Has the Pursuit of "Independence" in Corporate Governance Become Exaggerated?

Tuesday, June 12, 2007 | 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036

About This Event

“Independence” is a central corporate governance idea in the discussions of the Sarbanes-Oxley era. But have the SEC, public companies, mutual funds, stock exchanges, accountants, and proxy advisers gotten carried away by the pursuit of independence? What are its limitations and does it interfere with other essential elements of governance, Listen to Audio
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Agenda

9:30 a.m.	Registration and Continental Breakfast

10:00	Panelists:	Thomas P. Vartanian, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
		William L. Walton, Allied Capital Corporation
		Michael J. Ryan Jr. U.S. Chamber of Commerce
		Peter J. Wallison, AEI

	Moderator:	Alex J. Pollock, AEI

Noon	Adjournment

Pollock Introduction

Event Materials

Has the Pursuit of "Independence" in Corporate Governance Become Exaggerated?

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Alex J.
Pollock

Alex Pollock joined AEI in 2004 after thirty-five years in banking. He was president and chief executive officer of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago from 1991 to 2004. He is the author of numerous articles on financial systems and the organizer of the “Deflating Bubble” series of AEI conferences. In 2007, he developed a one-page mortgage form to help borrowers understand their mortgage obligations. At AEI, he focuses on financial policy issues, including housing finance, government-sponsored enterprises, retirement finance, corporate governance, accounting standards, and the banking system. He is the lead director of CME Group, a director of Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation and the International Union for Housing Finance, and chairman of the board of the Great Books Foundation.

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