NZX Corporate Governance Institute

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New Zealand Financial Colloquium: NZX CGI Best Paper in Corporate Governance Award

The New Zealand Finance Colloquium (NZFC) is an annual event organised by New Zealand Universities to promote the discussion, dissemination, and development of finance related research within New Zealand. The 29th edition of the event was held at the University of Otago on the 13th and 14th of February 2025.

Papers are submitted to the NZFC, who then review the submissions and decide the winner.

The Institute was proud to sponsor the New Zealand Finance Colloquium award for Best Paper in Corporate Governance for 2025, and congratulates the authors of the winning paper:

• Age Divide, Risks Decides: CEO age gap and D&O Liability Insurance - Professor Borhan Bhuiyan & Qida Hu

Other shortlisted papers that were submitted to NZFC included:

• Artificial Intelligence Driven Responsible Green Finance - Chao Xing, David Tripe & Jintao Zhang

Research Reports

Director Independence - Dr. Griffin Geng, Victoria University of Wellington

As part of the initial stage of the director independence review in 2023, the Institute commissioned academic research from Dr. Griffin Geng on the independence of board directors in the context of publicly listed firms. The research report is available linked below.

• Research Report: Director Independence - Dr. Griffin Geng, Victoria University of Wellington

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• Establishment of the Corporate Governance Institute
• Establishment members of the Institute