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ABA American Bar Association
AGM Annual General Meeting
AIM Alternative InvestmentMarket
ALI American Law Institute
BASIC Banking and Securities Industry Committee
CA Company Act (Británica]
CalPERS California Public Employee' Retirement System
CEO Chief executive officer
CFO Chief financial officer
CG Corporate Governace
CGG Corporate Governance Guidelines
CU Council of Institutional Investors
CNMV Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores
C00 Chief Operating Officer
DGCL Delaware General Corporation Law
DOL Department of Labor
DRS DirectRegistration System
DTC Depository Trust Company
DTCC Depository Trust Clearing Company
DTI Department ofTrade and Industry
EAED Escuela del análisis económico del derecho
ECGI European Corporate Governance Institute
EE.UU Estado Unidos
EPS Earnings per share
ERISA Employee Retirement Income Security Act
ESOP Employers Stock Ownership Plans
FINRA Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
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GAAP Generally accepted accounting practices
GAO Government Accounting Office
GC Gobierno Corporativo
H.R. House of Representatives
IAA InvestmentAdviser Act
ICA InvestmentCompany Act
II.FF Intermediarios financieros
II.II. Inversores Institucionales
IPO Initial Public Offering
LLC Limited Liability Company
LSC Ley de Sociedades de Capital
LSE London Stock Exchange
MBCA Model Business Corporation Act.
NACD National Association of Corporate Director s
NRSRO National Recognized Statistical Rating Agencies
NSCC National Securities Clearing Company
NYSE New York Stock Exchange
OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
PCAOB Public Company Oversight Board
RA Rating Agency
ROE Return on Equity
SA Securities Act
SEA Securitie and Exchange Act
SEC Securities and Exchange Commission
SHP Shareholder Primacy
SHWM Shareholder Wealth Maximization
SOX Sarbanes and Oxley Act
SRO Self Regúlate ry Organization
S&P Standard & Poor's
TIAA-CREF Teachers Insurance and Annuity...
