Time for independent directors to redefine themselves by standing up for investors
While Eagle Hospitality Trust's directors faced arrest this month, Sabana Reit struggled to justify the independence of an ID
ONE of the first questions I ask myself when trying to determine if shares in a company are worth owning is: Whose company is this?
Understanding who controls a company helps set my expectations - for better or worse - on how it is likely to be run, and how minority investors like me might be treated.
Yet, I almost never bother checking the identities of the independent directors (IDs), who are supposed to look out for small investors like me if push ever came to shove. The reason, I suppose, is that I do not really believe that it matters who IDs are.
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