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Credit Suisse Plunged Into Chaos After Chairman Ousted for Breaching COVID Rules

The banker tasked with fixing Credit Suisse Group AG was ousted just nine months into the job for breaching COVID quarantine rules, throwing the Swiss financial giant into fresh turmoil as it struggles to emerge from a series of scandals. …

Corporations That Fake Social Responsibility at Greater Risk of Cyber Attacks

Corporations that do not take their vows to address environmental, cultural, social and political issues seriously could be putting a target on their backs for hackers and placing their firms at greater risking of cyber attacks. Hackers are getting more …

SEC Toughens Rules on Shareholder Proposals

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-2 on Wednesday to make it tougher for shareholders to push companies on issues such as climate change, social justice and diversity, with Democratic commissioners dissenting against the move. The rule, first …

Italian Companies, Including Generali, to Provide Funds for Coronavirus Crisis

Italy’s biggest insurer, Generali, on Friday joined a growing number of companies that have rushed to provide funds to hospitals and non-profit organizations to fight the coronavirus crisis. Italy has been hardest hit by the outbreak in Europe, with 15,113 …

Why More Corporate Agendas Are Reflecting Social Issues

In the weeks since the Parkland school shooting, big U.S. companies have found themselves in a familiar position: pressured to act on controversial social and political issues where government won’t. It’s a trend currently manifested by firms cutting ties to …

AXA Group Names Ariss as Head of Public Affairs & Corporate Responsibility

AXA announced that Jad Ariss, currently CEO of AXA Middle East & Africa, has been appointed group head of Public Affairs & Corporate Responsibility. He will report in his new role to George Stansfield, group general secretary and a member …

2013 BrokersLink Conference to Focus on Partnerships, Technology

BrokersLink, one of the world’s largest independent insurance broker networks, whose members manage premium volumes in excess of $14 billion, announced that its fifth annual global conference will be held in Singapore on the 17th and 18th of October, with …