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A framework that  
An organisation that undertakes the role of holding and accounting for assets, including cash, and investment income in an investment portfolio on behalf of Trustees or an investment manager.
 
(i) provides guidance on strategy, including assessing risk <br>
(ii) ensures effective monitoring of management and <br>
(iii) makes certain that managers are accountable to stakeholders.
 
 
The purpose of corporate governance is to facilitate effective, entrepreneurial and prudent management that can deliver the long-term success of the organisation.
 
Among other concerns, corporate governance includes management structure, employee relations and executive and employee compensation.




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Comparable frameworks in non-commercial organisations.
Any organisation or individual that holds assets on behalf of another organisation or individual.
 
In the non-commercial context the term 'governance' (without the 'corporate' part) is more common.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Accountability]]
* [[Agent bank]]
* [[Agency risk]]
* [[Global custodian]]
* [[Audit committee]]
* [[Securities settlement system]]
* [[Board of directors]]
* [[Sub-custodian]]
* [[Board reserved powers]]
* [[Trustees]]
* [[Corporate social responsibility ]]
* [[Developments in corporate and market regulation: implications for the treasurer]]
* [[ESG]]
* [[ESG investment]]
* [[Ethics]]
* [[Goal congruence]]
* [[Governance]]
* [[Kay Review]]
* [[Institute of Business Ethics]]
* [[Non-Executive Director]]
* [[Shareholder value]]
* [[Stakeholder governance]]
* [[UK Corporate Governance Code]]
 
 
===Other links===
[http://www.treasurers.org/node/10141 Doing the right thing, ''Sarah Boyce'', The Treasurer]
 
[[Category:Corporate_finance]]
[[Category:Ethics_and_corporate_governance]]

Revision as of 16:49, 25 June 2017

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An organisation that undertakes the role of holding and accounting for assets, including cash, and investment income in an investment portfolio on behalf of Trustees or an investment manager.


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Any organisation or individual that holds assets on behalf of another organisation or individual.


See also