Institutional Shareholder Services will rate the corporate governance...

Institutional Shareholder Services will rate the corporate governance of the 2,800 companies in the MSCI EAFE index and on the Toronto Stock Exchange, said Cheryl Gustitus, vice president-communications. ISS already rates 5,400 U.S. companies, scoring them for what ISS calls their corporate governance quotient "to assist institutional investors in evaluating the quality of corporate boards and the impact its governance practices may have on performance,” according to ISS. CGQ scores include categories such as board of directors, audit, takeover practices and executive and director compensation.