AFEP-MEDEF has released their second annual report on the application of the French Corporate Governance Code (AFEP-MEDEF Code) by companies in the SBF 120 index. The report highlights an increase from 34% to 40% in the percentage of companies in …
Read MoreFrench Company Law now has a further measure which French companies can use to block dissident shareholders from using their influence at general meetings of shareholders. On 8 December 2010, the French President signed into law an an amendment to …
Read MoreThe British, or should that be the English, and in particular those living South of the M25, have developed a bit of a reputation in recent years. Well probably many reputations. What we’re thinking of is their inclination to be …
Read MoreThe European Commission this week published a summary of the responses to its Green Paper on Corporate Governance in Financial Institutions.
The paper revealed some not so surprising results when it comes to views about the role of institutional investors: …
Read MoreThe European Commission has been busily working on responsible investment issues in recent weeks, culminating in two documents: A consultation on “Disclosure of Non-Financial Information by Companies” and a summary of responses to their green paper on corporate governance in …
Read More“The investing community desires change”. Not something we weren’t aware of, surely? However, when it’s a summary of the almost unanimous response to the most comprehensive regulatory review of the US proxy system the SEC has undertaken in 30 years, …
Read MoreBritish readers will be familiar with the mounting scandal surrounding alleged phone tapping at the News of the World when Andy Coulson, the Prime Minister’s communications director was the paper’s editor. The UK, in common with many nations takes personal …
Read MoreThe California Public Employees’ Retirement System has proposed changes to the strategy used for developing its annual ‘Focus List.” The revised approach would change the targeted companies from the Russell 1000 to CalPERS top 500 domestic equity holdings. In addition, …
Read MoreOne of the key benefits of an active network like the corporate governance community is that the ever increasing reading pile gets shared around. Jim McRitchie, the noted US corporate governance blogger has done all of us a timely …
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