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Do Equity Markets Care About Income Inequality? Evidence from Pay Ratio Disclosure

Harvard Corporate Governance

Understanding equity markets’ assessment of income inequality is important because equity markets allocate capital and send valuation signals to firms, informing and possibly shaping corporate policies that contribute to or mitigate income inequality. However, it is largely unknown how U.S. more…).

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Murder on the City Express – Who is Killing the London Stock Exchange’s Equity Market?

Harvard Corporate Governance

exchanges have seen a consistent rise in the aggregate market capitalization to GDP ratio since at least 2017, the equivalent metric for the U.K. However, the London Stock Exchange’s path differs markedly from its U.S. peers on at least one significant measure – the market capitalization to Gross Domestic Product (“GDP”) ratio.

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ValuAsia Connect Webinar Series: Environment, Social and Governance

IVSC

Between 2010 and 2017, Nicolas was a corporate finance advisor and Investor Relations officer for corporate clients in several industries, including Renewable Energy. Srividya advises global and Asian investment funds, sovereign wealth funds, private equity, and corporate clients across diverse sectors like technology and life sciences.

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DBS Equity Capital Markets Head Art Karoonyavanich On A Decade Of Growth

Global Finance

A 10-year veteran at DBS Bank, Karoonyavanich recently expanded his role to cover all Equity Capital Markets business for the bank globally when the firm merged its equities, fixed income and brokerage businesses to form a new Investment Banking unit. In 2017 and 2018, we saw China continue to open up. in the same period.

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TechCrunch Equity Podcast: 2017’s Top Tech Acquisitions and What’s in Store for 2018

Cooley M&A

The January 12, 2018, edition of TechCrunch’s weekly venture capital-focused podcast, Equity, looks back at the past year’s M&A transactions and evaluates what’s in store for 2018.

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Deregulation and Board Policies: Evidence from Performance Measures Used in Bank CEO Turnover Decisions

Harvard Corporate Governance

In contrast, most variation in CEO wealth stems from changes in the value of stock and option holdings, so the incentives arising from the CEO’s compensation are partly delegated to the equity markets (Hall and Liebman 1998; Edmans, Gabaix, and Jenter 2017).

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Strengthening pay practices

Harvard Corporate Governance

Fried; and Share Repurchases, Equity Issuances, and the Optimal Design of Executive Pay (discussed on the Forum here ) by Jesse M. support on average in 2017, bottoming out at 87.7% 2023 marked the first time in four years S&P 500-listed issuers awarded compensation packages based on a down market. average support in 2022.

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