Better corporate governance: A must for bolstering business

Couple of years back John Wilcox [Chairman, Morrow Sodali] nicely opined : 'I think much more can be done with board evaluations. The board evaluation process, which is traditionally a much internalised one, could be much more valuable if done from the perspective of other constituencies that the board represents....

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Trump, Kim fail to deliver the deal

American President Donald Trump attended a two-day summit with the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on February 27 and 28 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Obviously, Trump's diplomacy focused on persuading Kim to eliminate nuclear weapons programme for building a lasting peace regime in the Korean Peninsula. Thus, expectations were quite...

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Are Related Party Transactions beneficial for firms?

As a businessman and investor, you should know why firms are making transactions with related parties and how it impacts the performance of a firm.The probing of scandals like Enron, KMK and Mailyard provide evidence that in all three incidents, controlling shareholders used related party transactions (RPTs) to generate profits...

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