Corporate Governance in the USA against the Background of Recent Developments

Corporate Governance in the USA against the Background of Recent Developments
Remarks to the 7th German Corporate Governance Code Conference
by
Commissioner Paul S. Atkins
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Berlin, Germany

Ladies and Gentlemen, good morning and thank you for the invitation to address the 7th German Corporate Governance Code Conference. It is a privilege to discuss a topic of utmost significance to the capital markets — namely, that relationship between management and shareholders that we in English (and now actually in German) call corporate governance. I am pleased to be here to discuss recent developments in corporate governance in the United States, with my good friend and colleague, Special Envoy C. Boyden Gray. Many thanks to Dr. Gerhard Cromme for this wonderful opportunity.

And, I hope that you will forgive my inevitable mistakes in your beautiful, but difficult, mother tongue.

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