August 2007 Edition

Activism

• Hedge funds can promote good governance
• Vodafone defeats rebels at AGM
• Photo-Me and activists reach agreement

Standards

• SEC sets out divergent proposals on proxy access
• Buy-out firms urged to greater openness
• Need to guard against "mindless compliance"
• Business sceptical of red tape initiative
• FSA consults on changes to share trading
• Governance in Australia
• Sants appointed FSA head
• Briefs ....

Companies

• LSE proposals defeated by Nasdaq
• PwC settles over Tyco fraud
• Whole Foods apologises and probes CEO messaging
• Briefs ....

Research

• Remuneration and independence in the EU

People

• EADS overhauls management structure
• UBS CEO departs amid boardroom disagreement
• Changes at: Hermes, Man Group, Diageo, LogicaCMG and Redrow

Corporate Social Responsibility

• US sees record season for climate change proposals
• UN Global Compact Leaders Summit
• Companies urged to take better care of vulnerable customers
• Firms confronted on investment in Iran

Academic Round-Up

• Manifest-I presents a summary of recently released academic papers on international corporate governance issues