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Announcements:1 August 2008 to 17 June 2009


	23 new Research Associates nominated
	The ECGI Board has approved the recommendation of the Research Associates Committee, chaired by Professor Klaus Hopt, to appoint 23 new ECGI Research Associates. This brings the number of ECGI Research Associates to 101 and the number of Research Members (including ECGI Fellows) to 138.
	Details of the new Research Associates List of all ECGI Research Associates Research Associates Committee and its remit Research portal on this site

	Corporate Governance in Crisis?
	Under the high patronage of José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, the ECGI and the University of Luxembourg with support from the Chambre de Commerce, Luxembourg and the Institut Luxembourgeois des Administrateurs held a free half-day Conference on Thursday, 18th June on the occasion of the signing of an agreement between the ECGI and the University of Luxembourg for the establishment of the European Corporate Governance Research Foundation in Luxembourg. See:
	Background to the event Conference programme (containing the two papers given at the event and audio recordings of the two sessions) List of participants Photos from the Conference (and the signing of the ECGRF agreement q.v.)

	2009 Working Paper prizes awarded at General Assembly
	The winners of the 2009 Working Paper prizes were announced at ECGI's General Assembly held at the Paris Chamber of Commerce on 17 April 2009. See:
	Details of the 2009 prize winners Previous years' winners Terms of Reference for the prizes

	ECGI's 2009 Dinner, General Assembly and Annual Lecture
	These took place in Paris on 16-17 April. The General Assembly and Annual Lecture were held at the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry. ECGI Fellow, Professor Franklin Allen, Nippon Life Professor of Finance and Economics at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania gave a presentation on Corporate governance and the current crisis. A report on the lecture will appear on this website in due course. Meanwhile, see:
	Programme of events

	Bank governance - before, during and after the crisis
	The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and the ECGI organised a discussion forum at the offices of the EBRD in London on Wednesday, 18th March 2009. The event was open to ECGI members and invited guests only. See:
	Programme Transcript of proceedings Audio recording (available only to ECGI Members in the Members' area)
	Latest Research Newsletter focuses on Private Equity
	The sixth edition of the ECGI Research Newsletter focuses on Private Equity. It draws on working papers published in the ECGI’s Law and Finance Working Paper series, interviews with a leading academic and two practitioners involved in the Private Equity industry, and a review of the book The Venture Capital Cycle. See:
	Volume 6 Winter 2008 Private Equity Earlier editions of the Newsletter

	2008 Best Paper Competition winners
	The winners of the 2008 ECGI Best Paper Competition were announced at a ceremony in Stockholm on 9 December 2008 organised by the ECGI, the Review of Finance and the Swedish Centre for Business and Policy Studies (SNS), and sponsored by the European Corporate Governance Training Network, the Saïd Business School (SBS) and the Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Research Foundation. See:
	Competition winners Background and rules of the Competition Organisers and Sponsors The Competition Jury The two Stockholm finalists

	Corporate Ownership and Control: Economic, Historical and Legal Aspects
	The Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law, Cambridge and the ECGI hosted a one-day conference on Monday 12th January 2009. With large UK companies typically characterised by a separation of ownership and control, the conference will explore what explains the British pattern, how UK equity markets evolved over time, what impact regulation has had on the development of British publicly traded companies, how corporate ownership and control has evolved elsewhere and whether a divorce between ownership and control will continue to be a hallmark of corporate governance going forward. See:
	Conference details Conference Summary Corporate Ownership and Control: British Business Transformed, Professor Brian Cheffins’ new book which was used as the the departure point for the conference

	ECGI 4th in inaugural SSRN research download survey
	In the SSRN's inaugural Top Entrepreneurship Research & Policy Network (ERPN) Organizations Ranking, the ECGI has been ranked fourth behind the NBER, Harvard and the World Bank. This ranking is based on downloads of papers classified in SSRN's ERPN eLibrary and includes both U.S. and international organizations and will be updated monthly. See:
	Top ten listing on the SSRN website ECGI Working papers Top 10 downloads in the Finance and Law Series as at November 2008

	Final Conference of the ECGTN
	The final conference in the four-year long European Corporate Governance Training Network (ECGTN) programme was hosted by the IESE Business School, Barcelona from 11-12 September. Papers were presented by Early Stage Researchers trained under this initiative funded by the European Commission, as well as by participating industry and North American nodes and experienced researchers. See:
	The Conference Programme Background to the ECGTN

	Corporate Governance Standards and Financial Stability
	The fifth conference in the Transatlantic Corporate Governance Dialogue (TCGD) series took place in Brussels today, Tuesday 9th September. The theme is corporate governance standards and financial stability. Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services and SEC Commissioner Kathleen L. Casey made keynote speeches. The conference programme also featured two sessions of briefings and concluded with a panel that discussed regulatory inconsistencies and tensions between Europe and the United States and whether a common approach across the Atlantic is now desirable or achievable. See:
	Conference programme Speeches and presentations (as they become available) Background the the TCGD series and previous TCGD conferences

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