Author Archives: Liz Pfeuti
BEIS aims to ‘restore’ investor trust in audit and corporate governance

CAQ calls for audit committees to improve disclosure on audit fees

December 22nd, 2023


The Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) has urged companies to disclose more information around audit fees, particularly the connection between them and audit quality.

The Audit

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Japan stewardship code

Japan introduces reforms to boost asset management sector

December 21st, 2023


The Government of Japan has published a new policy plan to position the country as a leading asset management centre, including corporate governance reforms.

The ‘Policy Plan for

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Due Diligence

DQ Entertainment fine highlights importance of governance breaches

December 21st, 2023


Three directors of DQ Entertainment have been fined $30.8 million in a landmark ruling for fraudulent and reckless trading and other breaches of company law.

Directors Rashida Adenwala, Tapaas …

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Global warming and climate change

FRC identifies TCFD disclosures as area of focus

December 14th, 2023


The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) will include climate-related risks, including Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), as one of its key areas of supervisory focus for 2024/25 financial …

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BP petrol station rooftop

Former BP boss to lose £32m after “serious misconduct”

December 15th, 2023


Ex-BP CEO Bernard Looney will forfeit £32 million after he was found to have committed “serious misconduct” by the board.

BP’s board concluded that Looney provided inaccurate and …

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Climate change

SEC delays climate disclosure rules 

December 12th, 2023


The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has pushed the expected adoption of its final climate disclosure rules until April 2024.

The US regulator released its Fall 2023 Reg Flex Agenda, which …

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TCFD Climate Disclosures

IFRS takes over monitoring climate-related disclosures from TCFD

December 8th, 2023


The International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation (IFRS) will oversee companies’ climate-related disclosures following the disbanding of the Task Force for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) …

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Deforestation

Report finds major banks are financing deforestation and biodiversity loss 

December 7th, 2023


Banks have poured $307bn into high-risk forestry and agriculture companies linked to tropical deforestation since the Paris Agreement was signed, a report by the Forests & Finance …

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climate change, sustainability agreement

GRI and EFRAG partner for interoperability index 

December 6th, 2023


The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) have partnered to launch the GRI-ESRS Interoperability Index, which gives guidance on how to align both …

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failing

Asset managers are failing asset owners on stewardship 

December 1st, 2023


The UK Asset Owner Stewardship Review has found considerable misalignment and misunderstanding on stewardship issues between asset owners and asset managers.

The review is based on findings from the …

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