Opinion

Boards of directors and company leadership tend to go about acquisitions in one of two ways. Some are presented with opportunities and react accordingly. Others determine what they want and go out and get it. The former strategy, argue the...

Forward-looking companies aren't waiting for taxes and regulations to balance the greenhouse gas emissions of their supply chains. They're taking advantage of decarbonization incentives. These carrots can lessen the balance sheet impact involved with making operations more efficient and less...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine may be largely motivated by the drive to expand corrupt practices, writes Columbia University adjunct professor Matthew Murray. To understand the situation, we need to look back to Ukraine's 2013-14 Euromaidan movement. The demonstrations saw Ukrainians...

A focus on ESG can seem tempting and, increasingly, mandatory for boards of directors. Those companies that make statements and commitments, however, should be prepared to carry through or face steep consequences. Scrutiny from regulators and stakeholders will continue to...

While global events and domestic regulation shifts continue to cause legal disruptions, UK GCs are also being asked to do more with less. Transactions are expected to move faster than ever, and C-suites increasingly require legal departments to demonstrate a...

Around the world – and especially in APAC – robust correlations have emerged between business performance and board gender diversity. A new initiative is taking steps to increase gender inclusivity in Sri Lanka, a country where board diversity has been...

Increasing financial inclusion can advance numerous UN Sustainable Development Goals and improve equity worldwide. But doing so is risky for banks, and customers with no financial history may face high interest rates regardless. Though AI can be biased, Anand Pandey...

The speed and haste by which El Salvador adopted Bitcoin as legal tender has opened the door for significant risk and KYC challenges. While the volume of crypto exchanges continues to snowball, the lack of appropriate AML regulation leaves businesses...

ESG-consciousness has taken the global business world by storm. In many circles the acronym has become shorthand for any environmentally minded business. But Doug McKeige, editor-in-chief of The Climate Capitalist, cautions that a stark difference lies between ESG compliance and...

Much has occurred in the world of ESG over the past few years, and the momentum behind sustainability reporting continues to increase exponentially. Significantly, several moves by regulators from late 2020 through 2021 have brought ESG reporting to a point...

If 2020 goes down in history as the year the world shut down, 2021 should be remembered as the year when we came back to life. But did we do enough in 2021 and are we prepared for 2022? 

DOJ says it plans to target more individuals in cases of wrongdoing. With a flurry of recent indictments, that promise appears to have already materialized. The more the enforcement stings, the more it will discourage businesses from repeat wrongdoing. One...