UK fund managers members take executive pay reform seriously according to the UK’s Investment Association, which this week responded to the recommendations of the Executive Remuneration Working Group. In its new Principles of Remuneration, the IA suggests that rather …
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CDP, the environmental NGO is calling on investors and firms to adapt quickly to a low carbon future. In a new report Out of the Starting Blocks, CDP in partnership with We Mean Business, presents its first annual …
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Australian entertainments group, Ardent Leisure, held its AGM just two days after an accident at its theme park Dreamworld in which four people died and two children were injured on a river rapids ride. The out-going chairman, Neil Banaves, …
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Set against a backdrop of stagnant economic growth and societal discontent with the political status quo, global investors and corporations face ever growing risks and challenges. Having initially stabilised the sinking ship in the immediate aftermath of the GFC, governments, …
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Mortgage Choice (ASX:MOC) chairman, Peter Ritchie, has resigned abruptly, raging at proxy advisors for “damaging Australian business” after another bruising shareholder revolt at last week’s AGM.
Close to 80% of the Australian firm’s independent shareholders voted against the …
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Taiwan
Corporate Governance Best-Practice Principles update
In response to the latest G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance, Taiwan has updated its Corporate Governance Best-Practice Principles for companies listed on its stock exchanges.
Key changes include allowing investor engagment; creation of …
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Inclusive workplaces and effective staff engagement will boost the country’s economy as well as creating better places for work according to the Confederation of British Business (CBI). In a new report, 
Time for Action: The Business Case for Inclusive …
Over half of the Sky’s (LON: SKY) independent shareholders rebelled against the election of James Murdoch as a non-executive director at last week’s AGM following his appointment as chairman earlier this year.
Overall Murdoch received 71.6% support for his re-election, …
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Nevsun Resources, (TSX: NSU / NYSE MKT: NSU) will face charges of forced labour in the Canadian courts, even though the allegations of slavery by its Bisha Mining Share Company subsidiary occurred in Eritrea. However, the three Eritrean men …
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