The Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance

In the News

April 27, 2009	Ira Millstein, Will the Motor City Shakeup Work?, Fortune
April 21, 2009	Ira Millstein, Preacher Myners is right to raise hell with investors, FT.com
April 21, 2009	Millstein Center, CalPERS Endorses Policy Paper Supporting Independent Board Chair, mondovisione (UK)
April 20, 2009	Millstein Center, Schemes fight for better governance, DowJones Financial News Online
April 16, 2009	Stephen Davis, Live from Ceres Conference: Focus on Real Wealth to Build a Sustainable Capitalism, GreenBiz.com
April 14, 2009	Ira Millstein, Leading View: Who watches the watchmen?, FT.com
April 14, 2009	Millstein Center, Corporate Governacne: Separating the CEO and Chairman Roles, D&O Diary
April 8, 2009	Stephen Davis, Bailed-out Firms Clamber to Satify Say-on-Pay Prviso, The Washington Post
April 5, 2009	Stephen Davis, Who Moved My Bonus? Executive Pay Makes a U-turn, The New York Times
March 31, 2009	Stephen Davis, Corporate leaders push to separate chairman, CEO roles,The Wall Street Journal Asia
March 30, 2009	Millstein Center, Theory & Practice: Chairman-CEO Split Gains Allies, The Wall Street Journal
March 30, 2009	Millstein Center, Corporate Board Chairmen Call on Public Companies to separate Board Chair and CEO Roles; Press Release
March 18, 2009	Stephen Davis, AIG Furor Shines Light on Wall Street Practice of Pyaing Bonuses Regardless of Performance, Associated Press
March 15, 2009	Stephen Davis, Survival Guides for Governance, The Wall Street Journal
March 13, 2009	Ira Millstein, Jack Welch, champion of stakeholders, TheDeal.com
March 13, 2009	Stephen Davis, How Denis O'Brien Made His Fortune, The Guardian (UK)
March 10, 2009	Stephen Davis, Reg Vertigo: Slew of new Rules Stuns Corp. America, Complaince Week
March 9, 2009	Ira Millstein, Stephen Davis, Code of Conduct for Proxy Advisors to be Presented at NIRI/NYSSA Confernece, NIRI/NYSSA Press Release
March 6, 2009	Stephen Davis, A Code of Conduct for Proxy Advisors, TheCorporateCounsel.net
February 27, 2009	Ira Millstein, Millstein on the Recurrent Crisis: Boards and Shreholders Have Ducked on Compensation, Directorship
February 26, 2009	Ira Millstein, Accountability and Investor Involvement in Pay, Accountability-Central.com
February 25, 2009	Ira Millstein, Boards Often Failed In Their Duty, The Wall Street Journal
February 20, 2009	Stephen Davis, Bank shareholders: Don't forget us, charlotteobservers.com
February 12, 2009	Stephen Davis, Shareholder Renew Push to Regulate Executive Pay , The Wall Street Journal
February 11, 2009	Ira Millstein, Former SEC Chairs Focus on Market Regulation Reform, Complaince Week
February 11, 2009	Ira Millstein, Donaldson, Levitt to lead Investor Task Force on Reform of U.S. Financial Market Regulation, CFA Institute
February 8, 2009	Millstein Center, Fund fees will likely hold steady, Investment News
February 6, 2009	Jonathan Koppell, Government in the Boardroom, Economic Times (India)
January 30, 2009	Anne Simpson, It's Back, Global Proxy Watch
January 30, 2009	Jonathan Koppell, Network News Embraces Obama's Wall Street-Bashing, News Busters
January 29, 2009	Jonathan Koppell, Bone to Pick Over Bonuses, ABC News
January 28, 2009	Millstein Center, Two Companies Ahead of the Corporate Governance Curve, Corporate Eye
January 26, 2009	Anne Simpson, Calpers names Anne Simpson corp governance chief, Reuters
January 2, 2009	Ira Millstein, “The Clawback Conundrum: A Friday Morning Madoff Roundup,” “Law Blog” Wall Street Journal
January 1, 2009	Ira Millstein and Jonathan Koppell, “Millstein Letter Helped Keep Yeshiva Money on Path to Madoff” Bloomberg
December 2008/January 2009	Ira Millstein, “Financial Disaster Recovery,” Directorship
December 16, 2008	“Millstein Center Report: Open Board-Shareowner Communication Can Help Restore Trust,” SOM press release
