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Persimmon seeks to blame proxy advisors for NED’s slim majority

Construction firm, Persimmon, faced significant opposition in the vote to elect Nigel Mills as one their non-executive directors. There was a 47% vote against Mills’ appointment, due to independence concerns, …

Countries reform corporate governance codes

Respondents have until 22nd April to comment on a revised corporate governance code for Mauritius. Its national committee on corporate governance said the new code, developed by a team led by governance expert Dr Chris Pierce, is comprised of eight …

Taiwan records corporate governance progress

Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission has published the Securities and Futures Institute’s second evaluation of Taiwan’s 5-year Corporate Governance Roadmap published in December 2013. This is an assessment of the corporate governance of 1,447 companies in 2015 – made up of …

Shareholders call for companies to respond to environmental concerns

Investors vote on the first of three shareholder resolutions proposed at Rio Tinto, Anglo American and Glencore AGMs this week calling for reporting by these mining companies into how they are managing carbon emissions and investing in low-carbon energy research …

French issuer control of governance queried by AMF report

French regulator AMF has found that France is the only country where governance codes are drawn up by bodies representing issuers and where code amendment to its code are not subject to a prior public consultation on the website of …

Better audits need broader skills finds report

Changes may be needed to ensure audit teams have the right skills in the future and there needs to be an open and constructive debate on the future of audit findings from two international studies produced for the UK’s Financial …

Financial Disclosures Task Force outlines its approach to climate change

The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures set up by the Financial Standards Board has outlined the principles and objectives for its work. In its first report the Task Force said that despite a range of initiatives the existing climate-related …

Railpen’s Head of Corporate Governance Retires

Railpen veteran, Frank Curtiss, who was most recently been its head of corporate governance, has retired. The pension fund has been at the forefront of active institutional investment and was one of the first to vote actively on its equity …

UK’s FRC consults on new audit enforcement regime

With the EU’s audit regulation and audit directive coming into force in June the UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is consulting on its new audit enforcement procedure for audits of Public Interest Entities (PIE) – which include listed companies, credit …

Survey of American institutional investors finds low take up of ESG criteria in investment decisions

There is a low rate of adoption of environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria in investment decisions among North American institutional investors according to a survey conducted by OFI Global Asset Management and Pensions & Investments.

The survey found that …