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Reviving the global economy World leaders meeting in London have agreed to inject $1 trillion into the world economy in an attempt to curb the global financial crisis. SFU business professor Robert Adamson specializes in corporate governance and risk management and has just returned from London.He can talk about the challenges G20 leaders . . . → Read More: G20, NATO summit – Issues, Experts & Ideas The winds of change are blowing in London as the G20 prepares to meet. Unfortunately no one knows when the winds will stop and who will be swept away. There are many views, however, on how and where to take cover. Many countries, particularly the European countries, are agitating for agreement on global . . . → Read More: The G20 and Global Approaches to the Regulation of Finance: Zeitgeist for the Times or Just Apparition of the Moment I am a religious follower of the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. His succinct and insightful summaries of important topics enable ordinary people like me to get at issues which seem otherwise purposely complicated to keep us in the dark. In watching the recent media-created “feud” between Jon Stewart and CNBC’s Jim Cramer I . . . → Read More: Jon Stewart vs. Jim Cramer – Exposing the role of the stock tip in the current financial crisis So how is it possible that some of the largest banks in the world, with the most sophisticated risk management teams, and with elaborate processes for conducting due diligence, have been caught up in one of the greatest financial frauds ever? Bernard Madoff, founder of Bernard L. Madoff Investments, was arrested last week . . . → Read More: Madoff Madness: Another Lesson in Corporate Governance and Risk Management (Did It Have to Come So Soon?!) It is the end of casino capitalism. The end of the era of greed. A new financial world order is on the way. These are the clarion calls coming from many people all of whom share the anger at a financial and banking system that has failed them. Central banks and regulators and . . . → Read More: Be Wary of the Pendulum So now the deal has been done. Bailout 2.0 (more formally known as TARP or the Troubled Asset Rescue Plan) has passed its last Congressional hurdle and now the machinery of US government can soon begin to implement the plan to defrost the credit markets. This political compromise may have preempted a deeper . . . → Read More: Our Regulatory Futures: Beyond the Cover of a TARP BCE has been a fixture of the Canadian corporate landscape for 130 years. When Alexander Graham Bell and his father Melville Bell introduced the telephone in Canada, who could have predicted the impact that this mysterious and innovative piece of technology would have on global telecommunications. With its most innovative years arguably behind . . . → Read More: BCE: For Whom Does the Bell Toll The G8’s pledge on Tuesday 8 July 2008 to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 is being seen by many as, at best, a travesty (President Bush’s commitment to anything containing the words ‘climate change’ is generally considered amusing) or, at worst, a tragedy. In 42 years’ time, with a world population roughly . . . → Read More: Carbon Emission Reduction in the Absence of Leadership In companies across Canada there are two camps when it comes to the social and environmental responsibilities of the firm. In the one camp there are zealots for sustainability. These individuals often advocate sustainability investments as essential to the firm’s long-term survival. They often have expertise in environmental management, community relations, with some . . . → Read More: Two Solitudes – Measuring The Financial Impacts from Sustainability |
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The G20 and Global Approaches to the Regulation of Finance: Zeitgeist for the Times or Just Apparition of the Moment
By Robert Adamson, Executive Director, CIBC Centre for Corporate Governance and Risk Management, Segal Graduate Business School, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver CANADA
April 1, 2009
The winds of change are blowing in London as the G20 prepares to meet. Unfortunately no one knows when the winds will stop and who will be swept . . . → Read More: The G20 and Global Approaches to the Regulation of Finance: Zeitgeist for the Times or Just Apparition of the Moment