Times City diarist Martin Waller asks “Is this the most spectacularly incompetent annual meeting ever?” referring to DataCash plc’s 10th June AGM which sought authorities for share issues and dis-application of pre-emption rights significantly outside the best practice guidelines.

Martin …

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The US  Treasury has announced the appointment of  a “special master” to oversee executives’ compensation at U.S. companies receiving large amounts of government aid, with the power to reject pay plans deemed excessive. Kenneth Feinberg, a lawyer who oversaw payments
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The public inquiry into the regulatory framework around remuneration of directors and executives of companies regulated under Australia’s  Corporations Act continues and a draft report is in preparation. Some 79 initial submissions have received by the Productivity Commission inquiry. Public

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Several banks are cutting back their analysis of companies’ socially responsible policies, according to Thomson Reuters, which does a regular survey of equity analysts …… Sarah Wilson, the chief executive of shareholder adviser Manifest, was more concerned about the impact …

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Shareholders in European banks are making their presence felt after being criticised for their failure to raise the alarm over risky practices or oppose management in the period before the financial crisis. The average proportion of shares represented at the …

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The results of the voting at the AGM and GM of Lloyds Banking Group held today have now been released by the Company and show that, after the Government holding of 7,277,204,386 shares is excluded, over a third of the …

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Manifest responds to the European Commission consultation on potential legislation covering the processing of rights flowing from securities by “securities accounts providers” (largely, custodians).

Ever prior to the Shareholder’s Rights Directive publication 2007, Manifest has highlighted that the role of …

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According to a new paper published today by the Institutional Shareholders Committee (ISC), UK investors have been too reluctant to make better tactical use engagement and voting and is looking for ways to make it easier for investors to come …

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The Swiss Financial Markets Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has opended the consultation period for the Circular on Remuneration Systems, which is expected to enter into force on 1 January 2010.

The Circular will have a direct impact on the remuneration systems …

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“We believe that active ownership can help enhance long-term shareholder value and are therefore supportive of pension funds being more active.”
 
That’s the message from a recent study published Watson Wyatt U.K., “No Action No Option,”  which concludes that pension
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