Ken Rushton, former head of the listings review at UK regulator the Financial Services Authority, has challenged Malaysia’s corporate governance regime. Speaking at the Corporate Governance Summit 2009 he outlined his concerns about the discrepancies between the regulatory principles and …
Read MoreAllie Monaco, Research Manager of Manifest’s US partners, Proxy Governance takes a look at the hot issues of the US proxy for the coming two weeks:…
Read MoreThe iSoft conspiracy case has moved on another step with the announcement by the Financial Reporting Council that its Accountancy and Actuarial Discipline Board has called a disciplinary hearing to investigate a formal complaint against a member of the Institute …
Read MoreIn a move highlighting the changing landscape of shareholder-company relations in Germany, two DAX 30 constituents are meeting with investors in advance of the first shareholder votes on executive pay. Top executives from Siemens AG and Thyssen-Krupp AG — which …
Read MoreManifest is pleased to announce the release of its latest publications:
The Executive Director Total Remuneration Survey
Unlike many other pay surveys, the Total Remuneration Survey takes into account the changing mix of compensation from just salary and bonus to …
Read MoreThe Iraqi Stock Exchange (ISX) is making preparations to launch a corporate governance project and to create an online trading presence, the executive director of the stock market has announced. “A corporate governance project will be carried out through appropriate …
Read MoreA shareholder resolution tabled at BP’s AGM calling for more financial, environmental and social information on the implications of extracting oil sands has managed to achieve 6% of votes in favour. Taking abstentions or votes positively witheld, the company was …
Read MoreThe US Senate has revealed its proposals to overhaul the American financial system through Senator Christopher Dodd’s “Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010”.
Across 1,336 pages the Bill outlines a series of remedies which it states will end “too …
Read MoreLord Myners has supported calls for reform of the Takeover Code in the UK, but made it clear that “The owners of firms that have lost so much from ill-advised takeovers must generate the momentum for reform”.
Myners was speaking …
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