obama’s plan to levy a 0.15 percent financial crisis responsibility fee on the largest and most levered Wall Street firms may seem straightforward, but determining how leveraged they are may be a problem.
If you recollect, one of the reasons the financial crisis reached the heights it did was because many banks and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Citizens United Fallout: Disclosure Key in a Corporate Democracy</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/02/24/citizens-united-fallout-disclosure-key-in-a-corporate-democracy/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/02/24/citizens-united-fallout-disclosure-key-in-a-corporate-democracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Larkin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disclosure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIPAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruce Freed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business and Industry Political Action Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Center for Political Accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charles Schumer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Van Hollen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citizens United]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FEC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political contributions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SCOTUS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Conference Board Governance Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Supreme Court]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tcbblogs.org/governance/?p=367</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For shareholders and institutional investors, the silver lining in the controversial Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission U.S. Supreme Court decision is that “corporate democracy” is well and alive and corporate disclosure is key to its success.
For corporations and some conservative advocacy groups, some believe the decision will allow companies to raise issues that could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investors, SEC Concerned About CEO Succession Planning</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/02/18/investors-sec-concerned-about-ceo-succession-planning/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/02/18/investors-sec-concerned-about-ceo-succession-planning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Larkin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beverly Behan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Board Advisor LLC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Director Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Integral Advisors LLC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEC Staff Legal Bulletin 14E]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[succession planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the conference board]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tcbblogs.org/governance/?p=363</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As John Thain took over as chair and CEO of the embattled small business lender CIT Group recently after a lengthy vetting process following bankruptcy and a federal bailout, I am reminded of the importance of a good succession plan. And, by the way, so are many investors and the SEC.
While Thain’s resume more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worth Reading … SEC Climate Change Disclosure</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/02/12/worth-reading-%e2%80%a6-sec-climate-change-disclosure/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/02/12/worth-reading-%e2%80%a6-sec-climate-change-disclosure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Larkin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disclosure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Compliance Week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DavisPolk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defining Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IIGCC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KPMG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mondaq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PerkinsCoie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sec]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tcbblogs.org/governance/?p=352</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The SEC has put all public companies on notice that as of Feb. 8 it will look hard at 10-Ks, 8-Ks and all regulatory filings it oversees for disclosures related to climate change financial risks. The impetus for the regulator’s interpretative guidance issued on Feb. 2 was the push by myriad investor groups and Copenhagen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A With Nell Minow – Financial Regulatory Reform</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/02/11/qa-with-nell-minow-%e2%80%93-financial-regulatory-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/02/11/qa-with-nell-minow-%e2%80%93-financial-regulatory-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Larkin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Executive compensation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clawbacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial regulatory reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nell Minow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Corporate Library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street bonuses]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tcbblogs.org/governance/?p=342</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As financial regulatory reform remains in limbo in the U.S. Senate, shareholders and corporate watchdogs are becoming more vociferous and taking more action. One such organization taking the lead in this area is The Corporate Library and its founder Nell Minow.
When Nell isn’t being quoted in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Corporate Board [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A With Julie Daum – Director Composition</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/02/04/qa-with-julie-daum-%e2%80%93-director-composition/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/02/04/qa-with-julie-daum-%e2%80%93-director-composition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Larkin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[director composition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2009 Spencer Stuart U.S. Board Index]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[director term limits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[independent leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[julie daum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[majority voting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spencer stuart]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As companies continue to deal with the repercussions of the financial crisis, finding directors to fill the seats on many public company boards is becoming more difficult. In fact, in its 2009 U.S. Board Index Spencer Stuart found that 48 percent of  respondents to its survey said it took three to six months to recruit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What to Make of the Loss of Directors’ Education Accreditation</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/02/03/what-to-make-of-the-loss-of-directors%e2%80%99-education-accreditation/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/02/03/what-to-make-of-the-loss-of-directors%e2%80%99-education-accreditation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Larkin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[directors' education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Board Member Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disclosure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NACD Corporate Directors Institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul DeNicola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephanie Joseph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Board Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Conference Board Governance Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Directors' Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TK Kerstetter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a director or a provider of director education programs, like The Conference Board Governance Center, The Directors’ Network or the NACD’s Corporate Directors Institute, you may be trying to figure out what to make of RiskMetrics’ decision to discontinue its director education accreditation program as of March 1.
For director education program providers, [...]]]></description>
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