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Announcements: 16 June 2010 - 5 April 2011


	Commission publishes Green Paper on EU corporate governance framework
	On 5 April 2011, the EU Commission launched a public consultation on possible ways forward to improve existing corporate governance mechanisms. The objective of the Green Paper is to have a broad debate on the issues raised and allow all interested parties to see which areas the Commission has identified as relevant in the field of corporate governance. The deadline for submitting contributions in response to the consultation is 22 July 2011. See:
	The Green Paper The Commission press release

	2011 Working Paper prizes awarded at General Assembly
	The winners of the 2011 Working Paper prizes were announced at the ECGI's General Assembly held in Amsterdam on 8 April 2011. See:
	Details of the 2011 prize winners Previous years' winners Terms of Reference for the prizes

	Latest Research Newsletter focuses on the Governance and the new Financial Regulation
	The ninth edition of the ECGI Research Newsletter focuses on Corporate governance and the new Financial Regulation: Complements or Substitutes? It draws its material from the seventh conference in the Transatlantic Corporate Governance Dialogue (TCGD) series which was held in Brussels in October 2010. See:
	Volume 9 Spring 2011: Corporate governance and the new Financial Regulation: Complements or Substitutes? Background and Programme for the TCGD Conference Earlier editions of the Newsletter

	ECGI researchers share runner-up prize in the ICFR/FT Research Prize 2010
	Essays authored by two ECGI Fellows, Professor Guido Ferrarini and Professor Patrick Bolton with academic colleagues have been awarded runner-up prizes in the prestigious International Centre for Financial Regulation/Financial Times Research Prize 2010. See
	Announcement on the ICFR website Guido Ferrarini and Maria Cristina Ungureanu's essay Patrick Bolton, Hamid Mehran and Joel D. Shapiro's essay

	ECGI names Eddy Wymeersch as Chairman
	On the recommendation of the ECGI’s Nominations Committee, Eddy Wymeersch was invited to become a member of the Board. On his acceptance, the Board unanimously nominated him to serve as Chairman of the ECGI with immediate effect. His Board appointment is subject to ratification at the ECGI’s next General Assembly which takes place in Amsterdam on Friday, 8th April 2011. Antonio Borges has resigned from the role of ECGI Chairman in order to take up the post of Director of the European Department of the International Monetary Fund. See:
	Press release on the appointment The new ECGI Board

	Shareholder Activism : A Source of Value Creation?
	The ECGI organised a session on this theme at the 10th European Corporate Governance Conference which took place in Brussels on 6-7 December. See:
	Details in the ECGI's Conferences/meetings section Other EU Presidency conferences

	Corporate Governance and the new Financial Regulation: Complements or Substitutes?
	The theme of the seventh conference in the Transatlantic Corporate Governance Dialogue (TCGD) series, which took place in Brussels at the Bibliothèque Solvay on Monday, 25th October 2010, was "Corporate Governance and the new Financial Regulation: Complements or Substitutes?". Keynote speakers were Michel Barnier, Commissioner for Internal Market and Services at the European Commission, Troy A Paredes, Commissioner, The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Christine M Cumming, First Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York. See:
	Conference programme Presentations and speeches Video recordings of the conference List of attendees Background the the TCGD series and previous TCGD conferences

	Latest Research Newsletter focuses on the Governance and Regulation of Financial Institutions
	The eight edition of the ECGI Research Newsletter focuses on the Governance and Regulation of Financial Institutions: Lessons from the Crisis. It draws on research papers made available to inform the recent academic conference which was held at the Madrid campus of the IESE Business School under the auspices of the Spanish Presidency of the EU. See:
	Volume 8 Summer 2010 The Governance and Regulation of Financial Institutions Background and Programme for the Madrid conference Earlier editions of the Newsletter

	Conference: Corporate Governance and Performance: causation?
	An academic conference in the Yale ECGI Oxford (YEO) series, this year's event, YEO 2010, focuses on perhaps the most elusive issue in the field: whether or to what extent corporate governance may be identified as having a causal relationship with corporate performance. The organisers have invited some of the world's top scholars along with rising academic stars to tackle this research challenge. This conference is targeted at academics, policy-makers and the corporate audience for whom first-hand access to the latest corporate governance research is essential to their job. Attendance is by invitation only. See:
	Background Schedule

	EU Consultation on the corporate governance in financial institutions and remuneration policies
	On 2 June 2010, the Commission issued a Green Paper launching a public consultation on possible ways forward to improve corporate governance in financial institutions and remuneration policies. The deadline for responses was 1st September 2010. See:
	The Green paper Press release Other information from the Commission website

	Conference: The Governance and Regulation of Financial Institutions - Lessons from the Crisis
	During the Spanish Presidency of the EU, the ECGI in conjunction with the CEPR and IESE Business School held an academic conference at the Madrid campus of the IESE Business School on Wednesday, 16th June 2010. The theme of the conference was The Governance and Regulation of Financial Institutions Lessons from the Crisis. Attendance was by invitation only. See:
	The Conference programme and background Conferences held under the auspices of the EU presidency

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