Frustrated with sell-side analysts’ failure to screen companies for governance risks, a consortium of European funds with over $460 billion in assets recently announced a plan to steer 5 percent of commissions to brokers who includes such analysis of intangibles into their research. The program, officially dubbed the “Enhanced Analytic Initiative,” is considered an industry […]
Quinn Lawrence Richter
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Small, Mid-Sized Companies Consider ERM; No Board Urgency
Don’t expect a quick reaction from corporate America now that the Committee of Sponsoring organizations of the Treadway Commission has released its framework for managing enterprise risk U.S. businesses, particularly smaller and mid-sized ones, say they’re still far too preoccupied with the internal control provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley to pay much attention to COSO’s framework. Indeed, […]
