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There is growing support for the idea that companies should produce ‘integrated reports’ that explain how factors such as climate change, resource use or human rights will affect their current and future performance. The …
Read MoreWhat to do when shareholders elect not to vote on a resolution? Recent legal developments in Australia have raised interesting questions about the common practice of the chairman voting undirected proxies for say-on-pay resolutions.
In the majority of markets with …
Read MoreGender diversity is proving to be a controversial topic in the marketplace as businesses and investors debate the issues raised by the recent review by Lord Davies on gender diversity in the corporate world.
Following the publication of ‘Women on …
Read MoreThe use of underlying profit as an indicator of corporate performance risks misleading investors, according to a recent study conducted by Deloitte. The firm surveyed the 2010 annual reports of 100 publicly listed and other large New Zealand companies, finding …
Read MoreEU Commissioner Michel Barnier’s Green Paper on Corporate Governance closed for consultation on Friday. The irony of the US declaration that shareholders cannot nominate their own directors coming out on the same day will not be lost on the governance …
Read MoreWhen market commentators talk about corporate governance they often refer to the “Anglo-American Model” of governance, as opposed to the EU’s stakeholder orientated approach. Friday’s decision by the US courts to reject shareholder “proxy access” should leave observers in no …
Read MoreAs shareholders were coming to terms with the implications of last week’s shocking disclosures about phone-hacking at NewsCorp, Simon Caulkin, former management correspondent at the Observer tweeted a thought-provoking observation:
Re Murdochs of the world: “Our only chance of having …
Read MoreNew research from Wharton shows that stock options lead to more risk taking by CEOs.
The research is presented in a new paper, “CEO Compensation and Corporate Risk Taking: Evidence from a Natural Experiment,” by Gormley, David Matsa, …
Read MoreAn analysis by Manifest of voting trends on the remuneration report since its introduction in 2003 has revealed the FTSE 100 companies with the greatest level of shareholder dissatisfaction, on average, over the period.
The list includes some companies where …
Read MoreIR Magazine has been looking at shareholder activism in Europe and quotes Manifest:
A different style of activism?
Historically, there have been obstacles to waging a successful activist campaign in much of Europe. Many markets are opaque, the proxy voting …
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