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The book unfolds the intricate tapestry of Corporate Governance as a concept, providing a comprehensive and enlightening treatise on its evolution across diverse areas. With 25 chapters divided into nine parts, the scheme of the book comprises of important topics: (i) The Trajectory of Corporate Governance; (ii) The Pillars of Governance;...
The book unfolds the intricate tapestry of Corporate Governance as a concept, providing a comprehensive and enlightening treatise on its evolution across diverse areas.
With 25 chapters divided into nine parts, the scheme of the book comprises of important topics: (i) The Trajectory of Corporate Governance; (ii) The Pillars of Governance; (iii) Conflicts of Interest; (iv) Accountability and Assurance; (v) Corporate Democracy; (vi) Information Symmetry; (vii) Enterprise-wide Governance; (viii) Sustainability and Social Responsibility; (ix) Governance Considerations in Financial Sector Entities.
Key Features:
Coverage of the complete ecosystem of corporate governance including the board and its committees, independent directors, auditors, proxy advisors, and shareholders has been made
Discusses sustainability and business responsibility covering detailed analysis of obligations relating to ESG, climate change and directors’ liability for the same, sustainability financing, and CSR
Comprises the role of technology in corporate governance such as the use of “Artificial Intelligence” to impart objectivity and impartiality to boardroom decisions
Several chapters are supported by well-classified FAQs
Encompasses information symmetry and corporate transparency as one of the key targets of effective corporate governance, with substantial coverage on insider trading and ensuring confidentiality and the flow of information from companies to the stock exchanges
Global coverage with an Indian focus, to allow the readers to put the regulations into a wider context and understand international best practices
Mr Vinod Kothari is a Chartered Accountant and a Company Secretary. He is internationally recognized as an author, trainer and consultant on specialised financial subjects, viz, housing finance, securitisation, credit derivatives, accounting for financial instruments, structured finance, banking regulations etc. He has delivered lectures and trained people on finance and Securitisation throughout the world. He leads his own firm Vinod Kothari and Company, practising company secretaries, with offices in Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru. His firm Vinod Kothari Consultants Private Limited is a leading consultant in the field of banking and financial services, in particular, non-banking finance. He is also a director of Indian Securitisation Foundation.
He, with his efficient team has handled very diverse groups from rating agency professionals in Malaysia, to group of investors in Sydney, to tax officers in South Africa, to group of lawyers in India, to executives of the Worlds largest
securitisation agency in Washington, to a group of quants in New York.
Mr Kothari has also been a visiting faculty at Indian Institute of Management, Joka, Calcutta for several years, teaching a full-fledged course for the final year students on Structured Finance and Taxation. Vinod Kothari is the author of 16 books on finance and corporate laws.