Larry Fink, chairman and chief executive of BlackRock, has stated his commitment to the role of the global investment giant as a steward for the companies in which it invests in his annual letter to chief executives.
As a …
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Singapore’s corporate governance council, which was established by the Monetary Authority of Singapore in February 2017, is consulting on a revised corporate governance code for the country which it is hoped will strengthen investor confidence in its capital markets.…
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Hong Kong’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has welcomed the governments plans to strengthen auditor oversight in Hong Kong.
The Financial Reporting Council (Amendment) Bill 2018, will be introduced into the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for its first reading …
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The collapse of Carillion raises concerns not only about corporate governance at the firm and KPMG’s audit, but also how the directors were able to get changes to their pay passed the vote. Speaking in The Guardian on Saturday (20-Jan-18), …
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Manifest has released its 2018 voting policy guidelines to clients and announced changes to its research reports to reflect the latest global governance and sustainability developments. AGM reports will now provide more detail on board diversity and pay ratios while …
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, has announced that the city has filed a lawsuit against the five largest investor-owned fossil fuel companies as measured by their contributions to global warming.
New York will be seeking damages from BP, …
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Activist institutional investors, the public pension fund CalSTRS and Jana Partners, have begun a campaign calling on the technology giant, Apple, to consider the evidence that children that are excessively using electronic devices, such as its I-phone, may be …
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In the opening remarks of his New Year press conference South Korea’s President, Moon Jae-in promised to push for corporate governance reform through the introduction of a stewardship code and improvements in shareholders’ voting rights.
He admitted that the …
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In its annual review of the pay of FTSE 100 chief executives and average UK employees the High Pay Centre, now working with the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), found that by 4th January, dubbed Fat Cat …
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