WEBINAR – The COVID-19 Crisis and Its Aftermath: Corporate Governance Implications and Policy Challenges – 16 April 2020

An initiative of ECGI and the Global Corporate Governance Colloquia (GCGC)

The COVID-19 Crisis and Its Aftermath:

Corporate Governance Implications and Policy Challenges

16 April 2020

24-Hour Global Webinar hosted throughout:

Australia, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, China, Israel, Germany, Sweden, United Kingdom, and USA

It is already clear that the COVID-19 pandemic will have dire economic consequences, and collective thought is being applied to what policies can better ensure societies’ resilience and their quick and dynamic recovery once the crisis is over. Corporate governance scholars can help devise sound and effective policies for this purpose. This global webinar will convene scholars, practitioners and policymakers with the aim of sharing evidence-based insights for the common good.

Possible topics are likely to include, but are not limited to:

• Corporate social responsibility in war-like times
• Corporate governance digitalization
• The role of institutional investors and stewardship
• Takeover defences and M&A trends
• Bond markets and bankruptcy
• Corporate purpose in times of crisis
• The governance implications of emergency laws and government bailouts
• Securities regulation (disclosure, short-selling bans, etc.)
• ESG and Impact investing
• Systemic risk and financial stability following exogenous shocks