CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IS KEY: INVESTORS' DEMANDS LEAD TO INCREASED CHANGES WORLDWIDE.

From: Pensions & Investments | Date: December 14, 1998| Author: Kelly, Bruce | Copyright information

A global corporate governance report compared indicators in Germany, the US, the UK, France and Japan from 4th qtr 1997 through 2nd qtr 1998. New legislation passed in each country was evaluated. Japan introduced its first code of best practice and the UK updated its corporate principles.

NEWTON, Mass. -- The fight to attract global capital -- and please international investors -- has led to a sea change in corporate governance over the past year, says the author of a recent repor...

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