Global Markets

For two decades, without much fanfare, Colgate-Palmolive Co. has been evolving its governance practices, constantly making changes and updating policies in response to shareholder's wishes and current trends

When it comes to best practices, Honeywell International Inc.'s treasury is about endurance and the long haul. CFO Dave Anderson and Treasurer John Tus created an infrastructure that stresses business unit cooperation and automation

While activist hedge funds are feeling the credit crunch, shareholder rights advocates won't be stopped. anticipating an active 2008 proxy season, they expect to see progress on several fronts

Even as globalization poses greater risks to multinationals, most companies acknowledge that they don't have the resources in place to manage geopolitical, strategic and operational risks effectively, according to two recent surveys.

Credit rating agencies are coming under fresh criticism--this time for the role they have played in the structured finance market meltdown. Less than a year ...

Financial Executives International says an increase would hurt competitiveness, countering public sentiment that financial executives already make too much

Market consolidation from Dubai to Denmark may mean more liquidity and less volatility

As if things weren't already tough enough for hedge funds and private equity firms, what with liquidity drying up faster than you can say Death Valley in the face of the subprime meltdown, yet another congressman is proposing yet another commission to study the impact of these funds on the...