For 46 publicly held companies in California with all-male boards, the clock is ticking.
The corporations, including pharmaceutical, financial and
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Small caps lag in adding women to boards
NACD says larger companies making most progress on board diversity
US small-cap companies are lagging their larger peers in adding female directors to boards, according to research by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD).
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Investors and issuers aligned on board diversity
Board diversity and, by extension, board composition, is one of the top corporate governance topics to be discussed each proxy season. While the most recent Spencer Stuart Board Index indicates that the rate of change of
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Momentum Builds For More Women On Boards
For the first time in history, all-male boards of directors are going the way of the buggywhip, as more and more companies not only sit women on their boards but continue to increase their number.
Washington, DC, November 19, 2019
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5084, the Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2019, a bill that requires public companies to
...we find that banks with more gender diversity on their board perform better once the composition of these boards reaches a critical level of gender diversity, corresponding to a board female share of around 13-17 percent.