Ensuring women get promoted to senior positions and receive higher bonuses should form part of the strategy to ensure that the gap between the pay of women and men is closed,  according to a report produced by Deloitte and sponsored …

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Following Manifest’s analysis of the extent of illegal dividends paid by UK listed companies [22-Jan-16] the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators (ICSA) the Financial Reporting Council have issued bulletins to remind companies of their legal responsibilities.

Jennifer Walmsley, …

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The US financial regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has fined  global agri-business firm Monsanto $80 million for violating accounting rules and misstating company earnings in relation to its flagship product Roundup.  The company has also agreed to retain …

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Sir Philip Hampton, chairman of GlaxoSmithKline has been appointed to increase the number of women executives – and to ensure some are appointed to board level – within FTSE 350 companies. Dame Helen Alexander, Chair of UBM, was appointed deputy …

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Analysis of the proxy voting at Russell 3000 company meetings last year found that 61 companies (2.8%) failed in achieving at least 50% support for their say on pay votes which have been compulsory in the US since 2011, according …

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The Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University has recently conducted a representative survey of 1,202 Americans to understand public perception of chief executive (CEO) pay levels among the 500 largest US publicly traded companies.

The survey found that …

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Most companies in the UK’s  FTSE350 have met the requirements of the recent changes to the Companies Act to report more fully on environmental matters and to report on Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions within their annual reports and accounts, according …

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The chairman and chief executive of investment giant, BlackRock, Larry Fink has written to the chief executives of major companies in the US and Europe encouraging them to think long-term and to provide their shareholders with more forward-looking plans. Fink …

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The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on investors to help achieve a doubling in global clean energy investments by 2020 at a meeting in New York last week. Although investments rose to a record high last year of $329 billion …

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The European Commission is consulting on on how institutional investors, asset managers and other service providers in the investment chain factor in sustainability (ESG) information and performance of companies or assets into investment decisions. The consultation will also gather information …

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