Corporate Governance Services:

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Governance services for Issuers cover:
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Overall board structure & functions

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Benchmarking vs. domestic & international peer groups

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Board Committee structures & remits

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Non-executive & Independent director referrals

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Developing procedures & writing governance manuals

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Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 compliance issues

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New director orientation; continuing director education

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Register analysis & global institutional securityholder ID covering
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Ordinary shares main & secondary listing

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Bonds and other debt issues

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ADRs, GDRs and other synthetics / derivatives

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Institutional investor relations (IR)

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Internal audit functions

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Pre-IPO "Groom & Clean" services

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Governance & SRI investor screening & indexation (e.g. FTSE, S&P)

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Articles drafting & amendments

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AGM / EGM management; proxy administration

 

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Governance services for Investors & Funds include:
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Pre-investment governance assessment of portfolio companies

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Governance-related due diligence

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Ongoing governance risk assessments, monitoring & reporting

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Corporate development / corrective action plans for investees

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"Eyes & Ears" service; Provision of independent directors

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Global Proxy Services covering listed companies
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Voting policy development & documentation

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Systems & global operations to integrate multiple portfolio managers

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Corporate actions transaction processing & reporting

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Regulatory compliance & recordkeeping (e.g. US DoL)

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Governance-related PR

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Investee relations & intervention management

 

 

Governance clients of Matrix group and its predecessors have included the following:

 

Corporations & their Pension Funds:

Acco-Rexel Group, Air Products & Chemicals Corp., Albany International Corporation, American Airlines, ARMCO, Armstrong World Industries, Assidoman Packaging UK Ltd. Atlantic Richfield Co., Bowater plc, British Airways PLC, Capital Asset Trust, Cyanamid (UK), Dana Corporation, Detroit Edison Co., Walt Disney Co., Dole Food Company, Dow Chemicals (Canada), Duke Power, Elf Atochem North America, Eutelsat, Parley Industries, Fior, Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan, Forth Ports PLC, General Motors Corporation, W R Grace & Co., Group 4 PLC, Hawaii Electric Industries, Hiram Walker & Sons, Hogg Robinson (1987) (UK), Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees, IBM, ICI Australia Ltd., LASMO PLC, Loral Corporation, LTV Corporation, McClatchy Newspapers, National Telephone Cooperative Association, Navistar International Transportation Corp., Northern Telecom, Pacific Enterprises Oil Co., Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association, Philips Electronics (Canada), Pfizer Inc., Raine PLC, Rio Algom, J. Rothschild Holdings PLC, San Miguel Corporation, Sandoz Inc., Schering-Plough, Sensormatic Electric Corp., Southern California Gas Co., Trimite plc, United Airlines, US Air, Vaux Group plc, Whirlpool Corporation, Wisconsin Electric Power Company, and Transamerica Corporation

 

Investment Managers & Securities Firms:

Acadian Asset Management, Alex Brown, Alliance International, Allmerica Investment Management Company, AMR, Baillie Gifford Overseas, Bank of Ireland Asset Management Limited, Baring Asset Management, Batterymarch, BEA Associates, Bradford & Marzec, Brinson Partners, Buchanan Partners Ltd., Capital Guardian, Chancellor, Clanco Management Corporation, Clay Finlay, County NatWest (Australia), Cursitor-Eaton, Daiwa International, Delaware International, DSI International Management, Froley Revy, Gamma Advisors, Genesis Investment Management, Gentrust International, Henderson Administration, IAI International, IDS, Invesco, Ivory & Sime International, J. Aron & Co., J. Rothschild Administration Ltd., J. Rothschild Securities Ltd., Jenison Associates, JP Morgan Investment Management, Lazard Frères Asset Management, LGT Asset Management, Mackay Shields, Mackenzie Financial Group, Manchester Securities, Martin Currie, Marvin & Palmer, Matuschka Group, Mercator Asset Management, Mercury Asset Management, Mesirow Financial, Montgomery Asset Management, Morgan Stanley Asset Management, Nations Gartmore Investment Management, Nomura Investment Management, Odyssey Funds Management, Oechsle International, Philips & Drew Fund Management, Pinnacle Associates, Post Horn Asset Management, Putnam Investment Companies, Rand Financial Services, Rowe Price Fleming, Sagit Investment Management, Standish Ayer & Wood, Stewart Ivory T. Rowe Price, Templeton, Thornton, Walter Scott & Partners, and Wanger Asset Management

