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Numbers of Dutch female executive directors fall in 2017

The latest Dutch Female Board Index shows that the total numbers of female executive directors and the number of companies with female directors has fallen in the year to 31st August 2017 compared with the previous year.

The study of …

SECP consults on regulations revising Pakistan’s corporate governance code

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) is consulting on a corporate governance code for the country’s listed companies which have been issued as draft regulations under the recently passed Companies Act 2017.

The SECP said the Listed Companies …

Vanguard writes to global companies specifying engagement priorities

Global investment firm Vanguard has written an open letter to the directors of public companies worldwide specifying its priorities that it will engage with firms about as part of its stewardship programme.

The letter, from its chairman and chief executive …

Sports Direct AGM: Chairman gains majority backing from independent investors

In the run up to the Sports Direct AGM this week (6th September) there were calls for shareholders to vote against the re-election of its chairman, Keith Hellawell, amid concerns that he has not been strong enough in dealing with …

UK corporate governance reforms: Pay ratio disclosure to be mandatory

The UK government is to require companies to publish pay ratios between chief executives – based on their total remuneration – and their average UK worker. This was among the actions outlined in the government’s response to its corporate governance …

UK PM Theresa May goes to market on #corpgov reform

The UK government has signalled that it will taking a shareholder and stakeholder market-based approach to governance reform rather than introducing more rules on executive pay. According to early briefings reported in the on Financial Times (FT) and Daily …

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Swiss companies see increased investor dissent

Investors in leading Swiss companies are increasingly prepared to vote against management, particularly over executive pay, according to research by the Ethos Foundation.

Ethos, a pension fund-led responsible investment foundation shows that amongst the 200 companies comprised in the …

UK FTSE 350 companies could still do more to tackle cyber security

Despite recent high profile cyber attacks more than two thirds of boards at the UK’s biggest companies have not received training to deal with a cyber incident (68%) according to the government’s latest cyber governance health check survey.

The …

UK’s leading boards still not diverse enough

The diversity of the leadership of the UK’s top 100 companies has risen but this has largely been driven by increased gender diversity while ethnic diversity has plateaued according to a report by executive search firm Green Park.

This …

UK consults on non-financial reporting

The UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has begun a consultation on amendments to its guidance on the strategic report which aims to improve non-financial reporting by companies. The guidance was originally issued in 2014 when strategic reports were introduced.

The …