November 24, 2008	Milica Boskovic, “Can the financial crisis help corporate governance?,” CIPE Development Blog
November 17, 2008	Milica Boskovic, “Time to reward good corporate governance,” Financial Times
November 16, 2008	Stephen Davis, “GM, bank directors are double dippers,” Financial Week
October 21, 2008	Stephen Davis, “Executive Pay Curbs Go Global,” Wall Street Journal
October 17,2008	Jonathan Koppell, “Trickle Up Rescue Plan Would Assist Homeowners in Trouble,” Between The Lines
October 1, 2008	Jonathan G.S. Koppell and William N. Goetzmann, “The Trickle-Up Bailout,” Washington Post
September 25, 2008	Stephen Davis, “Do Caps on Executive Compensation Really Work?,” Time
September 20, 2008	Jonathan Koppell, “Uncharted Territory Led To a New Kind of Crisis,” New York Times, International Herald Tribune
September 19, 2008	Jonathan Koppell, “Q&A: Who Gets Rescued? Time Will Tell,” NPR.org
September 17, 2008	Jonathan Koppell, “Should Companies Be Paying a Too Big To Fail Tax?,” Fox Business “Cavuto”
September 17, 2008	Stephen Davis, “The Conference Board Working Group on Hedge Fund Activism Issues Final Recommendations for Corporations and Investors,” Targeted News Service
September 17, 2008	Millstein Center, “The fish rots from the head,” BusinessWorld (Manila, Philippines)
September 16, 2008	Jonathan Koppell, “A Failure Tax” New York Times
September 10, 2008	Jonathan Koppell, “Bailout Has U.S. Walking Risky Tightrope,” International Herald Tribune
September 10, 2008	Jonathan Koppell, “Allowing Companies to Fail,” CNBC “Squawk on the Street”
September 9, 2008	Jonathan Koppell, “Understanding The Fannie/Freddie Takeover,” National Public Radio “Talk of the Nation”
September 9, 2008	Jonathan Koppell, “Fall Out from Fannie and Freddie Bailout,” CNN Headline News “Glenn Beck”
September/October, 2008	Stephen Davis and Stephen Alogna, "Talking Governance: Board/Shareholder Communication"
September 9, 2008	Jonathan Koppell, “Who Else Can Pile On for a Federal Rescue?” New York Times
September 8, 2008	Jonathan Koppell, “What's The Future For Fannie & Freddie?,” National Public Radio “All Things Considered”
September 8, 2008	Jonathan Koppell, “In A Crisis, U.S. Businesses Get Help,” International Herald Tribune (France)
September 8, 2008	Ira Millstein, “18th XBRL International Conference to Feature Keynotes Who are Experts in Corporate Governance, Regulatory and the Securities Market, October 15-16, 2008 in Washington, DC,” PR Newswire (press release)
September 1, 2008	Ira Millstein, and Stephen Davis, “Directorship 100,” Directorship
September 2008	Ira Millstein, “PLI To Present The Latest Trends In Corporate Governance And Best Practices,” The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
August 27, 2008	Millstein Center,“Shareholders face communications breakdown,” Financial Post
August 7, 2008	Millstein Center’s Rising Stars, “Winter Springs may give SBA fund second chance,” Seminole Chronicle (Florida)
August 6, 2008	Ira Millstein, “Concerns over ‘ownership zoo’,” MoneyManagement (Australia)
July 30, 2008	Millstein Center, “What’s New in the Business Scene,” Poughkeepsie Journal,
July 26, 2008	Jonathan Koppell, “Uncle Sam, Subprime Borrower,” Wall Street Journal,
July 24, 2008	Meagan Thompson-Mann/Millstein Center, “Scholar Warns Proxy Advisers Face Rising Pressures,” Hedgeworld,
July 24, 2008	Millstein Center, “PROXY Governance Announces Support for Recommendations in Millstein Center Study,” PR Newswire (press release), MarketWatch,
July 16, 2008	Jonathan Koppell , “Finish the Companies Off,” Wall Street Journal,
July/ August 2008	Ira Millstein and Anne Simpson, Giving Voice to Values (GVV), “Voicing Values, Finding Answers,” BizEd, J
July 16, 2008	Stephen Davis, “Hedge funds get 4 of 5 candidates on CSX board,” Jacksonville Business Journal,