 

Insurers:

AIG, American Skandia, Britannia Steamship Ins., CIGNA Insurance Co. of Europe (Germany, Italy, Netherlands), CIGNA Property & Casualty Insurance Co., Combined Life Ins. Co. of America, Combined Life Ins. Co. of the Netherlands, Continental Insurance Co., Dearborn Insurance Co., Insurance Co. of N. America, Legal & General, Liberty Mutual, London General Insurance (NL), National Mutual (Melbourne, AU), New York Life, Prudential, Royal Maccabees Life Insurance, and Sterling Life Insurance

 

Investment Funds:

20th Century Funds, Admax Regent Dragon 888 Fund, AIG Southeast Asia Fund PLC, Alpha ECU European Hedge Fund, American Odyssey International Equity Fund, ASEAN China Investment Fund LP, Bank of Ireland Asset Management Group Trusts, BIAM Investments PLC, Biltmore Emerging Markets Fund, Buchanan Emerging Markets Fund, Buchanan European & Atlantic Fund, Cougar Global Fund, First Quadrant Strategic LP, First Quadrant World LP, Fonds Asiatique Natcan (CA), Fonds de Croissance Etranger Lopresti Gabbay (CA), Fonds Etranger non-Americain Lopresti Gabbay (CA), Fountain International Fund, Gartmore UK Emerging Companies Strategy Fund, General Consolidated Investment Trust PLC, Hopwood Investments Limited, IAI Developing Countries Mutual Fund, IAI Domestic Fund, IAI International Equity Common Trust Fund, LGT International Growth Group Trust, The Irish Investment Fund, Latin America Discovery Fund, The Malaysia Fund, MAS Funds, Montreal Trust Global Fund, Morgan Stanley Global Asset Allocation, MSAM Emerging Market Fund International, MSIF Asia Equity, MSIF European Equity, MSIF International Equity, MSIF Int'l Magnum Portfolio, MSIF International Small Cap, MSIF Japanese Equity Portfolio, MSIF Latin America Fund, MSIF Turkish Investment Fund, Morgan Stanley Asian Growth Fund, Nations Gartmore International Equities Fund, Nations Emerging Market Fund, Nations Pacific Growth Fund, Nations International Equity Fund, Pacific Equity Fund, The Pakistan Investment Fund, The Partners Fund, Panther Partners LP, The Partners Fund, Perpetual (15 funds), Prudential Bank Trust Company International Equity Fund, RTT Capital Partners, Rothschild Investment Trust, Universal Far East Fund, Value Realisation Trust PLC, Vanguard Horizon Global Equity Fund, Vanguard International Index Fund, Westmount Pacific, and the Woodward International Equity Fund

 

Public-sector Entities & Pension Funds:

Australia Post Superannuation Scheme, California Public Employees (CalPERS), California State Teachers (CalSTRS), Chicago Transit Authority, the International Bank for Reconstruction & Development (World Bank), London Borough of Redbridge, London Borough of Sutton, Middlesex County MA USA, Missouri Local Government Employees, Montgomery County MD, New York City Employees, New York City Teachers, Oklahoma Firefighters, Oklahoma Law Enforcement, Oklahoma State Police, Ontario (Canada) Municipal Employees, the Province of Nova Scotia (Canada), Northwest Territories (Canada) Workers' Compensation Board, the State of Alabama, the State of Alaska, the State of Arkansas (Police), the State of Hawaii, the State of Maryland, the State of New Hampshire, the State of Oregon, the State of Tennessee, and the State of Washington, Queensland (Australia) Investment Corporation, the City of Brockton MA, the City of Cambridge MA, the City of Dallas TX, the City of Detroit MI, the City of Washington DC, the Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority, the Public School Retirement System of Missouri, the Non-teacher School Employee Retirement System of Missouri, the US Department of the Treasury

 

Unions:

Stichting Bedrijfspnsioenfonds voor de Metaalnijverheid (NL), United Mine Workers of America, Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees, Service Employees International Union.

 

Please contact us corpgov@matrixgroup.us for further information. We will be glad to quote to your requirements

 

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