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Wednesday 26th February, 12:30-13:30pm
A “hot topics” webinar for issuers only! An opportunity for company secretaries and IR personnel to hear from and engage with the UK’s most objective, independent and transparent proxy research specialists about what 2014 has in |
Answer: when it’s a selective mailing sent out to a privileged few under embargo before the formal announcement date.
Today we have the case of Novartis, which yesterday (Thursday, 30-Jan-14) faxed (yes, faxed) an advance copy of its AGM meeting …
Read MoreThere’s no denying it: we work in a results-driven world. Financial results, investment return, engagement outcomes, meeting results. In fact, this is a good thing. Positive results we’ve contributed to are one of the things that make our work feel …
Read MoreEuropean Corporate Governance Research & Engagement Specialists ECGS Appoints Manifest as UK Governance Research & Analytics Partner
ECGS, the specialist pan-European governance and engagement firm has appointed Manifest information services Ltd (Manifest) to provide ECGS with customised research and vote
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As we approach the season of goodwill to all (wo)mankind, our thoughts often turn to those less fortunate than ourselves, and how we might achieve a better world with what we have to share. It’s a tradition that stretches well …
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The trouble with proxy advisors….
Is that everyone loves to hate them but, investors at least, can’t actually do their jobs without them. If we didn’t exist we’d have to be invented. So, what’s to be done?
Yes, true, that …
Read MoreMany column inches were dedicated to the news that Angela Ahrendts, Chief Executive of Burberry, is quitting to join Apple next year. It’s got us reflecting on where is the real story here, especially from a governance perspective.
The Burberry …
Read MoreShareholders looking for a more joined up approach to corporate reporting have, hopefully, not much longer to wait after the introduction of the UK’s Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report and Directors’ Report) Regulations 2013
Business Minister Jo Swinson outlined the
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Guest post by Damien Knight of MM&K
At last, ‘quoted companies’ (i.e. UK incorporated companies with a listing on a main exchange) are faced with the full reality of the UK Government’s new regime for directors’ remuneration reporting and binding …
Read MoreIt hardly comes as a surprise that two in five UK plcs find that proxy analysts have a so-called “negative influence” on the relationship between companies and their investors (Financial Times: “Proxy agencies fail to tick boxes” July 1, …
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