July 13, 2008	Jonathan Koppell, “Fannie, Freddie critics say crisis was building,” New York Times, Boston Globe, Day (New London, CT), Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, TX), Ventura County Star, International Herald Tribune
July 14, 2008	Stephen Davis, “Proxy access proxy,” Financial Week,
July 9, 2008	Ira Millstein, “Not too late to clean up the mortgage market,” Financial Times,
July 9, 2008	Ira Millstein, Will Goetzmann, & Geert Rouwenhorst, “The Charkham Lecture,” Financial Reporting Council (press release and speech transcript),
July 2007	Millstein Center, “High-powered look at independent chairmen,” Corporate Secretary,
July 7, 2008	Stephen Davis, “Long CSX fight predicted,” Jacksonville Business Journal,
July 2, 2008	“Taking responsibility,” CFO Australia,
June 30, 2008	Ira Millstein, “Chairman of Red Cross Ira Millstein - Others Appointed to Red Cross Board,” lawfuel.com,
July 2008	“Director Resources,” Directors & Boards eBriefing,
June 13, 2008	“Rising stars of corporate governance and RI named by Yale,” Responsible Investor,
June 2008	Ira Millstein, “Markets to face tough regulations,” Business 24/7
June 2008	“2008 Yale Corporate Governance Forum,” corpgov.net,
June 23, 2008	“Yale Fetes ‘Rising Stars’ of Governance,” Directorship,
June 23, 2008	“Miami professor named "Rising Star" in corporate governance,” States News Service, June 19, 2008 “‘Rising Stars’ recognized by Millstein Center,” Pensions & Investments, Financial Week,
June16, 2008	“AFL-CIO’s Pedrotty Tapped as ‘Rising Star’ in Corporate Watchdog World,” afl-cionowblog,
June 11, 2008	Stephen Davis, “INM board ‘Unable to hire or fire chief executive,’” Daily Telegraph
June 10, 2008	“IIF’s Rakhi Kumar named as one of ‘Rising Stars of Corporate Governance,’ by Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance,” States News Service,
June 10, 2008	Stephen Davis, “INM hits back at O' Brien report,” ShareCast
June 9, 2008	Stephen Davis, “Time for IN&M to elect new independents,” Irish Times,
June 9, 2008	Stephen Davis, "Time for IN&M to Elect New Independents"
June 9, 2008	“Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance at the Yale School of Management names rising stars of corporate governance,” (press release)
June 6, 2008	Stephen Davis, “Shareholder revolt against excessive pay gained steam in 2007,” Mercury News,
June 6, 2008	Stephen Davis, “Exxon board's turnover may bring fresh views,” Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal Europe
June 5, 2008	“Yale debuts lead directors forum,” Directorship,
June 4, 2008	“Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance at the Yale School of Management announces launch of first forum for independent chairmen of North American corporate boards,” (press release picked up on the following websites: Yahoo! Finance, Marketwatch, Forbes, EuroInvestor, Morningstar, Quote.com, Dallas Morning News, PR-Inside.com),
June 2, 2008	Stephen Davis, “Exxon fuels US proxy debate,” Financial News,
May 27, 2008	Stephen Davis, “New idea to empower owners,” Financial Week,
May 28, 2008	Stephen Davis, “Calls in US for split of top jobs gain momentum,” Financial Times,
May 19, 2008	Stephen Davis, “UK investors back Exxon governance campaign,” Financial News Online,
May 19, 2008	“Board chairmen, independent directors band together,” Investment News,
May 19, 2008	Stephen Davis, “Governance lobbyists sharpen focus on US,” Financial News,
May 13, 2008	Stephen Davis, “How to hire a director,” Compliance Week
May 15, 2008	Stephen Davis “U.S. may cut back overseas shareholder cases,” Financial News,
May 12, 2008	“CEO pay often doesn't match company performance,” St. Louis Business Journal,
May 7, 2008	“Millstein, Directors Forum unite on ‘Fund Leaders’,” Money Management Executive,
May	“CorpGov bits,” CorpGov.net,
May 9, 2008	“Kaplan EduNeering’s Joel A. Rogers named a 'Millstein Rising Star of Corporate Governance’,” Newswire Today,
