Corporate governance rating systems covering all listed companies have been proposed in Hong Kong and the Philippines.
"We're discussing it with regulators now, " Niederauer said on a conference call with NYSE-listed companies Wednesday.
As at March 31, TSE-listed companies were holding record JPY 50 trillion in cash.
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In the past two years the Ruias have increased their holdings in their three listed companies.
Sarbanes-Oxley put an end to selling legal expertise alongside accountants' other services to listed companies.
In the U.S. 92% percent of the largest publicly listed companies have majority independent boards.
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Some one third of listed companies are now operating at pre-crisis levels of sales and profits.
If Mr Murakami wins this battle, other listed companies could soon land in investors' sights.
He owned large textile factories which listed companies such as Adidas among their clients.
Nobody wants to follow the four big listed companies that went into receivership this year.
If approved, the number of listed companies in China could swell by around 30%.
In the Philippines, some listed companies file earnings statements late, or not at all.
Now that hardship looms, some families are using their listed companies to bail themselves out.
For a start, many of Asia's listed companies are tightly controlled by powerful families.
But since most listed companies pay no or low dividends, the policy is hardly a market-booster.
The profits that listed companies are reporting to their shareholders have indeed rebounded only feebly.
Since most life insurers are not listed companies but mutual societies, disclosure standards are poor.
Another key provision is that senior NYSE officers will not be permitted to serve on boards of listed companies.
If listed companies smarten up their act, what about the investors who trade in them?
The real issue is the quality of the listed companies themselves, says one financial official.
Certainly, some listed companies have undertaken the kind of restructurings that ought to please shareholders.
Two-thirds of Germany's top 30 listed companies produced improved results for the second quarter of the year.
According to GMI research, women hold just 9.1% of the board seats at major U.K. listed companies.
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It's not only Scotland that's seen a sharp reduction in the number of listed companies with headquarters.
Their argument is as follows: The primary point of information collection about listed companies is financial market speculators.
On average, employees at big listed companies keep about one-third of their 401(k) money in the company's shares.
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The department has up to 18 months to determine whether the listed companies should be subject to tougher duties.
The country has a fledgling stock exchange, in Ho Chi Minh City, but all the listed companies are state-owned.
Corporate governance experts, however, are keen to make all London-listed companies follow suit.
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