The 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Read MoreThe world of corporate governance and shareholder voting appears to have plumbed new depths this week with charges of fraud being levied against a unit of RCS Capital Corp in relation to shareholder voting. http://www.sec.state.ma.us/sct/current/sctrealtycapital/Realty-Capital-Complaint-11-12-15.pdf
According to the complaint, RCS
The recent decision by the SEC to adopt a CEO-to-median pay ratio disclosure rule in the US was a near run thing. The SEC commissioners were split on the issue. The vehement opposition to ratio disclosure expressed in the 5 …
Read MoreThe UK government has decided against regulating for pension trustees in order to help them distinguish between financial and non-financial factors in their investments believing that guidance now exists to assist trustees.
The announcement followed a government consultation on specific …
Read MoreDid Exxon lie about its climate change reporting?
Oil and gas giant Exxon Mobil has received a subpoena from the New York Attorney General, Eric T. Schneiderman, regarding its climate change disclosures.
The subpoena documents suggest that Exxon Mobil knew …
Read MoreTo coincide with Equal Pay Day (Nov 5) Women’s pay and the lack of women in senior company roles have again been in the news.
The Fawcett Society Employers invited employers to take the Pay Gap Pledge after calculating that …
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