Institutional Investor Educational Foundation Presents Global Shareholder
Activism Conference 9CA
Leading Institutional Investors, Academics and Advisors to Hold Exclusive Forum on Shareholder Activism </pre> <p>CAMBRIDGE, Mass., <chron>Sept. 14</chron> /CNW/ -- The Institutional Investor Education Foundation (IIEF), a leading forum for institutional investors world-wide, today announced additional participants for next Thursday's Global Shareholder Activism conference in <location>Toronto</location>, <location>Canada</location> - its ninth in this series and the first in <location>Canada</location> following IIEF's highly acclaimed conferences in New York, <location>London</location>, <location>Paris</location> and <location>Tokyo</location>. The forum will bring together leading investors from a wide range of institutions with distinguished academics and advisors on corporate governance and shareholder activism.</p> <p/> <p><person>Stuart Grant</person>, conference co-Chair and Managing Director of Grant & Eisenhofer P.A. said "Despite recent strides, the rights of investors - the real owners of public corporations - remain under-protected by the government and under attack like never before by industry." Grant went on to say, "The Global Shareholder Activism Conference 9CA will address key issues facing institutional investors today, suggest how they can benefit from exercising their rights as investors, examine trends and legal rulings and formulate strategies for improving corporate governance."</p> <p/> <p>The conference will be highlighted by a keynote speech by Ethiopis Tafara, the SEC's Director, Office of International Affairs; and in addition will include four compelling sessions covering the areas of executive compensation, enforcement, why Canadian banking regulations worked so well during the meltdown, and debate the provocative question 'Do investors have too much power?'</p> <p/> <p>This year's distinguished faculty include representatives from the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance, Canadian Foundation for Advancement of Investor Rights (FAIR), Davies <person>Ward Phillips</person> & Vinceberg LLP, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Glass Lewis & Co., Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Hermes EOS, Hugessen Consulting Inc., International Monetary Fund, Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, Rotman School of Management, Shareholder Association for Research & Education (SHARE), <location>Toronto</location> CFA Society, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Yale School of Management.</p> <pre> About The Institutional Investor Educational Foundation </pre> <p>The Institutional Investor Educational Foundation (IIEF) brings together experienced, sophisticated investors with industry, government and academic experts to share their specialized knowledge and experience. Successful institutional investors recognize that constantly changing legal, accounting, compliance, regulatory and political environments require that they stay up-to-date.</p> <p/> <p>Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, IIEF conducts conferences and seminars exclusively for institutional investors throughout the world. IEEF partners and presenters include leaders from the fields of law, investment, economic research, education, regulators, government and the business media.</p> <pre>
For further information: For further information: Jared Kreiner, +1-212-827-3759, [email protected], or Christopher Beattie, +1-212-827-3745, [email protected], both of MWW Group for Grant & Eisenhofer P.A.
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