responsible ownership
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Speech for ICGN 2015
Document from which Bob Monks' 2015 ICGN was excerpted. Due to time constraints, he was not able to deliver the entire paper presented here. June 4, 2015 | accountability , responsible ownership , Corporate Power , corporate governance , ownership
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
AMEC Conference Brazil
Pre-recorded speech for AMEC Annual Seminar, Brazil, November 2011. NOTE: See also, L'Appel for ICGN Paris, September 2011 . November 30, 2011 | responsible ownership , shareholder activism , ownership
Friday, September 16, 2011
Can Stewardship Help Prevent the Next Financial Crisis?
Speech for PRI In Person - Principles of Responsible Investment conference, Paris, 2011. See a practice reading of this speech here. September 16, 2011 | responsible ownership , fiduciary duty , accountability
Friday, September 16, 2011
Responsible Ownership - CECL Conference
Robert AG Monks recorded speech for the Centre for European Company Law (CECL) Conference on Effective Ownership. The Netherlands, September 16, 2011. September 16, 2011 | responsible ownership , fiduciary duty , ownership , shareholder activism , corporate governance
Friday, September 16, 2011
Bob Monks speech for UNPRI 2011
Robert Monks practice reading of speech for UNPRI, September 2011. See the text for this speech here. September 16, 2011 | financial crisis , responsible ownership , fiduciary duty , shareholder activism , Corporate Power
Monday, September 12, 2011
L'Appel - ICGN Paris
Speech for International Corporate Governance Network Annual Conference (ICGN), Paris, 2011. Titled L'Appel (The Call) and meant as a call to action for owners and fund managers. View a video excerpts of this speech here and here. September 12, 2011 | responsible ownership , corporate governance , Corporate Power , fiduciary duty , institutional investors
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Opening remarks for The Future of Corporate Reform, GovernanceMetrics International's (GMI) 2011 Public Funds Forum. See a practice reading of the speech here.
September 6, 2011 | accountability
, responsible ownership
, fiduciary duty
Public Funds Forum 2011
Thursday, September 1, 2011
The Call 2011 - Intro
Robert Monks issues a call to fund mangers to be responsible and active owners. Introduction to L'Appell -- ICGN keynote speech September 2011. This is a practice reading and not the actual speech. Read the text of the full speech here. September 1, 2011 | corporate governance , Corporate Power , responsible ownership , shareholder activism , fiduciary duty , institutional investors
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Activist Investors
Institutional investors must become activist owners if democratic capitalism is to survive. Robert Monks reads from his September 2011 ICGN keynote speech. The full text of the speech is available here. September 1, 2011 | Dodd-Frank , responsible ownership , fiduciary duty , shareholder activism , institutional investors
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Ownership is Broken
Democratic capitalism and corporate governance only work if owners (shareholders) are involved. Bob Monks discusses the factors that inhibit responsible corporate ownership, April 27, 2011. May 4, 2011 | responsible ownership , ownership , capitalism , shareholder activism
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
ERISA activism
ERISA was signed into law in the 1970's. Why has there never been any activism on behalf of ERISA beneficiaries? A major breach of fiduciary duty by pension plan managers. Bob Monks, April 27, 2011 April 27, 2011 | ERISA , responsible ownership , fiduciary duty , trustees , Pension , ownership
Monday, May 24, 2010