May 9, 2008	Stephen Davis, “New directors group launches,” Fund Action,
May 5, 2008	Stephen Davis, “Executive pay,” Intelligencer Journal,
May 6, 2008	“Yale fund leaders get new resource,” New Haven Register,
May/June 2008	Ira Millstein, “When boards speak to their shareholders,” The Corporate Board,
April 30, 2008	Shareholder activist touts value of speaking up, New Haven Register,
April 18, 2008	Stephen Davis, “Aflac's Amos Promises a ‘Fix’ If Investors Reject Pay,” Bloomberg,
April 16, 2008	Stephen Davis, “Executive-pay disclosure rules are a failure,” Baltimore Sun, April 16, 2008 Stephen Davis, “‘Say on pay’,” National Post,
April 15, 2008	Ira Millstein, “McCain thumbs-up on ‘say on pay’,” TheDeal.com,
April 9, 2008	Stephen Davis, Giving Investors a Say on CEO Pay, Time.com,
April 9, 2008	Jonathan Koppell, “Knights to purchase city parcel,” New Haven Register,
April 9, 2008	Jonathan Koppell, “K of C Sale OK’d,” New Haven Independent,
April 7, 2008	Stephen Davis, “More activist investors are invited on to boards — Governance rules give proxy challenges added credibility,” Wall Street Journal Europe,
April 6, 2008	Stephen Davis, “Executive pay: A special report,” New York Times,
April 3, 2008	Stephen Davis, “UPDATE: Sara Lee, Coach set rules to deter devious shareholders,” MarketWatch,
March 2008	Jonathan Koppell, “Everyone needs standards,” Prospect Magazine
March 31, 2008	Stephen Davis, “Authority prompted inquiry on media diversity,”Irish Times
March 30, 2008	Stephen Davis, “O’Brien to seek update of critical INM report,” Sunday Business Post,
March 24, 2008	Ira Millstein and Stephen Davis, “Board-Shareholder Communication is Next Frontier in Governance,” Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal, Regulations-Daily.com,
March 18, 2008	Stephen Davis, “The ‘say-on-pay’ debate heats up,” Directorship,
March 11, 2008	“Can we talk – about your CEO’s pay?” BusinessFinance,
March 6, 2008	Stephen Davis, “Reg FD is quieting directors,” Directorship,
March 4, 2008	Stephen Davis, “Cone of silence? Reg FD concerns muzzling directors too,” Financial Week,
March 4, 2008	Stephen Davis, “‘Say on pay’ could help relationships with US shareholders,” Guardian online,
February 25, 2008	Ira Millstein, “Yalie to investors: Reach out or pay,” TheDeal.com,
February 28, 2008	Jonathan Koppell, “Everyone needs standards,” Prospect Magazine,
February 17, 2008	Stephen Davis, “Prufrock: M&S ‘family firm’ on the rocks, by George,” Sunday Times
February 2008	Stephen Davis, “Author notes,” Directors & Boards,
January 29, 2008	Stephen Davis, “Phoenix: We like the plan we have,” Hartford Courant,
January 21, 2008	Stephen Davis, “Independent fund chairmen may unite,” InvestmentNews,
January 14, 2008	Stephen Davis, “When chairman, CEO lead separate lives,” Wall Street Journal,
January 14, 2008	Stephen Davis, “Talk therapy,” Wall Street Journal ,
December 7, 2007	“Board-investor communication,” FT.com,
November 27, 2007	Ira Millstein, “Red Cross president forced out over ‘personal relationship’,” CNN.com,
November 29, 2007	Ira Millstein, “CEO's resignation punctuates turmoil at Red Cross,” NPR,
November 29, 2007	Stephen Davis, “Corporate governance: Who is guarding the guardians?” Financial News Online US,
November 14, 2007	Stephen Davis, “Yale leads way for better governance,” Financial News Online US,
November 6, 2007	“Shareholder activist creates fund at Yale Center for Corporate Governance,” M2 Presswire,
November 4, 2007	Ira Millstein, “Where Did the Buck Stop at Merrill?” New York Times,
October 1, 2007	Ira Millstein, “Ira Millstein: An architect of governance,” Directorship,
September 30, 2007	Stephen Davis, “O'Brien launches new IN&M attack,” Sunday Times,
September 24, 2007	Ira Millstein, “Letters to the Editor: CEOs’ pay: How much is too much?” Wall Street Journal,
September 17, 2008	Stephen Davis, “Health trust opens risks, opportunities for UAW,” Reuters,
