Croatian corporate governance code

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is assisting the Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency (HANFA) and the Zagreb Stock Exchange (ZSE) to update and strengthen the country’s corporate governance code.

Croatia has had a code for companies listed …

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Many large and mid-cap companies worldwide (72%) do not acknowledge the financial risks of climate change in their annual financial reports, according to the KPMG Survey of Corporate Responsibility Reporting 2017.

Of the minority that do acknowledge climate-related risk, …

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proxy advisers best practice principles consultation

A consultation has been launched seeking views from investors and companies on whether the Best Practice Principles for Shareholder Voting Research and Analysis have been effective in ensuring the integrity and efficiency of the services provided by proxy advisers.…

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Manifest ICSA corporate governance seminar

Company secretaries have the opportunity to learn more about the UK government’s recent corporate governance proposals from a range of experts at a forthcoming seminar organised by Manifest, in association with ICSA – The Governance Institute.

The event …

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Canada women boards

Women have increased their numbers on Canadian company boards according to a review of the corporate governance disclosure of 660 companies as it relates to women in leadership roles.

The review which covered company reporting made between December 31, 2016 …

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Indian proxy season

Recommendations were published this week by SEBI panel chaired by Uday Kotak which are designed to radically improve corporate governance practices in India.

The committee on corporate governance was set up in June by the Securities and Exchange Board of

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Amazon Luxembourg

The European Commission has ruled that global online retailer Amazon must repay €250 million in illegal state aid that was granted to it by Luxembourg as tax benefits. The Commission stated that under a rule adopted by Luxembourg Amazon paid 

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Cybersecurity

Equifax, the credit rating agency, has announced that 2.5 million additional US consumers were potentially impacted by a data breach first publicly reported last month bringing the total to 145.5 million people.

The Equifax data breach led to a …

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MPs

The quality and quantity of dividend policy and practice disclosures have improved in the UK, according to a study conducted by the Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) Financial Reporting Lab.

The study examined how companies had responded to the Lab’s earlier …

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25th September 2017 marked a global day of action in the support of the United Nations’ Sustainability Development Goals (UN SDGs), on the second anniversary of their inception, and came as two reports emphasised the role business and investors can …

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