NEW YORK and GREENSBORO, N.C., June
28, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nasdaq Corporate Solutions, a
business of Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ), announced today a new
partnership with The Center for Board Excellence (CBE), a
provider of board assessments and compliance questionnaires. In the
first phase of the partnership, Nasdaq Corporate Solutions will
facilitate introductions for users of Directors
Desk and Boardvantage - Nasdaq's board portal and
meeting management solutions - to CBE's cloud-based corporate
governance solutions including: board and committee assessments;
director peer assessments; CEO and management evaluations; and
directors' & officers' questionnaires. Later this year, the
parties plan to offer an integrated workflow between Nasdaq's board
portal solutions and CBE's EnGauge(TM) platform, making it even
easier for users to elect to benefit from these CBE offerings.
"Through our new relationship with CBE, the
thousands of CEOs, corporate secretaries, general counsels,
directors, and board chairs in over 70 countries who rely on Nasdaq
Corporate Solutions will gain access to industry-leading corporate
governance resources," said Stacie
Swanstrom, Executive Vice President and Head of Nasdaq Corporate
Solutions. "We are excited about the prospect of offering
our clients a solution that will be designed to streamline the
assessment and questionnaire processes for faster, more efficient,
and more effective results."
Since its acquisition of Boardvantage in May 2016,
the Nasdaq Corporate Solutions business of Nasdaq, Inc. has
invested in enhancements to both the Directors Desk and
Boardvantage portals to support better workflows in response to
client feedback. "This new feature is a continuation of Nasdaq's
commitment to improving our users' experience by offering solutions
that have the potential to impact their productivity both in the
boardroom and beyond," added Matthew
Healy, Vice President and Head of Governance at Nasdaq Corporate
Solutions.
"CBE is proud to work with Nasdaq Corporate
Solutions to deliver solutions for corporate governance excellence
on a global scale. Forward-thinking leaders and investors use our
metrics and innovative tools to reduce risk and streamline
governance," said Byron Loflin, CEO of
CBE.
To learn more about Nasdaq Corporate Solutions,
visit http://business.nasdaq.com/intel/cs.html.
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Nasdaq:
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clearing, exchange technology, listing, information and public
company services. Through its diverse portfolio of solutions,
Nasdaq enables customers to plan, optimize and execute their
business vision with confidence, using proven technologies that
provide transparency and insight for navigating today's global
capital markets. As the creator of the world's first electronic
stock market, its technology powers more than 90 marketplaces in 50
countries, and 1 in 10 of the world's securities transactions.
Nasdaq is home to 3,800 total listings with a market value of $11
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About the Center for Board
Excellence:
Founded in 2010, the Center for Board Excellence has built the
leading platform for board and CEO assessments, plus other
governance compliance tasks. CBE's team of developers, leaders, and
attorneys innovate to streamline laborious, costly and previously
paper-based processes through its proprietary EnGauge(TM)
cloud-based platform. CBE's solutions create efficiencies that save
directors, in-house counsel and governance professionals
substantial time, effort, and money, helping drive strategy and
improve the total quality of compliance and governance. For more
information, please visit the company's website
at www.boardevaluations.com.
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