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Our comprehensive, 65-page, 2017 global Banking Governance and Culture Report is free to read. Our Insight Series on some of the key issues arising from our analysis, including the creation of Total Stakeholder Value, can be accessed here. For more information and a free copy please contact stuart.woollard@omservices.org.
Are the ‘big four’ accounting and auditing firms the right sort of advocates for Inclusive Capitalism? Do they possess the requisite knowledge and capability to carry out such an important task when their own reporting conventions have been part of the problem? The Maturity Institute presents its response to EY’s proposal for a new framework: […]
Banking Governance & Culture Report Series: Part 1 (of 5). The FT reports today how most of the US banks, who were at the centre of the Global Financial Crisis and continued behaving badly in its wake, have now passed a ‘stress test’. Our analysis shows that it is time to apply a very different […]
“The (performance review) process is too heavy, too costly for the outcome. And the outcome is not great.” Pierre Nanterme, CEO, Accenture, 2016 When the CEO of Accenture decides to join the legion of corporations “ditching” their performance reviews (see below) any alternative has to demonstrate a clear difference and greater value. MI’s new […]
Good corporate governance Good corporate governance is an open acknowledgement that the organization has a responsibility to humanity: that any organization is just one part of a global system and has to play its part accordingly. It is recognising that it has responsibilities outside and above its immediate financial and operational needs. Good corporate governance […]
Have you ever been asked to take an oath? Did any business school act like a medical school and demand a Hippocratic allegiance before you graduated? Perhaps we just don’t take corporate leadership seriously enough? I have just taken an oath – the Banking & Finance Oath. This was a very personal choice and a […]
We will shortly be announcing the publication date for our much anticipated Banking Governance & Culture report, a unique and definitive guide to the health and vitality of our banks using our groundbreaking OMINDEX ratings analysis. Our BG&C project has stimulated significant interest among the banks we have covered, their investors, and regulatory bodies. You can receive our […]
There have always been two very strong but opposing forces at play in the world’s economy. One is the entrepreneur’s desire to create a monopoly and the other is society’s desire to resist; in the name of fairness. The monopolist wants to exploit their unfair advantage and society demands the best value. This is why […]