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Announcements:16 February 2008 to 31 July 2008

	Contractual Corporate Governance
	The papers presented at a Symposium held at the University of Sheffield Management School in June 2007 have been published in a special issue of the Journal of Corporate Finance [14(2008) 163-165]. The Preface to this special issue has been made available courtesy of the publishers, Elsevier. See:
	The Preface Symposium programme on the University of Sheffield website Past conferences where ECGI has been involved

	Economist article "Money Spinners"
	The article which appeared in the 3 May 2008 edition of the Economist in the Business section under the heading "Money spinners; Why German companies should not appoint bankers to the board" draws most of its source material from the paper "Bankers on the Boards of German Firms: What they do, what they are worth, and why they are (still) there" by Ingolf Dittmann, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Ernst Maug, University of Mannheim and ECGI, and Christoph Schneider, University of Mannheim which is just been published in ECGI's Finance Working paper series (No 196/2008). See:
	Economist article on Economist.com Download the Working paper

	Best Paper Competition Oxford Conference
	Twelve papers from an entry of over 85 have been chosen by the Competition Jury to be presented at a conference at the Saïd Business School, Oxford on 11-12 June 2008. Under the rules of the Competition, eight of these will be invited for submission to the Review of Finance fast-track refereeing process, free of charge. Four refereed papers will be invited for presentation to the final round in Stockholm in December 2008. The winning paper will be awarded a prize of €10,000. See:
	Oxford Conference programme Background to the competition Details of organisers and sponsors The Competition Jury

	ECGTN Summer School in Santander
	The 2008 ECGTN Summer School will take place between 11-15 August at the Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo in Santander. It will provide an introduction on current corporate governance issues from an economic, financial, and legal perspective. The focus will be on issues associated with external financing of firms, managerial discretion, and small investor protection. The Summer School is intended for doctoral and post-doctoral researchers in economics, finance, and law. Participation is compulsory for Early Stage Researchers of the European Corporate Governance Training Network (ECGTN). See:
	Programme, application form and other details

	Daniel Lebègue elected to the ECGI Board
	On 11 April at its 2008 General Assembly held at the IESE Business School, Barcelona, ECGI members approved the nomination of Daniel Lebègue, Président of the Institut Français des Administrateurs, to the ECGI Board. Daniel Lebègue has had a distinguished career in both the public and private sector in France. He replaces Paul Arlman who has stood down after five years on the ECGI Board. A founder member of the ECGI, Paul Arlman has played a significant role in the promotion and marketing of the Institute. See:
	Biography of Daniel Lebègue ECGI Board

	Five new Fellows appointed
	On 11 April at its 2008 General Assembly held at the IESE Business School, Barcelona, the ECGI announced the appointment of five new Fellows of the Institute drawn from academia in Europe and North America. They augment the 21 inaugural Fellows who were nominated in 2002, 6 nominated in 2003 and 5 in 2005. See:
	Press release announcing the appointments List of all ECGI Fellows

	2008 Working Paper prizes awarded at General Assembly
	The winners of the 2008 Working Paper prizes were announced at ECGI's General Assembly held at the IESE Business School, Barcelona on 11 April 2008. See:
	Details of the 2008 prize winners Winner of the Egon Zehnder International Prize for the best paper in either series on company boards and their role in corporate governance Winner of the Standard Life Investments Finance Prize for the best paper in the Finance series Winner of the De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek Law Prize for the best paper in the Law series Previous years' winners Terms of Reference for the prizes

	Latest Research Newsletter focuses on Capital Market Competitiveness
	The fifth edition of the ECGI Research Newsletter focuses on Capital Market Competitiveness. It draws on working papers published in the ECGI’s Law and Finance Working Paper series and contains a short report on our recent Transatlantic Corporate Governance Dialogue Conference in Washington DC. For a more detailed report on this conference, click here to download transcripts and watch video recordings.
	Volume 5 Winter 2007 Capital Market Competitiveness Transcripts and video recording of the Washington conference Volume 4 Spring & Summer 2007 Hedge Funds and Activism Earlier editions of the Newsletter

	2008 General Assembly, Annual Lecture and dinner
	The ECGI's sixth General Assembly took place on Friday 11 April 2008 at the IESE Business School, Barcelona. It was followed by a keynote speech "Board Elections : Is Italy a Model for the Rest of Us?" by Professor Luigi Zingales, Robert C. McCormack Professor Entrepreneurship & Finance, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and ECGI Fellow. See:
	Programme (in the public area of this website) Agenda and papers (in the Members' area)

	Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets
	This conference which took place at the campus of Sabanci University in Istanbul from 15-17 November 2007 debated some key issues regarding corporate governance in emerging markets, including political power and corporate control, the relationship between financial sector development and corporate governance, the role of corporate boards in emerging markets and issues related to enforcement mechanisms. See:
	Conference programme, further information and registration

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