Other Sites of Interest

1. Australian Legislation

• the Corporations Act
  (Australia's corporate law statute)
• the Corporations Regulations  
• the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 

2. Australian Corporate Law Judgments

• Australasian Legal Information Institute
• Corporate Law Judgments Website

3. World Securities Commissions
(links to approximately 60 Securities Commissions)

4. World Stock Exchanges
(links to approximately 110 Stock Exchanges)

5. Asian-Pacific Corporate Law and Securites Regulation Sites

6. Governmental & Regulatory Bodies:  

• Australian Accounting Standards Board
• Australian Auditing and Assurance Standards Board
• Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
• Australian Securities and Investments Commission
• Australian Securities Exchange
• Committee of European Securities Regulators
• Commonwealth Treasury Of Australia
  (contains brief information about the Financial System Division and the Corporations and Financial Services Division of the Treasury which are responsible for the development of policies which contribute to the efficiency and competitiveness of corporations and the securities markets in Australia and the development and review of national business laws including the Corporations Act)
• Companies Auditors and Liquidators Disciplinary Board
• Corporate Law Economic Reform Program (CLERP)
  (click on the Commonwealth Treasury link above and then click on "Business", then "Business Law & Regulation")
• Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee
• Delaware Court of Chancery and Supreme Court 
• Department of Trade and Industry (UK)
• European Commission - Internal Market (including financial services, company law, corporate governance and financial reporting)
• Financial Reporting Council (Australia)
• Financial Reporting Council (UK)
• Financial Reporting Panel (Australia)
• International Accounting Standards Board  
• Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia
• International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)
• International Capital Markets Association
• Parliamentary Joint Statutory Committee on Corporations and Financial Services
• Securities and Exchange Commission (USA)
• Sydney Futures Exchange
• The Takeovers Panel (Australia)
• The Takeover Panel (United Kingdom)
• United States House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services
• United States Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
• World Federation of Stock Exchanges
  

7. Corporate Governance

• Asian Corporate Governance Association
• British Accounting Association Corporate Governance Special Interest Group
• California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) Shareowner Forum
• Canadian Coalition for Good Governance
• Canadian Joint Committee on Corporate Governance
• Center for International Private Enterprise - Strengthening Corporate Governance
• Centre for International Governance Innovation
• Conference Board's Corporate Governance Programs
• Corporate Governance An extensive collection of links subdivided into relevant subject groupings
• Corporate Governance Codes and Principles
• Encyclopedia of Corporate Governance
• Ernst & Young - Corporate Governance Resources (Australia)
• Ernst & Young - Corporate Governance Resources (USA)
• European Corporate Governance Institute
• European Union - Corporate Governance Resources
• Global Corporate Governance Forum A partnership between the World Bank and the OECD
• Governance Newsletter
• Independent Director (information for non-executive directors)
• Institutional Shareholder Services
• International Center for Finance
• International Chamber of Commerce - Corporate Governance Guide
• International Corporate Governance Network
• Investor Responsibility Research Center
• KPMG Audit Committee Institute (Australia)
• KPMG Audit Committee Institute (USA)
• Managing Corporate Governance in Asia
• Manifest (UK shareholder advisory service)
• McKinsey & Company - Corporate Governance Resources
• OECD Corporate Governance Website
• Pensions Investment Research Consultants Ltd (PIRC) (UK shareholder advisory service) 
• World Bank Business, Competitiveness and Development Program 
• World Council for Corporate Governance

8. Professional and Interest Bodies

• AFL-CIO Corporate Watch
• Alternative Investment Management Association
• American Bankers Association
• American Bar Association
• Association of British Insurers
• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
• Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia
• Australasian Investor Relations Association
• Australian Corporate Lawyers Association
• Australian Council of Superannuation Investors
• Australian Financial Markets Association
• Australian Institute of Company Directors
• Australian Shareholders' Association
• Business Council of Australia
• Business Roundtable (CEOs of the largest US corporations)
• Canadian Council of Chief Executives
• Centre for Corporate Public Affairs
• Chartered Secretaries Australia
• Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities, American Bar Association
• Commercial Law Association
• Confederation of British Industry
• The Conference Board
• Council of Institutional Investors
• Corporate Law Teachers Association
• CPA Australia
• European Federation of Accountants
• Financial Executives International
• Financial Planning Association (Australia)
• Financial Planning Association (USA)
• Financial Services Institute of Australasia 
• The Financial Services Roundtable
• Group of 100 (senior finance executives)
• Insolvency Practitioners Association
• Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
• Institute of Internal Auditors
• International Federation of Accountants
• Investment Company Institute (association of US mutual funds)
• Investment and Financial Services Association
• Law Council of Australia
• Major accounting firms
  - Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
  - Ernst & Young
  - KPMG
  - PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Major Australian Law Firms
  -  Allens Arthur Robinson 
  -  Baker & McKenzie
  -  Blake Dawson Waldron
  -  Clayton Utz
  -  Corrs Chambers Westgarth
  -  Deacons
  -   DLA Phillips Fox
  -  Freehills
  -  Mallesons Stephen Jaques
  -  Minter Ellison 
• Managed Funds Association (representing hedge funds)
• Mutual Fund Directors Forum
• National Association of Corporate Directors
• Section of Business Law, American Bar Association

9. Resources

• The Corporate Library
• Equities Info
  (links to the annual reports of about 1,000 companies listed on the ASX)
• Australian and UK corporate law reform publications
  (links to corporate law reform reports and legislation including (from the UK) the Greene, Cohen and Jenkins Committee reports and (from Australia) the Eggleston, Rae, Cooney and Lavarch Committee reports)
• Hong Kong corporate law reform publications

10. Corporate Social Responsibility

• Business for Social Responsibility
• Centre for Corporate Accountability
• CSR Europe
• csr.gov.uk
• CSRwire
• Institute of Business Ethics
• Institute for Corporate Ethics
• Institute of Social and Ethical Accountability.
• Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility  
• Social Funds.com
• St James Ethics Centre

11. Financial News

• ABC Radio Business Report (archive)
• ABC TV Business Breakfast (archive)
• ABC TV Inside Business
• ABC TV Lateline Business
• Associated Press
• Australian Financial Review
• Barron's
• BBC World Business
• Bloomberg
• Business Review Weekly
• Business Sunday  (archive)
• Business Week Asia
• Business Week
• CFO Magazine - Australia
• CFO Magazine - USA
• CNN Money.com
• Financial Standard
• Financial Times
• Forbes
• Google Finance
• Market Watch
• Money Management
• Pension Fund News
• Reuters
• Superstar Investor
• TheStreet.com
• Wall Street Journal
  (subscription required)
• Yahoo Australia and New Zealand Finance News
• Yahoo US Finance News

12. Audit Quality Oversight Bodies

• Audit Quality Review Board - Australia
• Professional Oversight Board - United Kingdom
• Public Company Accounting Oversight Board - United States
• Canadian Public Accountability Board - Canada

13. Collections of Sites (mainly US Links)

• SEC Law
• Findlaw - Corporation and Enterprise Law
• Corporations Law Materials (Cornell Law School)
• Hieros Gamos Corporate Law
• Delaware Corporate Law Clearinghouse