Whilst the future shape of shareholder engagement responsibility is debated in London, Brussels and across continental Europe, the debate in Dublin is a fierce as anywhere.

In what is traditionally a very close-knit investment and business community, the Irish Stock …

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Four of the Swedish buffer funds (AP1, AP2, AP3 and AP4) this week announced the appointment of a provider of global voting services:

“The First to Fourth AP Funds (The Funds) have carried out a procurement of a Global Voting

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Australia’s Productivity Commission will submit its final report on executive remuneration to the Federal Government on 19 December. The Productivity Commission was asked to undertake a public inquiry into the regulatory framework around remuneration of directors and executives of companies …

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Although the EU Shareholder Rights Directive was meant to have been fully implemented by 3 August 2009 at the latest, Italy is only just now mulling over shareholder responses to its the second consultation which was launched on 24 July …

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Nasdaq’s Listing and Hearing Review Council is taking soundings on whether the US exchange should adopt corporate governance best practices for its listed companies, and, if so, what they should be.

The Nasdaq Listing and Hearing Review Council is appointed …

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The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. the US accounting standard setter, has announced the 19 members of the inaugural Investor Advisory Group. The group will provide a forum for the board to obtain the views of, and advice from, the …

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By: Geoffrey Mazullo, Director, Partners for Financial Stability Program

In August 2001 the PFS Program launched its first regional survey, “Investor Relations Online:  Survey of Websites of the Ten Largest Listed Companies (by market capitalization) in Eight Central and Eastern …

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Financial News, the weekly journal from the Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal stable has published its 2009 survey of Top 100 Women in Financial Markets. This is the survey’s third year of publication and Manifest’s CEO, Sarah Wilson has joined the …

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The regulatory function of the Swiss stock exchange has begun an investigation into UBS for possible breaches of the rules regarding the publication of price sensitive information. The investigation relates to the period from 2007 to the end of 2008. …

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With the AGM of Fairfax Media due to be held on 10 November, Fairfax directors John B Fairfax and his son Nicholas have  released a public statement indicating that the will vote against the re-election of the Chairman, Ron Walker, …

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