The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) is to expand its listing regime in a bid to attract more companies from growing business sectors and to boost its competitiveness compared with other major financial centres.
This follows a consultation which began …
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The chairman of housebuilding company, Persimmon, Nicholas Wrigley is to step down from his post once a successor has been found and Jonathan Davie, senior independent director and chairman of the remuneration committee resigned after taking responsibility for the …
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has appointed a new chairman and replaced all the members of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB).
The SEC appointed William Duhnke as chairman replacing Jim Doty along with J. Robert …
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The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is consulting on rules changes for AIM companies including the requirement for firms to report against a recognised corporate governance code. Responses to the LSE’s discussion paper released in the summer found a majority supported …
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The Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) has revealed it has public support from 237 companies with a combined market capitalisation of over $6.3 trillion, which includes 150 financial firms responsible for assets of over $81.7 trillion. The TCFD …
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is taking subsidiaries of pharmaceutical giants GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Novartis to court over misleading marketing of the Voltaren Osteo Gel and Voltaren Emulgel pain relieving gels.
It is alleged that both firms claimed …
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Markus Jooste, the chief executive of the global retail group, Steinhoff, which owns Poundland, Bensons for Beds and Pep & Co in the UK, has resigned after accounting irregularities were uncovered at the company.
The company’s supervisory board has engaged …
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The Investor Stewardship Group (ISG), a coalition of some of the largest U.S. based institutional investors and global asset managers, along with several of their international counterparts, is working with US companies to ensure they comply with its corporate governance …
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Despite its shorter length companies may find adapting to the UK’s revised corporate governance code challenging, business leaders and advisers suggested. However, there was broad support for the approach taken by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) after it launched …
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