How can institutional investors mitigate the risks of securities lending and coordinate their corporate governance and securities lending policies? A new white paper from RiskMetrics Group examines these questions, providing investors with critical insight as they prepare for the upcoming proxy season.

The findings from this paper will be the topic of a webcast in RiskMetrics Group's "What You Need to Know for 2008" educational series, to be held this Friday, January 4, at 11:00 a.m. On the webcast, the paper's author, RiskMetrics Group's research analyst, Bimal Patel, and RiskMetrics Group's Head of Global Voting Operations, Peter Friz, together with Tracy Stewart, Corporate Governance Manager at the Florida State Board of Administration, will discuss best practices in securities lending and the issues investors are facing today.

To register for the webcast, click here.