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Females worldwide still struggling to get into senior management

A survey of 7,200 companies in 32 countries has found that 38% of businesses do not have any women in senior management, a figure which has remained unchanged since 2004, according to Grant Thornton International, which carried out the research.
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Investors say their is a lack of choice in the audit market

A survey of institutional investors has revealed that 80% of respondents feel there is insufficient choice in the audit market and structural barriers exist which prevent audit firms outside the big  four from auditing listed companies. More >>

US chief executives unwilling to serve on other company boards

Fortune 500 chief executives (CEOs) are becoming increasingly unwilling to serve on boards of other companies, with a 53% decline in the outside board seats they have filled since 1990, research by JamesDruryPartners, an executive search firm, has found. More >>

Many European firms unaware of regulatory powers

While many European companies claim to have a regulatory compliance plan in place as part of ongoing risk management, just under half (49%) fail to review it regularly, according to a survey of 250 decision makers by law firm DLA Piper. More >>

Briefs .....

Online disclosure for major companies in 11 central and eastern European (CEE) countries has remained at or reached its highest level since Partners for Financial Sustainability (PFS) carried out its first semi-annual online investor relations study in August 2001.  More >>

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