Institutional EYE: Commentary on corporate governance issues

Slash dividends, cease buybacks: prioritize shoring up balance sheet

Given that many companies are going to scramble to find money just to survive, dividends and buy-backs should be the last thing on a...

Corporate India has absorbed the benefits of gender diversity. More companies now have one woman on their boards, and several boards have...

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) spend by companies listed on BSE-100 witnessed an increase of 15 per cent to Rs. 85.4 bn in 2018-19...

Indian regulators - SEBI, PFRDA and IRDAI, have all mandated stewardship, and this is a welcome step. But in having each regulator...

MNCs’ payments to parent companies are legitimate, but the brand and/or know-how needs to translate into commensurate growth in sales or...

Corporate India is heading towards a future where it will not just be managements and boards, but investors as well who will drive...

This sixth edition of IiAS’ study on timelines of Annual General Meetings (AGMs) of NIFTY 500 companies, confirms our thesis that...

60 companies can incrementally return almost Rs. 886 billionto shareholders Cash hoarding continues to plague the Indian corporate...

Discussions on corporate governance that were met with roll of eyes at the start of the decade, now dominate media headlines. While a lot...

Companies with institutionalized governance practices were better able to withstand the onslaught of 2019. Both equity and debt markets...