In a rare case of a CEO being personally held to account for corporate wrongdoing the former boss of US coal mining company, Massey Energy, Don Blankenship has been convicted of conspiring to violate US mining health and safety standards. These safety violations led to an explosion at one of its mines, Upper Big Branch in […]
Read MoreThe Manifest Executive Total Remuneration Report 2015 tells the story After recent years of falling pay awards for CEOs, the annual Manifest remuneration survey suggests that top pay awards are going up again, especially the awards of long-term incentive grants. The Manifest 2015 Executive Total Remuneration Survey, produced in association with MM&K, tells the full […]
Read MoreNew research from Manifest shows cyber governance risk gaps Despite recent high profile cyber-security breaches, new research by Manifest has found that 36% of the UK’s premium listed companies do not recognise cyber-security amongst their key risks to be disclosed to investors. Not taking cyber-security seriously can be a material cost for companies – the repeated problems […]
Read MoreThe amended Transparency Directive (TD), which entered into force on 26 November 2015 across the EU brings major new powers to the FCA. One of the key changes is that the FCA can apply to court for a voting rights suspension order against a “vote holder” of shares in a company which are admitted to trading on […]
Read MoreAl Gore, Founder of the Climate Reality Project, provided the key note speech at a meeting of institutional investors held as part of the official series of events within the UN’s Climate Change Summit (COP 21) in Paris. The event – Investing for the long term: addressing carbon asset risk – provided think tank Carbon Tracker […]
Read MoreThe International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) has welcomed the ongoing work on the Japanese Corporate Governance and Stewardship Codes. A panel of experts was established in September to encourage the adoption of the codes as well as further improving corporate governance of all listed companies in Japan. Japan’s Stewardship Code, was established and released in February 2014 while Japan’s […]
Read MoreThe European Commission has released proposals which it says will improve access to finance for companies and simplify the information provided for investors. The Commission is making changes to the Prospectus Directive, originally adopted in 2003 and last revised six years ago. Under the proposed changes the directive will become an EU Regulation. The proposals follow […]
Read MoreCorporate governance is a critical factor in understanding company value and it drives investment performance according to a global survey of 293 financial services decision-makers commissioned by Aberdeen Asset Management. Corporate governance emerged as the most important matter on which asset managers should engage the companies in which they invest, with strong support also for […]
Read MoreThere has been a steady improvement in the number of women directors in California’s top 400 public companies according to research by the UC Davis Graduate School of Management. California is a major force within the US economy and and the survey includes many global corporate giants such as Apple, Chevron, Intel, Visa, Google, Hewlett-Packard […]
Read MoreState representatives, NGOs and UN agencies will be meeting in Paris from next Monday (November 30) for the latest global summit aimed at tackling climate change. In the run up to COP-21, new research is being published by a variety of organisations looking at the key issues facing policymakers as they seek to agree a […]
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