September 1, 2007	Ira Millstein, “Ira Millstein; Feature; Weil, Gotshal & Manges,” American Lawyer magazine,
August 30, 2007	Ira Millstein, “The American Lawyer announces winners of its Fourth Annual Lifetime Achievement Awards,” Business Wire,
September 7, 2007	Stephen Davis, “Telecom Argentina board split on Telefonica action - Board minutes,” cellular-news,
September 2007	Ira Millstein, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Stephen Davis, Directorship 100: The Most Influential Players in Corporate Governance, Directorship,
August 17, 2007	Stephen Davis, “Belfast lawyer hired for O'Reilly case,” Irish Times,
July 22, 2007	Stephen Davis, “The billionaire with the global ambitions and the little people,” The Sunday Independent (Ireland),
July 20, 2007	Ira Millstein, “Ira Millstein is again named 'Corporate Lawyer of the Year',” Yale Bulletin & Calendar, July 20, 2007
July, 2007	“The Year in Review 2006: What a year in governance” (Excerpt), Directors & Boards
July 8, 2007	Ira Millstein, “CEOs, Shareholders and Labor Groups Sign Historic ‘Aspen Principles’ Committing to Long-Term Value Creation and Increased Executive Compensation Accountability,” States News Service Inc.,
July 6, 2007	Stephen Davis, “IN&M threat to PR adviser,” Irish Times,
July 5, 2007	Ira Millstein, “The Overseer,” Portfolio.com,
July 5, 2007	Stephen Davis, “SA's corporate governance needs greater transparency, accountability,” BuaNews,
June 25, 2007	Stephen Davis, “The pressure to sell the Indy: A boardroom battle at Independent News and Media pitches press tycoon Tony O'Reilly against his old telecoms rival, billionaire Denis O'Brien,” The Guardian,
June 19, 2007	Ira Millstein, “Biz group aims at guidance,”TheDeal.com,
June 17, 2007	Stephen Davis, “Author defends INM report,” Sunday Business Post,
June 13, 2007	Stephen Davis, “O’Reilly has to face the barbarian at his gates,” Evening Standard, June 13, 2007
June 12, 2007	Yale School of Management’s Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance Marks First Anniversary; Announces New Events, Research, Board Members, press release appeared on the following websites: AOL Money & Finance, Yahoo! Finance, MarketWatch, Morningstar, Forbes, Charlotte Observer, Dallas Morning News, Providence Journal, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, SOX Television, and Recruiter.com,
June 12, 2008	Stephen Davis, “Tuesday Newspaper Review,” Finfacts Ireland,
June 1, 2007	Stephen Davis, “‘Say on pay’ bill clears U.S. House,” Long Island Business News,
April 20, 2007	Jonathan Koppell, (German radio interview regarding Sallie Mae) Schmutzige Geschäfte mit Studienkrediten: US-Staatsanwaltschaft ermittelt gegen Finanzunternehmen, Duetschlandfunk (Radio)
April 16, 2007	Jonathan Koppell, “No. 1 U.S. student lender is on the block, International Herald Tribune (France),”
April 17, 2007	Jonathan Koppell, “Sallie Mae deal may draw some study,” Marketplace (Radio
April 16, 2007	Jonathan Koppell, “Sallie Mae, Mired in Controversy Over Loans, Is Under Siege,” The New York Times, April 16, 2007
March 29, 2007	Panel OKs "Say On Pay' Bill,” Investor’s Business Daily
	Stephen Davis, The Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance: “Exec pay Anger Spurs Disclosure Rules, Shareholder Input, But Not Salary Caps;
March 24, 2007	Ira Millstein, “U.S. Capital Markets Need Regulatory Relief,” The Wall Street Journal
March 13, 2007	Yale profile featuring SOM and interviews with Jonathan Koppell and the Global Social Enterprise club, TV Globo (Brazil)
January/February 2007	Jonathan Koppell, “Students Who Cheat,” Yale Alumni Magazine
February 26, 2007	Stephen Davis, “Shareholders Push for Vote on Executive Pay,” The Wall Street Journal
January 24, 2007	Ira Millstein, “How citizen investors are reshaping the corporate agenda,” Business Report (Johannesburg, South Africa)